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Chapter 28Figure 474: The MIB Poller Collection SummaryFrom this page, any user can view the details of the collection, view information about the devices onwhich data is being collected, view the xml file that defines the collections, and export the currentresults of the collection.An Ridgeline Administrator can start or stop polling for any or all of the collections, and can reload thecollections.xml file.Loading, Starting and Stopping a CollectionIf a file named collections.xml exists in the Ridgeline server’s user/collections directory when theRidgeline server is started, the collection definitions in the file are loaded automatically. Polling for thecollections will be started if the initialState property specifies that the collection should be running.If the Ridgeline server is already running when the collections.xml file is placed in the collectionsdirectory, then you must click the Reload button to load the collection definitions.Once you have loaded the collections.xml file, the collections defined in that file will continue to bemaintained, either running or stopped, until they are replaced by reloading the collections.xml filewhich has been modified to specify a different set of collections, or until the collections.xml file isremoved from the collections directory.You can stop the polling process for a running collection by placing a check in the checkbox in the firstcolumn next to the collection name, and clicking Stop. To start a stopped collection, check the box in thefirst column and click Start. You can select all the collections in the table by checking the box in thecolumn heading.The MIB Collection Detail ReportTo view the details of a collection, click the collection name, which links to the MIB Collection Detailreport for the collection. Figure 475 is an example of a Collection Detail Report.Ridgeline Reference Guide649