The following explains the network environment that is necessary for Performance Management to operate.
You must set up at the PFM - Agent host an environment in which IP address can be resolved from host names. PFM - Agent cannot start in an environment in which IP addresses cannot be resolved.
Actual host names or alias names can be used for a monitoring host name (the name used as the host name of a Performance Management system).
For details about monitoring host name settings, see the chapter explaining installation and setup in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.
Host names and IP addresses can be set using any of the following:
Performance Management supports IPv6 network configurations in addition to IPv4 environments. Performance Management also works in network configurations that are made up of a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 environments.
PFM - Agent for Platform can communicate with PFM - Manager over IPv6, but only if both are hosted on Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, or Linux.
For details about and limitations applicable to communication in the IPv4 and IPv6 environments, see K. Communication in IPv4 and IPv6 Environments.
To communicate over IPv6, you must enable IPv6 on the PFM - Manager host, as well as on each PFM - Agent host. You use the jpcconf ipv6 enable command to do this. The following explains when this command is necessary.
The following shows an example of specifying the jpcconf ipv6 enable command:
jpcconf ipv6 enable
For details about the jpcconf ipv6 enable command, see the chapter that describes commands in the manual Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Reference. For details about the timing and conditions for executing the jpcconf ipv6 enable command, see the chapter that describes network configurations that include IPv6 environments in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.
Also note that if you want PFM - Agent for Platform to communicate with PFM - Manager over IPv6, you must specify host names that can be resolved.
Communication between PFM - Agent for Platform and PFM - Manager is established using resolvable IP addresses. When PFM - Agent for Platform and PFM - Manager communicate in an environment in which IPv4 and IPv6 coexist and an attempt to communicate with one resolvable IP address fails, no attempt will be made to communicate using the other IP address.
For example, when an IPv4 connection fails, a retry over IPv6 will not be attempted. Similarly, when an IPv6 connection fails, a retry over IPv4 will not be attempted. We recommend to confirm connections in advance, if possible.
The default port numbers shown in the table below are assigned to Performance Management program services. For any other services or programs, port numbers currently not in use in the system are automatically assigned when the service or program is started. When you are using Performance Management in an environment with a firewall, assign fixed port numbers. For details about how to fix port numbers, see the chapter explaining installation and setup in the Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.
Table 4-1 Default port numbers and Performance Management program services (for Windows)
Service explanation | Service name | Parameter | Port number | Remarks |
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Service configuration information management function | Name Server | jp1pcnsvr | 22285 | Port number used by the Name Server service of PFM - Manager. This port number is set for all hosts in Performance Management. |
OpenView linkage facility | NNM Object Manager | jp1pcovsvr | 22292 | Port number used by the OpenView linkage facility of PFM - Manager and PFM - Base for communicating between a map manager and an object manager. This port number is set for hosts in which PFM - Manager and PFM - Base are installed. |
Service status management function | Status Server | jp1pcstatsvr | 22350 | Port number used by the Status Server service of PFM - Manager and PFM - Base. This port number is set for hosts in which PFM - Manager and PFM - Base are installed. |
JP1/ITSLM linkage facility | JP1/ITSLM | -- | 20905 | Port number set in JP1/ITSLM. |
Set up the network to enable these PFM - Agents to communicate using the assigned port numbers.