2.3 Overview of collecting and managing performance data

The following figure shows the flow of performance data collection by PFM - Agent for Service Response.

Figure 2‒12: Flow of performance data collection by PFM - Agent for Service Response

In PFM - Agent for Service Response, the Probe Daemon and the IE Probe Daemon measures a target's response times. The measurement results are output to a report file. Agent Collector collects the most recent data from the report file and manages it in the format of records.

The procedures for collecting and managing performance data depend on the record type used to store the performance data. The records for PFM - Agent for Service Response are classified into the following three types:

• PI record type

• PD record type

• PL record type

For details about how to collect and manage performance data, see the following chapters:

• Performance data collection procedure

  For details about how to collect performance data, see the chapter that describes the functions of Performance Management in the JP1/Performance Management Planning and Configuration Guide.

  For details about the values of the collected performance data, see 10. Records.

• Performance data management procedure

  For details about the performance data management procedure, see the chapter that describes management of operation monitoring data in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.

You use PFM - Web Console to select the performance data to be used from the records collected and managed by PFM - Agent. For details about how to select performance data, see the chapter that describes management of operation monitoring data in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.

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