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JP1 Version 12 Performance Management: Getting Started


1.2.1 Evaluating monitored items

Before you install Performance Management, determine the performance data you want to monitor (monitored items). Evaluate monitored items based on your purpose for using operation monitoring. Use the results of this evaluation to determine specific items for when you start running Performance Management, such as the items to be monitored and the monitoring conditions.

Purposes of operation monitoring and its implementation with Performance Management

In general, there are two principal purposes of operation monitoring. One is monitoring the operation of the business system and responding to problems, and the other is capacity planning for the business system. The following explains the implementation methods using Performance Management for each purpose.

Example of evaluating monitored items

The following is an example of evaluating monitored items according to the purpose of operation monitoring:

Purpose

Requirement

Evaluation result (monitored items)

Monitoring the business system and responding to problems

Monitoring basic items to determine the overall condition of the business system's OS

  • CPU usage

  • Amount of unused physical memory area

  • Ratio of free space on the logical disk

Capacity planning for the business system

Monitoring items related to server performance to plan for when to replace a server

  • CPU usage

  • Amount of unused physical memory area

(The amount of free space on a logical disk is not included here because a shortage here can be handled without having to replace the server.)

This example shows only monitoring of the performance of the OS on a server. Performance Management supports many other monitored items. The monitored items that are supported depend on the agent product. For details about the supported monitored items and example operations for each agent product, see the documentation for the applicable agent products.

Note

Performance Management provides templates that contain definitions for frequently monitored items and monitoring conditions. If there is a monitoring template that is appropriate for the monitored items evaluated before installation, you can use it to specify definitions more quickly when starting Performance Management operation.

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