Settings

The Locator Settings Screen is used to view and set Locator timeout values and data retention policies. When you have configured the value(s), click the Apply button. The change takes effect immediately.

Note: Only System Users can configure Locator settings. For all other users, the screen is "Read-Only".

General

• Historical Requests Response Timeout - The amount of time, in seconds, that Locator will request historical data before timing out.
• Live Requests Response Timeout - The amount of time, in seconds, that Locator will request live data before timing out.
• Locator Poll Requests Response Timeout - The amount of time, in seconds, that Locator will poll a device before timing out.
• 802.1q Port Filtering - This feature allows you to exclude 802.1q tagged ports from polling results and live searches when AMAP / XMAP is not operating or a link is not present on the tagged port. Filtering modes are described below.
  • Standard Mode: 802.1q Ports are included in polling and searches.
  • Exclude Q-Tagged Ports: 802.1q Ports are excluded from polling and searches.

Note: Virtual Machines communicate using tagged packets. If you are using VM Manager, 802.1q Port Filtering must be set to Standard Mode so that OmniVista can detect Virtual Machines with tagged frames.

Data Retention Policy

If Data Retention Policy is disabled, Locator will not remove data during polling and will accumulate unbounded data. To enable Data Retention Policy, move the slider to "Enabled" and set the retention period as described below.

• Data Retention Period Status - The administrative status of Data Retention Policy (Enabled/Disabled)
• Data Retention Period - The number of days that Locator data will be retained (Default = 30).

Locator Data Statistics

When Data Retention is enabled, information that is older than the number of days specified in the Data Retention Period field is automatically deleted from the database. In addition, the number of days the data has been retained as well as the number of end station records being retained is listed. To refresh this information, click the Refresh icon. To purge all Locator data, click the Purge All Locator Data button, then click Yes at the confirmation prompt.

• Retained Locator Data in Days - The number of days Locator data has been retained.
• Number of End Station Records Retained - The number of end station records retained.

Note: Locator Data Statistics are "Read-Only". The fields are not displayed when logged in at a System User.