Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Overview and System Design Guide

2.4 Functions provided by the IM database

JP1/IM - Manager manages JP1 events using its own IM database or the event database provided by JP1/Base. You can choose which of these two databases to use.

The following figure shows how the databases are positioned in the system.

Figure 2-9 Positioning of the IM database and JP1/Base event database

IM database is a generic term for the following two databases:

• Integrated monitoring database used by the Central Console component of JP1/IM - Manager
• IM Configuration Management database used by the IM Configuration Management component of JP1/IM - Manager

By setting up the integrated monitoring database and IM Configuration Management database according to the functionality you want to use, you can expand the functionality previously available with the JP1/Base event database.

The following table describes the functionality provided by the integrated monitoring database and IM Configuration Management database.

Table 2-4 Functionality provided by the integrated monitoring database and IM Configuration Management database

JP1/IM - Manager component	Database	Available functionality
Central Console	Integrated monitoring database	Add an event display start-time specification area to the Central Console window.
		Change the severity of JP1 events.
		Conduct event searches in the integrated monitoring database.
		Add memos to JP1 events.
		Output event reports to the integrated monitoring database.
IM Configuration Management	IM Configuration Management database	Manage hosts.
		Manage the system hierarchy.
		Manage profiles.
		Manage service activity information.
		Import and export IM Configuration Management information.
		Manage virtualization configurations.

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