IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management, Version 7.7.0.1

Architecture

IBM SmartCloud® Application Performance Management Entry Edition - VM Image provides a comprehensive application performance management solution in a single product.

Figure 1 illustrates the architecture of the application performance management environment after the following components are installed:

Figure 1. Architecture of the application performance management environment At the top of the illustration the various agents that are included in IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management Entry Edition - VM Image. These agents are connected to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, which is connected to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, which connects to a database server labeled "DB2". The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server also connects to the following IBM Tivoli Monitoring Virtual Environment components, Tivoli Common Reporting, Performance and Capacity Management Reporting for generating reports and the Capacity Planning database and the Capacity Planner. The Tivoli Integrated Portal Virtual Environment dashboards and Application Performance Management Dashboards are also connected. Information that is collected by the monitoring agent can then be viewed and managed with the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Client or the IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management UI.

Figure 2 illustrates the optional integration of the Tivoli event management and business service management products into the monitoring environment.

Important: IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management Entry Edition - VM Image does not include all the monitoring agents that are shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Integrating Tivoli event management and business service management into the environment At the top of the illustration, Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus is connected to Tivoli Enterprise Console, which is also connected to Tivoli Business Service Manager. The connection between Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and Tivoli Enterprise Console is connected to the Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure, which is in the middle of the illustration. The connection is labeled "Tivoli Event Integration event synchronization." The Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure represents everything that is in the previous illustration except for the monitoring agents. Connected to the Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure are the monitoring agents. Note, IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management Entry Edition - VM Image does not include all the monitoring agents in this illustration.

In Figure 2 the box that is labeled "Tivoli Monitoring Infrastructure" represents everything in Figure 1 except for the monitoring agents. If you are using the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console® or IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus products, and Tivoli Monitoring to manage events in your enterprise, you can integrate and manage events from a single console. The event synchronization component sends updates to situation events that are forwarded to a Tivoli Enterprise Console event server or a Netcool/OMNIbus Objectserver and then back to the monitoring server.

For information about how to design your network firewall in relation to your Tivoli Monitoring environment, see Appendix C, "Firewalls," of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Installation and Setup Guide in the ITCAM for Applications Information Center.

Parent topic: Introduction

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