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

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• A connection to a supported database is available for the APM deployment.
The APM installation procedures are similar with other IMC modules, for more information, see IMC
Installation Guide.
NOTE:
Monitoring applications via WMI is available when the APM is installed in the Windows + SQL Server
or
Windows + MySQL environment.
APM network planning
APM can be used in various scenarios, and the most classic one is monitor the applications in a data
center as Figure 2 shown. Furthermore, APM is applicable to be deployed in any management network
which allows to access to any applications.
Figure 2 An classic APM network architecture
Application classes management
Along with the internet technology developing, more and more applications come out, and each one
has its own monitor mode. The applications we talked about involve operating system, database,
service, and file system. According to different applications, APM provides you corresponding monitor
solutions as shown in the Table 1.
APM collects the application index continually, and then come to a graphic application report. More
details about the application monitor modes and related index will be introduced in the coming
chapters.
Table 1 Available applications
Type
Name
Details
Windows Server
Monitor
Windows XP
Windows XP