OVNPM 1.5.2 - Performance Monitor User and Installation Guide

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Preface
The Performance Monitor (PM) is used to track and monitor the activities occurring on the HP NonStop Servers. It
can be used to assist you with the planning of upgrades, tracking of processes that need to be optimized,
monitoring results of tuning and configuration scenarios, and the understanding of a workload and its effect on
resource usage to identify bottlenecks in the NonStop Environments.
Bottlenecks can virtually occur anywhere and on any element of the environment. It may be caused by the
malfunctioning of resources, systems lacking enough resources or a program that dominates a particular
resource. Performance Monitor helps in tracking these bottlenecks and allows you to take the appropriate
proactive actions.
Before You Begin
Before reading the documentation, you are expected to have a basic understanding of the Windows Operating
System, as well as the HP NonStop environment.
Who Should Read This Guide
The target audiences for the HP Performance Monitor User and Installation Guide are the people working in the
systems operation/support groups and performance/capacity planning analysts, responsible for using
Performance Monitor for managing the HP NonStop environment.
Goals of Documentation
After reading the Performance Monitor User and Installation Guide, you should know the following:
• Performance Monitor and its Components.
• Features and benefits of Performance Monitor.
• Performance Monitor architecture and the information flow between Performance Monitor and the HP
NonStop environment.
• Procedure to install and uninstall Performance Monitor.
• Introduction to the Performance Monitor Client and its working.
• Database Schema of Performance Monitor.
Organization
The guide is organized as follows.
Chapter No.
Chapter Name
Description
Chapter 1.
Performance Monitor: Overview
Introduces Performance Monitor and its components. It also
surveys the main features of Performance Monitor and
highlights the advantages this software offers.
Chapter 2. Installing Performance Monitor Specifies the prerequisites and the steps required to install
the Performance Monitor.
Chapter 3.
Getting Started
This section provides steps on how to start and stop various
Performance Monitor components.
Chapter 4. Performance Monitor Configuration Client Provides information about the Performance Monitor
Configuration Client and its various parameters. The chapter
also provides information about how to create and maintain
configurations using the tool.
Chapter 5.
Uninstalling Performance Monitor
Specifies the steps required to uninstall Performance Monitor.
Chapter 6. Performance Monitor Database Schema Describes the Database Schema and the relationship
between its various components.
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