Preface
This manual describes the functionality and records of JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response.
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■ Intended readers
This manual describes JP1/Performance Management. The manual is intended for the following readers:
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Users who wish to design or construct an operation monitoring system.
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Users who wish to collect internet service performance data.
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Users who wish to define conditions for collecting performance data.
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Users who wish to define reports and alarms.
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Users who wish to use collected performance data to monitor a system.
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Users who wish to consider or take actions for a system based on monitoring results.
Readers of this manual must be familiar with the system being monitored and Internet service protocols, and must have a basic knowledge of the operating systems.
For details about how to design and run systems that use JP1/Performance Management, also see the following manuals:
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JP1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide
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JP1/Performance Management User's Guide
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JP1/Performance Management Reference
■ Organization of this manual
This manual is organized into the parts listed below. This manual can be used as a common reference under the following condition: the host on which JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response is installed runs on the Windows operating system. When there are differences in functionality between OSs, this manual provides a separate description for each OS.
- Part 1. Overview
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This part provides an overview of JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response.
- Part 2. Configuration and Operations
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This part explains how to install and set up JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response. It also explains the definitions for service measurement, starting and stopping, and how to perform operations in a cluster system.
- Part 3. Reference
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This part describes the windows, definition files, monitoring templates, records, commands, and messages of JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response.
- Part 4. Troubleshooting
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This part describes the actions to be taken for errors that might occur during operation of JP1/Performance Management - Agent Option for Service Response.
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Version 1.00 (or 1.0) is written as 01-00.
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