[Version 5.0.1 and later]Monitoring performance with Tivoli Performance Viewer (formerly Resource Analyzer)

Why and when to perform this task

The Resource Analyzer has been renamed Tivoli Performance Viewer.

Tivoli Performance Viewer (which is shipped with WebSphere) is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) performance monitor for WebSphere Application Server. Tivoli Performance Viewer can connect to a local or to a remote host. Connecting to a remote host will minimize performance impact to the application server environment.

Monitor and analyze the data with Tivoli Performance Viewer with these tasks:

Steps for this task

  1. Starting the Tivoli Performance Viewer.
  2. Setting performance monitoring levels .
  3. Viewing summary reports.
  4. (Optional)   Storing data to a log file.
  5. (Optional)   Replaying a performance data log file.
  6. (Optional)   Viewing and modifying performance chart data.
  7. (Optional)   Scaling the performance data chart display.
  8. (Optional)   Refreshing data.
  9. (Optional)   Clearing values from tables and charts.
  10. (Optional)   Resetting counters to zero.

What to do next

The Performance Advisor in Tivoli Performance Viewer provides advice to help tune systems for optimal performance and gives recommendations on inefficient settings by using collected PMI data. For more information, see For more information, see Using the Performance Advisor in Tivoli Performance Viewer.

Related tasks
Monitoring performance
Related reference
Tivoli Performance Viewer features
Using the Performance Advisor in Tivoli Performance Viewer



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 4:55:42 PM CDT    WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 5.0.2
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