A.4 Changes in 09-00

• PFM - RM has been added to the Performance Management product to support remote monitoring.

• Events that occur in a Performance Management service can now be reported as JP1 system events or agent events.

• The product name display function has been added. Service keys and IDs can now be displayed and specified in a new format.

• A new command syntax compatible with pre-08-11 commands has been added. A unified option specification format has been introduced.

• Summaries of the entire system status and the latest operating status of services can now be checked in the Summary View.

• The tiling display function has been added. Multiple historical report graphs can now be displayed as thumbnails.

• The search fields function has been added. Information on an item to be monitored can now be found by searching for a keyword when setting an alarm or report.

• The Quick Guide function has been added. Reports can now be displayed without performing a conventional report definition procedure. The alarm definition procedure has been simplified.

• A definition for displaying a report can now be edited from the View Report window.

• The procedure for changing the name of a host running a Performance Management product has been simplified.

• PFM - Manager, PFM - Base, and PFM - Web Console services can now be started and stopped in a synchronized manner.

• Internet Explorer 7.0 and Firefox 3 have been added as monitoring console Web browsers.

• Mozilla has been removed as a monitoring console Web browser.

• An agent for monitoring a virtual environment has been added.

• Remote monitors for Windows, UNIX, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server have been added.

• The name solution set has been changed to monitoring template.

• The alarm table version in the monitoring template for the health check agent has been changed from 8.11 to 8.50 and 09.00.

• The alarm table in the monitoring template for the health check agent has been renamed to the following:

  PFM Health Check Template Alarms

• For JP1 Version 9 JP1/Performance Management, the manual contents of the old edition Job Management Partner 1 Version 8 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management System Configuration and User's Guide (3020-3-K61-40(E)) have now been divided into the following two manuals.

  • Job Management Partner 1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide (3020-3-R31(E))

  • Job Management Partner 1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide (3020-3-R32(E))

  The following table describes the correspondence between the Job Management Partner 1 Version 8 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management System Configuration and User's Guide (3020-3-K61-40(E)) and the Job Management Partner 1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide (3020-3-R32(E)):

  Job Management Partner 1 Version 8 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management System Configuration and User's Guide (3020-3-K61-40(E))	Job Management Partner 1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management User's Guide (3020-3-R32(E))
  PART 1: Overview	Moved to the Job Management Partner 1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide (3020-3-R31(E)).
  1. Overview of Performance Management
  2. Using Performance Management
  PART 2: Design
  3. Design of Operation Monitoring Systems that Use Performance Management
  4. Performance Management Functions
  PART 3: Configuration
  5. Installation and Setup (in Windows)
  6. Installation and Setup (in UNIX)
  PART 4: Operation	PART 1: Operation
  7. Starting and Stopping Performance Management	1. Starting and Stopping Performance Management
  8. Managing User Accounts	2. Managing User Accounts
  9. Monitoring Agents	3. Monitoring Agents
  10. Managing Operation Monitoring Data	4. Managing Operation Monitoring Data
  11. Creation of Reports for Operation Analysis	5. Creation of Reports for Operation Analysis
  12 Operation Monitoring with Alarms	6. Operation Monitoring with Alarms
  13. Displaying Events	7. Displaying Events
  14. Backing Up and Restoring Data	8. Backing Up and Restoring Data
  PART 5: System Linkage	PART 2: System Linkage
  15. Construction and Operation with a Cluster System	9. Construction and Operation with a Cluster System
  16. Operation Monitoring Linked with the Integrated Management Product JP1/IM	10. Linking with the Integrated Management Product JP1/IM for Operation Monitoring
  17. Linking with Network Node Manager (NNM) for Operation Monitoring	11. Linking with Network Node Manager (NNM) for Operation Monitoring
  18. Linking with ODBC-Complaint Application Programs for Operation Analysis	12. Linking with ODBC-Compliant Application Programs for Operation Analysis
  PART 6: Troubleshooting	PART 3: Troubleshooting
  19. Detecting Problems within Performance Management	13. Detecting Problems within Performance Management
  20. Error Handling Procedures	14. Error Handling Procedures
  Appendix A. Limits	Moved to the Job Management Partner 1 Version 9 Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide (3020-3-R31(E)).
  Appendix B. Naming Rules
  Appendix C. System Estimates
  Appendix D. Kernel Parameter List
  Appendix E. Migration Steps and Notes on Migration
  Appendix F. Version Compatibility
  Appendix G. Outputting Action Log Data
  Appendix H. Health Check Agent
  Appendix I. Version Changes	Appendix A. Version Changes
  Appendix J. Glossary	Appendix B. Glossary

• Windows Server 2008 is now supported.

• A report graph can now be displayed with time adjustment.

• A PFM service that has stopped abnormally can now be restarted automatically.

• More than one alarm table can now be bound to a monitoring agent.

• Performance Management can now be used in an environment where there are multiple hosts with the same name.

• The Performance Management setup procedure has been simplified.

• PFM - Web Console can now be used in a UNIX environment.

• A description required for installing a Solaris patch for version 09-00 has been added.

• The number 4.0 has been added to the data model version of the health check agent. Accordingly, the PI_HAVL, PD_HOST, and PI_SYS records have been added.

• The number 8.50 has been added as the alarm table version in the monitoring template of the health check agent. Accordingly, the Host Status Change and Host Not Available alarms have been added.

• Host Availability (4.0), Hosts Availability (4.0), Hosts Status (Real-Time) (4.0), and System Summary (4.0) have been added as reports in the monitoring templates of the health check agent.

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