Health and Performance Monitoring

Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP include built-in performance data publishing capabilities. These operating systems collect and publish an extensive set of performance counters. Each operating system has built-in tools for ad-hoc performance monitoring and analysis, which are very useful on standalone systems. However, those tools are not designed for enterprise-wide monitoring.

Regularly collecting performance data allows you to baseline systems, perform capacity planning, see bottlenecks and immediately recognize problems. ELM includes a built-in feature for collecting performance data from Windows Workstations and Server with or without installing an Agent. Because the collected performance data is stored in a database, ELM can analyze and chart the data through its built-in Reports feature, or by using your ODBC query tools. This is a powerful yet easy way to proactively manage system resources.

Performance Alarms

Performance Alarms are used to generate one or more Notification Methods when a performance counter is greater than, less than, or equal to your specified value for the specified duration. You may monitor any performance object, performance counter, or instance. By using Performance Alarms, you can be alerted as soon as the value of any published counters reaches unexpected or out-of-bound levels.

Performance Collectors

Performance Collectors are sets of one or more performance objects, counters and/or instances that are grouped together for collection and aggregation. ELM is pre-populated with a variety of Collection Sets. You may edit any of these or create your own custom Performance Collector. Each Performance Collector has three parts: the counters being collected; the frequency of the collection (e.g., every 30 minutes, every hour, etc.); and the days on which collection occurs.

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