File Types and Naming Conventions

Statistical records are forwarded from the device to the Management Cloud Engines (MCEs) for viewing in a comma-separated value (CSV) file.

Before a file is pushed by the device, the device creates a directory by group name for which the statistic belongs (for example, session-agent, system, etc.), if the directory does not already exist from a previous push.

Each file is named using the format <UTC timestamp in seconds>.csv (for example, 201112250000.csv).

Each CSV file contains the following:

Header record—The first record of each file includes the statistical attribute name (for example, CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, Health Score).
Push interval and collection interval records—The file includes data records based on both the push interval and collection interval. For example, if the collection interval is one minute and the push interval is 15 minutes, the CSV file contains 15 records, one record collected every minute over the 15-minute push interval.