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Appendix B. Monitoring CM databases with Performance Expert 489

Figure B-5 System Health imported data views

Monitoring the health using exception processing

Performance Expert provides capability of monitoring by exception. The

Performance Expert server can periodically compare the warning and problem

thresholds that are set on DB2 snapshot values or calculated values out of

snapshot values against actual snapshot values. Exceptions are raised on the

Performance Expert client if a threshold is exceeded. Thresholds on different

snapshot counters can be combined in threshold sets. Performance Expert offers

predefined threshold sets that can be applied

as-is or adapted to your own

needs.

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From the Tools menu, select Exception Processing and create a new threshold

set by using the predefined threshold set Statistics OLTP (if you are using

Performance Expert V2.2) or IBM Content Manager (if you are using

Performance Expert V2.2.0.1). Activate the threshold set for your CM Library

Server and CM Resource Managers.

Figure B-6 shows the content of the predefined threshold set ‘IBM Content

Manager’.

Figure B-6 IBM Content Manager threshold set

If an exception occurs, it is displayed on your System Overview panel, from which

you can drill down into the exception. Additionally, you can specify that an e-mail

should be sent in case of an exception or, with Performance Expert V2.2.0.1, a

user exit can also be executed that allows you to execute appropriate actions or

route the exception to other applications. If an exception occurs, use the