HP Systems Insight Manager - Manual (Page 62)

Because collections by attribute use a database query, collections that are complex take more system
resources every time they are accessed. Keeping collections simple minimizes performance impact.
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Combination collections
Combination collections were new in Systems Insight Manager 6.0. This new form of collections enables
you to bind together a system collection and an event collection. Combination collections enable you
to reuse and recombine system and event collections that you have created.
NOTE: There are two kinds of combination collections. If you are creating a system collection, then
the combination collection returns a system list. If you are creating an event collection, then the
combination collection returns an event list. For example, the two collections All Servers and All Login
and Logout Events could be combined in two ways. One way yields all servers that have login and
logout events. The other way yields all login and logout events that occurred on servers.
Other customization features
The Customize Collections page enables you to create and organize your collections in a way that works
for you.
Customize Collections page
On the Customize Collections page, some collections show their contents and others do not. For example,
in the above image, All Systems, HP BladeSystems, and Storage Systems are not collections by member
because the expansion icon ( ) is located beside the collection name, and when you click the icon, the
contents of the collection are displayed.
Because collections by attribute are dynamic, determining their content and displaying it in this interface
would be very time consuming. Therefore, their content is not displayed and you cannot set properties on
62 Collections in Systems Insight Manager