4.3.6.3 Configuring Polling Object

• Setting Polling Object Properties

• Setting Match Criteria

• Setting Common Data Collection Criteria

• Specifying Protocol Provider

To Import Polling.conf file , please refer to the section Working with Files

Setting Polling Object Properties

For detailed explanation on setting polling object Properties, refer to Setting PollingObject Properties topic in WebNMS Developer Guide.

Setting Match Criteria

For detailed explanation on setting match criteria of the polling objects, refer to Setting Match Criteria topic in WebNMS Developer Guide.

Setting Common Data Collection Criteria

The criteria common to all the PolledData are specified in <DATA_COLLECTION> tag present in Polling.conf. This is to avoid repetitive entries in each of the <DATA_TO_POLL> tags.

For detailed explanation on setting common data collection criteria, refer to Setting Common Data collection criteria topic in WebNMS Developer Guide

Specifying Protocol Provider

You can add a protocol for data collection service. Multiprotocol support for data collection service is provided . You have to specify the protocol name in Polling.conf inside the <PROVIDER> tag.

For detailed explanation on specifying protocol provider, refer to Specifying Protocol Provider topic in WebNMS Developer Guide.