UNIX® Fault Management: A Guide for System Administration

PLATINUM ProVision

PLATINUM technology, Inc. has a suite of products called ProVision (originally Enterprise Performance Management). The ProVision product suite collects server, database, and network performance information and has four components: DBVision, ServerVision, WireTap, and TransTracker. Data can be collected by agents running either locally on the managed system or remotely over the network. All of these components, except for TransTracker, share the same ProVision console, an NT or X Windows GUI.

ProVision has agents collecting performance data, which then is stored in a database. Configuration parameters determine when to archive, delete, and compress data. These parameters can vary for each individual metric. Utility programs ...