Data Collection

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The CommNet Server monitors the CommCells and QSMCells that are registered in the CommNet Server. It also gathers vital information from all the cells based on the frequency established in the Data Collection Policy. Data Collection Policy allows you to specify how often the system must automatically collect data from each CommCell and QSM Cell. By default, the software enables automatic data collection from Cells with a standard value. The default values can be changed to suit your requirements.

As soon as you register a cell, the system automatically downloads the data from the registered cell into the CommNet Server. When you setup the data collection policy, by default, the system automatically synchronizes the data between the CommNet Server and the registered cells every 4 hours.

If necessary you can also disable data collection as described in Enable or Disable Data Collection and manually Synchronize Cells.

When scheduling data collection operations, it is important to review the storage resources in your domain. See Manage Resources from the CommCell Resources View.

When the following configurations are modified, the changes are immediately pushed to the active CommCell(s)/QSMCell(s); cell synchronization is not required to propagate this information to the cells.

  • Global Filters
  • Billable Entities
  • Cost Categories
  • Data Collection Policy
  • Comments (Note that Comments made using the CommCell Console are pushed to the CommNet Server only during cell synchronization. For more information, see Comments.) 

This information will be pushed accordingly when services (CommNet Server or EvMgrc on CS) are restarted as well.