GPA Manual

Glossary
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TMF
TMF. The Transaction Monitoring Facility is a log-based manager that protects the integrity
of a database by creating an audit trail of database changes.
transient processing. CPU activity devoted to processes whose execution life is shorter than
the measurement period analyzed by GPA.
tuning window. The amount by which the percentage busy time for a CPU can deviate, either
up or down, from the average value for the node without being considered out of
balance. The size of the tuning window depends on the utilization level of the node and
the CPU type, and decreases as the utilization level of the node goes up.