WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Viewing current performance activity

You can view the current performance activity of a server using the Tivoli Performance Viewer (TPV) in the administrative console.

Before you begin

TPV monitors the performance activity of all servers on a node, which can include the following:

Why and when to perform this task

TPV enables administrators and programmers to monitor the current health of WebSphere Application Server. Because the collection and viewing of data occurs in the application server, performance is affected. To minimize performance impacts, monitor only those servers whose activity you want to monitor.

Steps for this task

  1. Click Monitoring and Tuning > Performance Viewer > Current Activity in the console navigation tree. The TPV current activity collection is displayed.
  2. Start monitoring the current activity of a server in either of two ways:
    • Under Server, click the name of the server whose activity you want to monitor. Clicking on the name starts the monitoring for the server and displays the activity page for the server.
    • Select the check box for the server whose activity you want to monitor, and click Start Monitoring.
    A TPV console panel is displayed, providing a navigation tree on the left and a view of real-time data on the current performance activity of a server on the right.
  3. From the navigation tree, select the type of data on server activity that you want to view.
    OptionDescription
    AdvisorUse the Performance Advisor to examine various data while your application is running. The Performance Advisor provides advice to help tune systems for optimal performance and gives recommendations on inefficient settings by using collected PMI data.
    SettingsConfigure user and logging settings for TPV. These settings can affect the performance of your application server.
    Summary ReportsView summary reports on servlets, enterprise beans (EJBs), EJB methods, connections pools and thread pools in WebSphere Application Server.
    Performance ModulesView performance modules that provide graphics and charts of various performance data on system resources such as CPU utilization, on WebSphere pools and queues such as database connection pools, and on customer application data such as servlet response time. In addition to providing a viewer for performance data, TPV enables you to view data for other products or customer applications that have implemented custom PMI.

What to do next

When you finish monitoring a server, select the server and click Stop Monitoring. TPV automatically stops monitoring a server when it detects a long period of inactivity.



Sub-topics
Configuring TPV settings
Viewing TPV summary reports
Viewing TPV performance modules

Related concepts
Why use Tivoli Performance Viewer?

Related tasks
Monitoring performance with Tivoli Performance Viewer (TPV)

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