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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Tivoli Performance Analyzer
Tivoli Performance Analyzer adds predictive capability to Tivoli Monitoring so you can monitor resource consumption trends, anticipate future performance issues, and avoid or resolve problems more quickly. For example, you can use Tivoli Performance Analyzer to predict application bottlenecks and create alerts for potential service threats.
Tivoli Performance Analyzer helps IT managers to answer the following questions so they can optimize IT capacity:
- When will my application fail to meet service levels?
- How will application performance change if I modify the infrastructure?
- What is the best hardware solution to meet my performance and cost goals?
- Where are my under-utilized servers and networks?
- Which servers and network components really need an upgrade?
- Which application will experience the next performance issue? When?
Providing accurate IT forecasts and appropriate IT capacity to meet business needs are two major goals in the capacity management area. You can use the following key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the critical success factors:
- Total value of unplanned or unused capacity expenditures
- Percent of capacity forecasts that were accurate
- Number of inaccurate business forecast inputs provided
- Number of incidents related to capacity or performance issues
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Determine where to place the Tivoli Monitoring components