Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Platform Description, User's Guide and Reference

4.1.1 Information that can be defined as user-defined records

This section explains the information that can be defined as user-defined records.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Workgroup information

(2) Information about the application operating status

(3) User-specific performance data

(1) Workgroup information

When multiple users use UNIX system resources or operate a UNIX group, PFM - Agent for Platform allows you to set those multiple UNIX users or the UNIX group as a workgroup and collect process information related to the workgroup.

You can set a workgroup in the following units:

• UNIX user
• UNIX group
• Program executed by process

The PFM - Agent for Platform workgroup information collection program summarizes workgroup-related data of performance data of the Process Detail (PD) record based on the workgroup name set in the workgroup file. Summarized performance data is managed as the Workgroup Summary (PI_WGRP) record. As with other records, you can use the Workgroup Summary (PI_WGRP) record to display reports and monitor alarm usage.

The figure below shows the flow of workgroup information monitoring.

Figure 4-1 Workgroup information monitoring flow

(2) Information about the application operating status

PFM - Agent for Platform can collect information about whether processes are operating under specified conditions and whether the number of processes is the expected number or less. PFM - Agent for Platform can then manage the collected information as the Application Summary (PD_APP) record. The processes to be monitored can be specified in PFM - Web Console.

(3) User-specific performance data

PFM - Agent for Platform can collect user-specific performance data such as information that is not provided by PFM - Agent for Platform and information specific to a machine or environment. To collect user-specific performance data, you need to create scripts called user commands.

There are two kinds of records that store user-specific performance data for each of the record types, PI and PD.

• User Data Detail (PD_UPD)
• User Data Detail - Extended (PD_UPDB)
• User Data Interval (PI_UPI)
• User Data Interval - Extended (PI_UPIB)

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