This manual explains the features of Job Management Partner 1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Platform, and the records it collects.
Note that in this manual, Job Management Partner 1 is hereafter abbreviated as JP1.
Intended readers
This manual is intended for the following users:
This manual assumes that the reader is knowledgeable about the operation of the monitored systems and is familiar with their operating systems.
For details about setting up and operating a system that uses JP1/Performance Management, the reader is directed to the following manuals as well:
Organization of this manual
This manual is organized into the parts listed below. Note that this manual applies to the following OSs: HP-UX, Solaris, AIX, and Linux(R). When there are differences in functionality between OSs, this manual provides a separate description for each OS.
Conventions: Diagrams
This manual uses the following conventions in diagrams:
Conventions: Fonts and symbols
The following table explains the text formatting conventions used in this manual:
Text formatting | Convention |
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Bold | Bold characters indicate text in a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example:
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Italic | Italic characters indicate a placeholder for some actual text to be provided by the user or system. For example:
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Monospace | Monospace characters indicate text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example:
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The following table explains the symbols used in this manual:
Symbol | Convention |
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| | In syntax explanations, a vertical bar separates multiple items, and has the meaning of OR. For example: A|B|C means A, or B, or C. |
{ } | In syntax explanations, curly brackets indicate that only one of the enclosed items is to be selected. For example: {A|B|C} means only one of A, or B, or C. |
[ ] | In syntax explanations, square brackets indicate that the enclosed item or items are optional. For example: [A] means that you can specify A or nothing. [B|C] means that you can specify B, or C, or nothing. |
... | In coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding have been omitted. In syntax explanations, an ellipsis indicates that the immediately preceding item can be repeated as many times as necessary. For example: A, B, B, ... means that, after you specify A, B, you can specify B as many times as necessary. |
() | Parentheses indicate the range of items to which the vertical bar (|) or ellipsis (...) is applicable. |
Conventions for mathematical expressions
The following table lists the conventions used in mathematical formulas:
Symbol | Meaning |
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![]() | Multiplication sign |
![]() | Division sign |
Conventions: Version numbers
The version numbers of Hitachi program products are usually written as two sets of two digits each, separated by a hyphen. For example:
The version number might be shown on the spine of a manual as Ver. 2.00, but the same version number would be written in the program as 02-00.