Plessey NM system for packet switch network: Configuration tool Loader SERF Diagnostics Distributed Database Management Enterprise Database Management wide variety of the types of layer 7 software components network administrators need to watch over via monitoring and management tools - databases, Web servers, data backup copiers and business applications - and the wide variety of ways the tools track different types of components.
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Application management Specification (AMS) tries to overcome this Defines set of management objects that define: Distribution Dependencies Relationships Monitoring and Management Criteria Performance metrics ARM kit puts AMS into applications then all we need is ARM compatible Management consoles
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Mention that some relational database products (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server) contain their own "agents" that management products link to for activity measurement purposes.