HP-UX Workload Manager User's Guide

Advanced WLM usage: Using performance metrics
Supplying data to WLM
Appendix H 487
GlancePlus is an optional HP product. Install it if you wish to use the HP
ARM implementation or to collect any of the GlancePlus data listed
previously. For purchase information, contact your HP sales
representative.
Table H-1 gives an overview of the types of data you can collect and the
methods for transporting that data to WLM.
The following sections explore each of the data collection methods in
more detail.
Table H-1 Type of data and its transport method
What type of data do you have? Transport method
• The application is already instrumented with ARM API
calls
• You have the application source code and are going to
instrument it with ARM API calls (TT_* metrics)
glance_tt
You already track GlancePlus “applications” you defined in
your /var/opt/perf/parm file (APP_* metrics)
glance_app
• GlancePlus Global metrics (GBL_* metrics)
• Table metrics (TBL_* metrics)
glance_gbl
GlancePlus PRM-specific application metrics
(APP_PRM_* and APP_* metrics)
glance_prm
GlancePlus PRM By Volume Group metrics
(PRM_BYVG_* metrics)
glance_prm_byvg
An SQL value or an execution time (walltime) resulting
from executing SQL statements against an Oracle instance
wlmoradc
You have a program/script that reports metrics to stdout wlmrcvdc
You have metrics you are collecting outside GlancePlus
using a shell script or perl program
wlmsend/wlmrcvdc
You have metrics you are collecting outside GlancePlus
using a C program
WLM API