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Performance Monitoring Metrics

After you familiarize yourself with the default metrics, you can consider sending the Performance Monitoring metrics.

A CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP region monitors performance metrics for many physical and logical mainframe network resource types. The metric sample values come from various sources including IBM operating system functions, device management applications, packet flow analysis, and physical devices.

At regular fixed intervals from 5 through 60 minutes, the region takes samples of each monitored metric. Metric sample values are compared to thresholds, for alerting. The sample values are aggregated into hourly values, for baseline calculations and further reporting, but are not retained for long periods.

Note: For information about how to configure monitoring for an IP resource or node, see the CA NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP Implementation Guide. For information about monitoring attributes, see the CA NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP Administration Guide.

You can send these metrics to CA Introscope, for example:

• To retain individual sample values in specialized metric storage, for longer than the region can keep them

  For example, you want to keep months of interface throughput rates at small intervals. You use this data for verification with their link provider.

• To create dashboards combining complementary mainframe metrics from different sources

  For example, you want to combine stack network interface metrics with OSA or Cisco device performance metrics.

• To create dashboards for critical business services from CA NetMaster NM for TCP/IP, CA SYSVIEW, and CA Insight DPM metrics, with multiple service components visible on one place