Getting Started with Performance Monitor

This chapter discusses:

Performance Monitor overview.
Performance Monitor implementation.

Performance Monitor Overview

The Performance Monitor enables you to view real-time and historical performance data of your PeopleSoft systems. The Performance Monitor provides the information that you need to solve immediate performance issues and analyze trends in system performance.

By default, the Performance Monitor is disabled on a new PeopleSoft installation. To enable the Performance Monitor, follow the configuration instructions in this PeopleBook.

When you have a PeopleSoft application environment running and you have set up the Performance Monitor, you can begin to capture and analyze PeopleSoft performance data.

Performance Monitor Implementation

Before using the Performance Monitor, you need to perform some implementation and configuration tasks, in addition to standard PeopleSoft installation and implementation tasks.

Installation-Level Steps

Complete the following steps during installation.

Step	Reference
1. Install Enterprise PeopleTools.	See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 Installation for your platform.
2. Install one or more PeopleSoft applications.	See Installation documentation for your applications.

Post Installation-Level Steps

To enable the Performance Monitor complete these steps.

Step	Reference
1. Configure appropriate access to the menu items that are under the PeopleTools, Performance Monitor menu. 2. System administrators will need access to these pages to configure the system and view the pages displaying performance information.	See Enterprise PeopleTools 8.49 PeopleBook: Security Administration.
3. Configure the monitoring system.	See Enabling the Required Elements on the Monitoring System.
4. Configure one or more monitored systems.	See Enabling the Required Elements on the Monitored System.