How to get the List of Historical Data Collections configured for Tivoli Performance Analyzer or other products.

If an user is interested in checking out the list of Historical Data Collections configured for Tivoli Performance Analyzer and would like to a run some commands instead of viewing the graphical output, then you can use the tacmd histlistcollections.

This command lists the exact output just like in when the user would have gone to TEPS ( Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server )and clicking on the Historical Collections button. ( as seen in the left window)


This was tested on ITM ( Tivoli Monitoring 623FP1 )
KP3 is the product code for domain support for OS Agent.







Similarly, if the user is interested in seeing the list of Historical Data Collections setup for the Linux Agent ( Product Code=lz ) -then use this command
 ./tacmd histlistcollections -t klz -u sysadmin
User has to enter the password command line in the above command.

This will list the following output
Collection Name        : Linux_CPU_SS
Collection ID          : KLZ_LNXCPU
Description            :
Product Name           : Linux
Attribute Group Name   : Linux CPU
Collection Location    : TEMA
Status                 : Started(*LINUX_SYSTEM, lin02-tfam:LZ, unity:LZ)
Filter                 :

Collection Name        : IVT_LIN_CPU_AV_SS
Collection ID          : KLZ_LNXCPUAVG
Description            : IVT_LIN_CPU_AV_SS
Product Name           : Linux
Attribute Group Name   : Linux CPU Averages
Collection Location    : TEMA
Status                 : Started(*LINUX_SYSTEM, lin02-tfam:LZ, unity:LZ)
Filter                 :