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CA Performance Management for OpenVMS

CA Performance Management for OpenVMS includes layered products designed to reduce the time and effort required to manage and monitor system performance and to plan for future resource requirements. These products can be used with standalone and with OpenVMS cluster systems.

CA Performance Management for OpenVMS includes the following products:

• Performance Manager
• Performance Agent
• Accounting Chargeback

Performance Manager and Performance Agent share a common database and basic set of utilities. Any one component may provide these utilities on behalf of the other components of the same version, as shown in the following items:

• Performance Agent gathers, manages, classifies, and archives OpenVMS system data. It provides the following functions:
  • Data collection and storage
  • Data archiving
  • Dump reports
  • Disk analysis
  • PC sampling
  • Real-time file activity display
• Performance Manager makes recommendations for improving system performance. It does this by analyzing system data through the application of expert system technology, identifying specific conditions causing performance degradation, and presenting detailed evidence to support its conclusions. It also provides real-time displays of performance data using either DECwindows Motif or character cell displays. The user can interactively view and investigate system performance problems and resource usage. The following functions are included in this component:
  • Performance knowledge base and rules compiler
  • Performance analysis and reports
  • Real-time displays of performance data
  • Graphing
  • Data export facility

The common utilities that are shared by all components provide the capability for managing and interrogating the files in the database. These include a workload parameter editor, a schedule file editor, a data archive, and a data file dump utility.