Adding an application definition

Use this dialog box to add a new application definition. To access this dialog box, right -click on a row of the Application Summary Report table view and select Manage Application Definition from the menu. If no applications are defined, the Add Application Definition dialog box displays. If one or more applications are defined in the Manage Application Definition list, right-click on any of the rows and select Add Application Definition from the menu. The Add Application Definition dialog box displays.

Application Definition

Enter a unique name for the application definition you are adding. Names may consist of any combination of characters and must not exceed 30 characters in length. Names are case-sensitive.

Description

Enter an optional description for the application definition. Descriptions may consist of any combination of characters and must not exceed 50 characters in length.

Application Mask

Enter an application mask. You can specify a partial name pattern and place the wildcard character (*) at the end. For example, a mask of CICS* includes all applications with names that begin with "CICS®".

I/O Monitor Status

Select the I/O monitoring status from the drop-down list to indicate whether the I/O monitoring status should be started or stopped. This selection controls the collection of dataset level performance statistics for all datasets accessed by the application. By default, the I/O Monitor Status is "Stop".

Persist

Click this check box to indicate that you want the application monitoring definition to persist (or be saved) across recycles of the Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server (monitoring server or TEMS). Application monitoring definitions are discarded during a recycle of the monitoring server if the Persist field is not selected. By default, the application monitoring definition persists.