HP Intelligent Management Center v5.1 SP1 Application Manager Administrator Guide

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1 Application Manager overview
Application Manager (APM) is a network management software product based on IMC platform, and it
is used to monitor various applications in the network. During the monitoring process, APM collects
data from the applications and generates an application monitor report. It is helpful for the operators to
solve the application performance bottleneck problems, and guarantee the significant services will be
available, reliable, and continuous.
Usually, a significant service works on the different host and composes of several applications. Figure 1
shows the work model of APM, PLAT, and Applications. Besides, APM can also provide the operating
system monitor function.
• Supported host types: PC, work station, server
• Supported operating system types: Windows, Linux, and Unix
• Supported application types: Web server, database , mail server and so on
Figure 1 PLAT、APM and Applications
Installation and network planning
Installation requirements
To prepare for installation of the APM module, make sure that you have met the following
requirements:
• IMC version 5.1 is already installed and deployed on your network.
• APM can be installed normally in any one of the following environments:
 Windows + SQL Server
 Windows + MySQL
 Linux + MySQL
 Linux + Oracle