Counters

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Applies To: Opalis 6.3

When building Policies you may find that there are values that need to be incremented. For example, keeping track of the number of backup attempts that were made by a Policy. Counters enable you to modify and check the status of a number that you can use to keep track of important statistics.

Counters can only be modified by the Modify Counter object and read by the Get Counter Value object.

To create a Counter

  1. Right-click the Counters folder or a sub-folder of the Counters folder, point to New, and then click Counter. The New Counter dialog appears.

  2. Type a Name for the Counter.

  3. Type a Description that explains the purpose of the Counter.

  4. Type the Default Value of the Counter. This value is the starting value of the Counter when it is created or reset.

  5. To modify a Counter, double-click the Counter.

    To remove a Counter, right-click the Counter and then select Delete.

  6. Click Finish.

To organize Counters

  1. You can group Counters into folders to organize them. To create a folder, right-click the Counters folder, point to New, and then click Folder.

  2. To move a Counter to a different folder, right-click the Counter, and then click Move. The Select a Folder dialog appears.

  3. Select the destination folder, and then click OK. The Counter is moved to the new folder location.