Performance monitoring is an activity in which you collect and analyze data about the performance of your applications and their environment.
The product provides APIs and graphical interfaces for collecting and analyzing trace and log data.
Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI)
The product collects data on run-time and applications through the Performance Monitoring Infrastructure (PMI), as described in Performance Monitoring Infrastructure . This infrastructure is compatible with and extends the JSR-077 specification.
PMI provides several types of interfaces to access performance data. Use these PMI interfaces to create tools that help monitor and tune performance.
Performance data can be monitored and analyzed with:
The Tivoli performance viewer uses the PMI Java client to provide graphical displays and summary reports of collected data. For more information, see Monitoring performance with Tivoli Performance Viewer (formerly Resource Analyzer).