
PeriReporter User’s Guide
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What is PeriReporter?
PeriReporter is a PeriView tool, consisting of three subtools - PeriConsolidator,
PeriDefiner, and PeriReporter - each contributing to the process of collecting,
maintaining, defining, and reporting statistical data for the Nortel Networks Media
Processing Server Series network. Using a Graphical User Interface (GUI), it allows a
point and click specification of multiple report formats for each statistics record type.
A report is viewed as a set of columns, with each column representing an application
or system statistics defined counter. There is a row of cells for each time interval
recorded in a statistics file.
When the PeriReporter Tools package is installed a .perireporter file is created
in the default PeriReporter home directory ($VPSHOME/PERIprpt/prpt). When
any changes are made in the Global Settings, Screen Colors, or Print Setup portions of
the PeriDefiner or PeriReporter components a new .perireporter file is created
in your home directory. These changes are then saved in this new file. The original
.perireporter file will remain unchanged. Eliminating the file residing in your
home directory will reset all parameters back to their default settings.
For additional information on the installation of the PeriReporter Tools package, refer
to the Installing Graphical Tools on a Customer Supplied Workstation (9090504(I))
manual.
In a single node environment, each of PeriView’s tools reside on
the Nortel Networks Media Processing Server Series node and all
tools will display on the tool bar. In a multi-node environment,
PeriView tools reside on each node in the Nortel Networks Media
Processing Server Series network, but the PeriReporter tool
typically resides only on the node that is designated as the site for
statistical collection and reporting. Therefore, in a multi-node
environment, the PeriReporter tool will only display on the tool
bar at the node(s) at which PeriReporter resides.
For additional information on single node environments, see
Defining Stat Events in a Single Node Environment on page 25.
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