Custom Group is a collection of objects sharing a common use, location, project, etc.
Performance metrics for objects in the Custom group can be then viewed in one place.
Only objects of the same type (class, hardware type and subsystem) can be assigned to a Custom group.
For example:
IBM Power, LPARs
VMware VMs
Storage Volumes
etc.
There is one exception. Virtual machines from various virtualization platforms, including IBM Power LPARs, can be combined in a single Custom group.
Only common subset of performance metrics is shown in this case: CPU usage in Cores and %.
Custom Group can be used in other tools throughout Xormon NG.
You can create an Alerts, Reports or Exports for any Custom group.
Custom Group can be organized into folders for easier acces.
It can be also shared with other users (Custom group sharing).
Creating Custom Group
UI ➡ Settings ➡ Custom group
Select Class in the top menu (Server, Storage, SAN...)
Add Custom group
Assign name
Select Type and/or Subsystem
Select folder (Create a new one if needed)
Select items
Item selection supports:
Filtering by parent objects
Direct selection
Regular expressions
Selection by tags
Multiple rules for fine-grained selection
Save the Custom group
Newly created Custom Group are immediately displayed in the top navigation menu.