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/AWS1/CL_ASC=>ENABLEMETRICSCOLLECTION()

About EnableMetricsCollection

Enables group metrics collection for the specified Auto Scaling group.

You can use these metrics to track changes in an Auto Scaling group and to set alarms on threshold values. You can view group metrics using the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling console or the CloudWatch console. For more information, see Monitor CloudWatch metrics for your Auto Scaling groups and instances in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.

Method Signature

IMPORTING

Required arguments:

IV_AUTOSCALINGGROUPNAME TYPE /AWS1/ASCXMLSTRINGMAXLEN255 /AWS1/ASCXMLSTRINGMAXLEN255

The name of the Auto Scaling group.

IV_GRANULARITY TYPE /AWS1/ASCXMLSTRINGMAXLEN255 /AWS1/ASCXMLSTRINGMAXLEN255

The frequency at which Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling sends aggregated data to CloudWatch. The only valid value is 1Minute.

Optional arguments:

IT_METRICS TYPE /AWS1/CL_ASCMETRICS_W=>TT_METRICS TT_METRICS

Identifies the metrics to enable.

You can specify one or more of the following metrics:

  • GroupMinSize

  • GroupMaxSize

  • GroupDesiredCapacity

  • GroupInServiceInstances

  • GroupPendingInstances

  • GroupStandbyInstances

  • GroupTerminatingInstances

  • GroupTotalInstances

  • GroupInServiceCapacity

  • GroupPendingCapacity

  • GroupStandbyCapacity

  • GroupTerminatingCapacity

  • GroupTotalCapacity

  • WarmPoolDesiredCapacity

  • WarmPoolWarmedCapacity

  • WarmPoolPendingCapacity

  • WarmPoolTerminatingCapacity

  • WarmPoolTotalCapacity

  • GroupAndWarmPoolDesiredCapacity

  • GroupAndWarmPoolTotalCapacity

If you specify Granularity and don't specify any metrics, all metrics are enabled.

For more information, see Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling User Guide.