The metric is said to be different when any or all the following conditions are true (provided the target does not have "Template Override" set for that metric):

• The Warning Threshold settings are different

• The Critical Threshold settings are different.

• The Collection Schedules are different.

• The Upload Intervals are different.

• The number of occurrences (for which the metric has to remain at a value above the threshold before an alert is raised) are different.)

• For metric extensions, in addition to the above, the OS Command/SQL statement used to evaluate the metric extension is different. Note that this applies only if the name and the return type are the same.

• The metric extension marked for delete will be shown as "different" on the destination target and the template only if:

  • A metric extension with the same name exists on both the destination target and template.

  • The return type (String, Numeric) of the metric extension is the same on both the destination target and template.

  • The metric type is the same on both the destination target and the template.