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

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Appendix L. Glossary

ASCS instance (ABAP Central Services)
An SAP system instance. This is a unit of a cluster configuration when SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or later is used to run PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications.

CCMS alert information extraction function
A PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications function that extracts warnings (alert information) occurring in the Alert Monitor of the computer center management system (CCMS).

central instance
An SAP system instance with a dialog service to which PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications connects. When SAP NetWeaver 2004 or earlier is used to run PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications, the central instance is a unit of a cluster configuration.

database ID
Identifier of the database that is added to each of PFM - Agent's records. The database ID indicates the types of records that are stored in the corresponding database. The following are the database IDs:
  • PI: Indicates a database for records of the PI record type
  • PD: Indicates a database for records of the PD record type

dialog instance
An SAP system instance with a dialog service to which PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications connects.

extended password
A password that is supported by an SAP system based on SAP NetWeaver 7.0 or later. In such an SAP system, the length of a password has been extended from 8 to 40 characters and the rules for alphabetic characters in a password have been changed from upper-case-only to case-sensitive.

monitor information collection function
A function for collecting SAP system monitor information according to user definitions and storing it as user-defined records for PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications.

monitoring template
Predefined alarms and reports provided by PFM - Agent. A monitoring template simplifies preparations for monitoring the operating status of PFM - Agent because complex definitions do not have to be created.

Performance Management
A collective name for a group of software programs that are used to monitor and analyze issues related to system performance. Performance Management consists of the following five program products:
  • PFM - Manager
  • PFM - Web Console
  • PFM - Base
  • PFM - Agent
  • PFM - RM

service ID
A unique identifier that is added to each Performance Management program service. When a command is used to check the configuration of the Performance Management system or to back up an individual agent's performance data, this Performance Management program service ID is specified in the command.
The format of the service ID depends on the settings of the product name display function. For details, see the chapter that describes the functions of Performance Management in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.

system log information extraction function
A PFM - Agent for Enterprise Applications function that extracts log information (system log) on the events and errors that occur in the SAP system. A system log is created for each application server.

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