WebSphere Studio Application Monitor V3.2 Advanced Usage Guide.

Front cover -- Contents -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- The team that wrote this redbook -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Chapter 1. Introducing application management -- 1.1 Application management challenges -- 1.2 Tivoli application management solution -- 1.3 Project overview -- 1.4 Project environment -- Chapter 2. WebSphere Studio Application Monitor V3.2 overview -- 2.1 WebSphere Studio Application Monitor overview -- 2.2 Architecture and interconnection -- 2.2.1 The managing server -- 2.2.2 Data collector -- 2.3 Supported environment -- 2.4 Monitoring features -- 2.4.1 Administration -- 2.4.2 Availability -- 2.4.3 Problem determination -- 2.4.4 Performance analysis -- 2.5 New features in V3.2 -- 2.5.1 Memory Leak Analysis -- 2.5.2 Lock analysis -- 2.5.3 WebSphere Portal Server metrics -- 2.5.4 z/OS data collector changes -- 2.5.5 WebSphere Application Server 6 Support -- 2.5.6 Trap and alert management -- 2.5.7 Help system is now using Eclipse InfoCenter format -- 2.5.8 Performance enhancement -- Chapter 3. Managing WebSphere Studio Application Monitor -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Security considerations -- 3.2.1 Node authentication default properties -- 3.2.2 Users and roles -- 3.3 Server management -- 3.3.1 Server groups -- 3.3.2 Data collector configuration -- 3.3.3 Monitoring level considerations -- 3.3.4 Sampling rate considerations -- 3.4 Database management -- 3.4.1 Migration from V3.1 -- 3.4.2 Database backup -- 3.4.3 Maintaining database performance -- 3.4.4 Cleaning up the database -- 3.5 Managing server parameters -- 3.5.1 Component heap sizes -- 3.5.2 JDBC driver properties -- 3.5.3 Kernel host properties -- 3.5.4 Port definitions -- 3.5.5 Essential managing server tools -- 3.5.6 Split server installation -- 3.6 Data collector administration -- 3.6.1 Configuration files for data collector.

3.6.2 Log-level settings -- 3.6.3 Data collector log files cleanup -- Chapter 4. \Managing production environment -- 4.1 Production environment definition -- 4.2 An operator's typical day -- 4.3 Reports -- 4.3.1 Report types -- 4.3.2 Performing capacity planning -- 4.3.3 Report usage -- 4.4 Performance tuning -- 4.4.1 Development perspective -- 4.4.2 Administration perspective -- 4.4.3 Runtime perspective -- 4.5 Notification -- 4.6 Working with composite applications -- 4.6.1 CICS composite application -- 4.6.2 IMS composite application -- Chapter 5. Analyzing WebSphere application problems -- 5.1 Problem scenarios -- 5.2 Memory leaks -- 5.2.1 Symptoms -- 5.2.2 Investigating a potential memory leak -- 5.2.3 Narrowing the cause of a memory leak -- 5.2.4 Determining the memory leak offender -- 5.2.5 Resolution -- 5.2.6 About this scenario -- 5.3 Deadlock management -- 5.3.1 Planning the problem resolution -- 5.3.2 Performance analysis -- 5.3.3 Lock Analysis preparation -- 5.3.4 Lock analysis -- 5.3.5 Historic lock information -- 5.3.6 About this scenario -- 5.4 Analyzing a slow-performing application -- 5.4.1 Planning problem resolution for a slow application -- 5.4.2 Performance analysis for a slow-performing application -- 5.4.3 Identification of affected modules and servers -- 5.4.4 Comparing system resources -- 5.4.5 About the scenario -- 5.5 Database performance -- 5.5.1 Planning the problem resolution -- 5.5.2 Analyzing the affected data source -- 5.5.3 Re-creating the problem -- 5.5.4 Application post-deployment activities -- 5.5.5 About the scenario -- Chapter 6. Analyzing composite application problems -- 6.1 Problem scenarios -- 6.2 CICS composite transaction -- 6.2.1 About this scenario -- 6.3 IMS composite transaction -- 6.3.1 About this scenario -- 6.4 CICS resource enqueue -- 6.4.1 Symptoms of resource enqueuing.

6.4.2 Investigating CICS resource enqueue -- 6.4.3 About this scenario -- 6.5 CICS transaction loops -- 6.5.1 Symptoms of looping transaction -- 6.5.2 About this scenario -- 6.6 CICS DSA growth -- 6.6.1 Monitoring storage growth -- 6.6.2 About the scenario -- Appendix A. Sample scenario setup -- Environment overview -- WebSphere applications used -- Memory leak sample -- Locking application sample -- Distributed Application Sample -- CICS application setup -- Trader CICS application -- Setting up CICS for TraderCICS -- Connecting WebSphere for TraderCICS -- IMS application setup -- Trader IMS application -- Setting up IMS for TraderIMS -- Connecting WebSphere for TraderIMS -- Putting in the load -- WebSphere Studio Workload Simulator -- Rational Robot -- Sample Java program -- Appendix B. Installation tips -- Embedded installation problems -- Composite transaction problems -- Appendix C. Additional material -- Locating the Web material -- Using the Web material -- System requirements for downloading the Web material -- How to use the Web material -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other publications -- Online resources -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- Help from IBM -- Index -- Back cover.