Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide

1.2.1 Centralized monitoring of the operating status of large and complex enterprise systems

In a large-scale system consisting of a wide variety of servers and business applications, monitoring the operation of processes and database resources can involve a large commitment of time and effort. With Performance Management, however, you can easily build an operations monitoring system capable of centrally monitoring even large-scale and complex enterprise systems. Performance Management can also link with other operations management systems such as integrated operations management systems or network management systems and analyze performance data collected for the purpose of identifying inherent problems in the system. This allows for the early detection of problems in the enterprise system as well as analysis of system performance, and also allows you to establish an upgrade plan based on the projected operation of the system in the future.

The following describes the main features of Performance Management as used for a large-scale system.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Easily expandable to suit the configuration of the monitored system

(2) Flexibly links with other systems

(1) Easily expandable to suit the configuration of the monitored system

Performance Management offers numerous monitoring agents for monitoring resources such as database servers and business application servers. For this reason, you can perform operations monitoring simply by adding the necessary monitoring agents for the environment of the enterprise system.

Figure 1-6 Example of changing the Performance Management configuration after adding a new resource to the monitored system

For details on building an operations monitoring system around Performance Management and the configuration of such a system, see 5. Installation and Setup (in Windows) for Windows or 6. Installation and Setup (in UNIX) for UNIX.

(2) Flexibly links with other systems

In a large-scale system containing multiple servers and programs, Performance Management is able to flexibly link with other systems. By linking with an integrated operations management system or network management system, Performance Management can improve the availability and reliability of the entire enterprise system. Also, by conducting a work analysis of the data collected by Performance Management during operations monitoring, the system administrator can identify inherent problems affecting the enterprise system.

Figure 1-7 Linking Performance Management with other systems

• Optimizing operations management of the entire enterprise system by linking with integrated system management products
  JP1 events issued by Performance Management can be monitored by JP1/IM, an integrated systems management product in the JP1 series, and Performance Management can be called from JP1/IM. JP1/IM allows for centralized monitoring of the Performance Management status by using graphical icons. By checking these icons, the system administrator can identify where performance has dropped and caused a bottleneck, and take the appropriate action to resolve the problem before it has a significant effect on business operations. In this way, operations management can be optimized even for large-scale and complex enterprise systems, and integrated support is provided on an enterprise system-wide level throughout the cycle from monitoring the operating status to the application of countermeasures.
  
• Supporting stable operation of business networks by linking with network management products
  The status of the system being monitored by Performance Management can be monitored from the network management product (NNM). This allows for the integrated management of the operating status for systems in a large-scale network environment. Linking with NNM contributes to the stable operation of networks that support enterprise systems.
  
• Allowing collected performance data to be reprocessed freely according to the intended purpose
  The Performance Management ODBC driver provides access to the collected performance data from an ODBC-compliant application program such as Microsoft Excel. By using an ODBC-compliant application program, you can easily create reports suited to users' objectives and analyze performance data.
  
• Linking with products that analyze performance to identify system problems
  The collected performance data can be analyzed by using JP1/PFM - Analysis, a product for analyzing system operation. By using this product, you can analyze current trends in the operation of the system and identify issues before they become problems.
  

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