hp OpenView

performance manager,
performance monitor and
performance agent
product brief

end-to-end resource and performance management

HP OpenView Performance products deliver a powerful end-toend resource and performance management solution. Whether
your environment consists of a single system or a large network
of systems, the fundamental goal is the sameto offer the best
possible level of service in a cost-effective manner.
HP OpenView Performance Manager, Performance Monitor and
Performance Agents help you achieve this goal by providing a
single interface for centrally monitoring, analyzing and forecasting resource utilization for distributed multivendor environments.
Furthermore, HP OpenView Performance seamlessly integrates
with HP OpenView Operations and Network Node Manager.

end-to-end
solution

a powerful, flexible solution

The HP OpenView Performance Manager, Performance Monitor
and Performance Agents combine to provide a powerful and
flexible distributed management solution. Has an application
stopped responding? Are end-user response times acceptable?
Are service levels being met?
The HP OpenView Performance products provide solutions
to these questions and more, while addressing distributed
management requirements in two main areas:

HP OpenView Performance Monitor receives and maintains a

list of performance alarms that occur anywhere in the distributed
environment. To troubleshoot, simply select the alarm in the
message log and watch as the HP OpenView Performance
Manager launches and provides detailed information describing
the exception condition, including a time-correlated view of
critical performance metrics needed to isolate the problems
root cause. In short, HP OpenView Performance converts enterprise-wide performance data into invaluable time-correlated
management information.

Performance management and problem resolution

Resource planning and service management

performance management and proactive

problem resolution
The HP OpenView Performance Agent collects measurement
data to detect exception conditions. Exception conditions can
be based on individual metrics or combinations of metrics and
can be defined using both thresholds and duration, allowing
proactive detection of problems. For example, an exception
condition could be defined as occurring when a client/server
applications response times exceed a pre-defined threshold
or when CPU usage remains over 75 percent and wait queue
length is greater than 3 for more than 5 minutes. The HP
OpenView Performance Agent detects and alarms on all
exception conditions.

resource planning and service management

HP OpenView Performance provides the information needed
to determine how resources are performing and how they are
being used or misused. Providing both real-time and historical
data is key to planning activities.

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 The ability to create custom graphs and templates

containing any metric from any system for a singlepane-of-glass view of the environment

The HP OpenView Performance Agent, with its patented intelligent

collection technology, is installed on systems throughout the distributed environment. It collects, summarizes and logs resource and
performance measurement data from applications, databases,
networks and operating systems. Furthermore, the HP OpenView
Performance Agent supports the industry-standard Application
Response Measurement (ARM) specification, to measure actual
end-to-end application response times and transaction metrics.

The ability to produce hard copies of graphs, including

support for PostScript printers
Forecasting capability based on data collected by
the HP OpenView Performance Agent, including
linear, exponential and s-curve projections

Using this historical data, HP OpenView Performance enables

in-depth examination of resource utilization and performance
trends. With this information, you uncover bottlenecks, which
if unchecked result in poor service levels. By comparing activity
levels, you can balance workloads, allowing you to allocate
resources and deliver a quality of service that parallels the
business needs. Lastly, HP OpenView Performance data can
be exported in various formats, for use in capacity planning,
statistical analysis and spreadsheet applications.

hp OpenView performance manager for Windows

The HP OpenView Performance Manager for Windows is a new
Web-based analysis and visualization tool designed to analyze
performance trends of applications, systems and services. It utilizes
data collected from the HP OpenView Performance Agents and
several other sources to isolate performance bottlenecks and maximize resource uptime. In addition, the HP OpenView Performance
Manager for Windows provides:

hp OpenView solutions

Both a Web-based and Java graphical user and

configuration interface

HP OpenView solutions target specific IT management challenges

to solve todays pressing problems. Delivering swift results incrementally, the multiple solutions are the building blocks to a
complete IT management solution. The HP OpenView building
block approach meets emerging business needs with short-term
success driven by longer-term business objectives.

The ability to segment and view reports by customer

Multiple near real-time graphing options, including
tables and forms
Flexible, ad hoc performance graphing for the HP
OpenView Operations Agent (7.0 or greater), HP
OpenView Performance Agent (formerly MeasureWare),
HP OpenView Internet Services, HP OpenView Reporter
and any ODBC-compliant data source

hp OpenView performance manager for UNIX

The HP OpenView Performance Manager for UNIX is a powerful
graphical analysis and planning tool that is designed to analyze
and project future resource utilization and performance trends.
It utilizes historical data from the HP OpenView Performance
Agents to provide:

Forecasting and planning capabilities via baseline graphs

Comparison and correlation of application and system

resource measurements
Zoom capabilities for a detailed look at metrics or
graphs for a specific time period
Multiple graphing options, including line, bar and pie
graphs as well as table-formatted output

hp OpenView
performance manager/monitor

hp OpenView
performance agent

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Also, if HP OpenView Network Node Manager and HP

OpenView Performance are installed on the same system, the
HP OpenView Performance Monitor seamlessly integrates into
the NNM topology map. Once an alarm is received, HP
OpenView Network Node Manager identifies the operator
by changing the icon status of the offending device. The HP
OpenView Performance Manager can then be automatically
launched from Network Node Manager for additional
information on the alarm.

hp OpenView performance monitor for UNIX

If real-time performance monitoring is desired, the optional HP
OpenView Performance Monitor allows operators to configure
custom actions on alarms. Upon receiving a performance alarm,
the operator can initiate the HP OpenView Performance Monitor
to automatically create a graph containing the relevant metrics to
enable the resolution of the performance problem. The HP
OpenView Performance Monitor also provides alarm filtering
by severity, type or system node and interval-driven alarm
status updates.

getting the most from your investment

HP provides high-quality software services that address all aspects
of your software application life-cycle needs and align with your
business goals. With HP as your partner, you have access to
standards-based, modular, multi-platform software coupled with
HP's best-in-class services and support portfolio.

hp OpenView performance agent

The HP OpenView Performance Agent is the collection, logging
and alarming component of the HP OpenView Performance
family. With its powerful end-to-end application response measurement capabilities, the HP OpenView Performance Agent is the
core enabling technology in any service management strategy.

HP offers premier onsite deployment assistance and development

support, in addition to consulting, outsourcing, financing, education, extensive online self-help, and mission-critical support options.
All of these offerings are focused on helping you maximize the
return on your investment.

The agent is installed on each system to be monitored. It provides:

Low overhead, continuous collection and logging
of more than 300 global, process, application and
system metrics

For more information on HP software services available to

address your specific business needs, visit:
http://support.openview.hp.com/support_options.jsp.

Sophisticated alarmingon combinations of metrics,

user definable symptoms and/or by the length of time
a threshold value has been exceeded
Full support of the Application Response Measurement
(ARM) standard for end-to-end management, versions
1.0 and 2.0

hp OpenView performance system requirements

performance manager for UNIX workstations/servers
Minimum of 32 MB RAM

Built-in Data Source Integration (DSI) technology,

enabling easy integration of data from any external
source

35 MB hard disk space

Color graphics monitor with 1024 x 768 resolution
and six color planes

The ability to export data in several standard formats,

including ASCII and binary

HP-UX HP 9000
HP-UX 11.0 or 11i with HP LAN/Link 9000,
HP ARPA Services/9000 and X Window System

The ability to generate and send alarms as SNMP

if desired

Solaris Sun SPARC and Ultra

The ability to generate local actions triggered by alarms

Solaris 2.6, 7, 8 and 9 with CDE, X Windows X11R5

and Motif 1.2

Support for multiple platforms including HP-UX,

SunOS/Solaris, IBM AIX, Tru64 UNIX and Microsoft
Windows.

performance manager for Windows

Pentium 300MHz PC with a minimum of 128 MB
RAM, running Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5
or higher, or Windows 2000

integration with other hp OpenView solutions

The HP OpenView Performance products provide both a solid
standalone solution and integration with HP OpenView
Operations and Network Node Manager.

10 MB of disk space is required for the performance

manager package
Microsoft IIS 4.0 or 5.0 Web Server

HP OpenView Performance Agents can be deployed from the

HP OpenView Operations manager. Once deployed, alarms
are forwarded to the operations manager, allowing the
combination of operations and performance data in the
same interface. Selecting a performance event will launch
the HP OpenView Performance Manager to enable the
viewing of system conditions at the time of the event.

Netscape 4.7 or greater or IE 5.0 or greater for

viewing HTML graphs
Java 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition,
v1.3 for the Java GUI.

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performance agent for UNIX

media and manuals

30 MB of disk space is required for the agent software. 40 MB disk space is recommended for log
and status files.
HP-UX 11.0 and 11i for HP 9000s; Sun Solaris 2.6,
7, 8 and 9 for Sun SPARC systems; IBM AIX 4.3.2,
4.3.3 and 5L version 5.1 for IBM RS/6000 systems;
Red Hat Linux 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, Advanced Server
2.1; SuSe Linux 7.1; TurboLinux 6.5J, 7.0J; Debian
Linux 2.2r3, 2.2r4; 2.2r5; NCR SVR4 MP-RAS 3.02
for NCR Worldmark systems; Tru64 4.0g, 5.0, 5.0a,
5.1 and 5.1a for DEC/Compaq AlphaServers;
Reliant Unix 5.43, 5.44 and 5.45 systems
performance agent for Windows
30 MB of disk space is required for the agent
software. 50 MB disk space is recommended for
log and status files.

B7490BA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for HP-UX, Media

B7491BA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for HP-UX, Manuals (English)

B7491BJ

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for HP-UX, Manuals (Japanese)

B7490EA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for Solaris, Media

B7491EA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for Solaris, Manuals (English)

B7491EJ

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for Solaris, Manuals (Japanese)

B7490XA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance 7.0

for Windows, Media

Pentium 200MHz PC with 96 MB RAM running

Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5 or higher;
Windows 2000 Professional, Server or Advanced
Serverall with Service Pack 1; Windows XP

ordering information
hp product
number

product description

managers
B7407AA

HP OpenView Performance Manager for HP-UX

B7407DA

HP OpenView Performance Manager for Solaris

B7407XA

HP OpenView Performance Manager for Windows

for more information

For more information on HP OpenView, please contact your local
HP reseller or HP sales office.

monitors
B7408AA

HP OpenView Performance Monitor for HP-UX

B7408DA

HP OpenView Performance Monitor for Solaris

agents
B7432AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent Desktop

B7431AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent Tier 0

B7430AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent Tier 1

B7429AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent Tier 2

B7428AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent Tier 3

B9158AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent Tier 4

B7444AA

HP OpenView Performance Agent for Multivendor

B7422AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent Desktop

B7421AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent Tier 0

B7420AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent Tier 1

B7419AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent Tier 2

B7418AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent Tier 3

B9156AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent Tier 4

B7442AA

HP OpenView Operations/Performance Agent for

Multivendor

Australia/New Zealand
+61 3 8877 4097
openview_events@hp.com

Malaysia
+603 2698 6555
software_malaysia@hp.com

China
+86 10 6564 3678
software_china@hp.com

Philippines
+63 2 894 1451

Europe
openview_ccc@hp.com

Singapore
+65 6275 3888
software_singapore@hp.com

Hong Kong
+85 2 2805 3551
software_solutions@hp.com

Taiwan
+886 2 2712 0404
software_taiwan@hp.com

India
+91 11 690 6176
software_india@hp.com

Thailand
+662 661 3900

Japan
+81 3 3331 6111
Korea
+82 2 2199 0913
software_korea@hp.com

United States of America

1-877-OV-OWNER
Or visit:
www.openview.hp.com

Copyright 2003 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

The information contained herein is subject to change without notice
and is provided as is without warranty of any kind.

Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Microsoft, Windows and Windows NT are U.S. registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
Netscape is a trademark of Netscape Communications Corporation.
Pentium is a U.S. registered trademark of Intel Corporation.
PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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