PFM - Agent for Platform can collect performance data not provided by default and store it in a record. This record for storing performance data is called a user-defined record. For details about how to collect user-defined records, see 6. User-Defined Record Collection.
The following table shows the information for which user-defined records can be set and the records corresponding to type of information.
Table 2-1 Information that can be set for user records, the corresponding records, and how user records are set
Information supporting user-defined record collection | Records |
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Workgroup information | PI_WGRP record |
Process operating status information | PD_APP2 record |
PD_APPD record | |
PD_APS record | |
PD_APSI record | |
Application operating status information | PD_APP record |
User-specific performance data | PD_UPD record |
PD_UPDB record | |
PI_UPI record | |
PI_UPIB record |
Like other records, user-defined records specified on each host can be used for displaying reports in PFM - Web Console and issuing alarms based on monitoring.
When multiple pieces of performance data are collected into each record, a new line is added for each field in the user-defined record as each piece of performance data is collected. As a result, each user-defined record becomes a multi-line record. A multi-line record is a multi-instance record.