Creating a predictive risk profile

Create a risk profile for projecting performance trends from 24 hours to 6 months in the future.

1. Click the Administration tab, then select Predictive Analytics Settings > Profile Settings.
2. Click Create Risk Profile.
3. On the Copy From menu, do one of the following:
   • Select a system-defined or an existing user-defined profile. You can rename it, then modify the parameters according to your risk assessment goals.
   • Select a blank profile (-), the default option in the menu, and construct a new profile by manually selecting the parameters.
4. Name the profile (required) and provide a description (optional).
5. Select a time period.
   For example, select 24 hours or 7 days for near-term performance trends. For a long-term projection to determine utilization trends, select 1 month or 6 Months.
6. In the Target Metrics table, add or remove performance metrics to or from the profile. Click Add Metric, make the following choices, and click OK:
   1. Use the Resource Type menu to display a list of metrics by resource type.
   2. Select target metrics in the Available Metrics field, then click Add. When the Selected Metrics field is complete, click OK.
7. When the Target Metric table is populated, add a monitoring threshold for each target metric by adjusting the Monitoring setting (ON/OFF) and entering a threshold value.
   Some threshold values have predefined settings, which are adjustable.
8. Click Save.