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Performance DB

The Performance DB is a repository that stores all the metrics collected from the servers in your data center.

CA Server Automation uses the Performance DB to store the following information:

• Which metrics are collected from which servers
• Values of those metrics (aggregated over time)
• Server-level recording interval
• Server-level thresholds (overall server utilization)
• Data center-level recording interval
• Data center-level thresholds

The data stored in this database is used for various functions. For example, this DB is the source of the data used to create historical reports. CA Server Automation also uses the data in this database and user-created rules to make logical business decisions.

Note: For more information about configuring the Performance DB, see the section dpmutil -perfdb Command—Configure the Performance Database.