End-to-End E-business Transaction Management Made Easy 

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• 2. BackCover

• 3. End-to-End E-Business Transaction Management Made Easy

• 4. Notices

  Trademarks

• 5. Preface

  The team that wrote this redbook

• 6. Become a published author

  Become a published author

• 7. Comments welcome

  Comments welcome

• 8. Part 1: Business Value of End-to-End Transaction Monitoring

  Chapter List

• 9. Chapter 1: Transaction Management Imperatives

  1.1 e-business transactions

• 10. 1.2 J2EE applications management

  1.2 J2EE applications management 1.2.1 The impact of J2EE on infrastructure management 1.2.2 Importance of JMX

• 11. 1.3 e-business applications: complex layers of services

  1.3 e-business applications: complex layers of services 1.3.1 Managing the e-business applications 1.3.2 Architecting e-business application infrastructures 1.3.3 Basic products used to facilitate e-business applications 1.3.4 Managing e-business applications using Tivoli

• 12. 1.4 Tivoli product structure

  1.4 Tivoli product structure

• 13. 1.5 Managing e-business applications

  1.5 Managing e-business applications 1.5.1 IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance functions

• 14. Chapter 2: IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance in Brief

  2.1 Typical e-business transactions are complex 2.1.1 The pain of e-business transactions

• 15. 2.2 Introducing TMTP 5.2

  2.2 Introducing TMTP 5.2 2.2.1 TMTP 5.2 components

• 16. 2.3 Reporting and troubleshooting with TMTP WTP

  2.3 Reporting and troubleshooting with TMTP WTP

• 17. 2.4 Integration points

  2.4 Integration points

• 18. Chapter 3: IBM TMTP Architecture

  Highlights

• 19. 3.1 Architecture overview

  3.1 Architecture overview 3.1.1 Web Transaction Performance 3.1.2 Enterprise Transaction Performance

• 20. 3.2 Physical infrastructure components

  3.2 Physical infrastructure components

• 21. 3.3 Key technologies utilized by WTP

  3.3 Key technologies utilized by WTP 3.3.1 ARM 3.3.2 J2EE instrumentation

• 22. 3.4 Security features

  3.4 Security features

• 23. 3.5 TMTP implementation considerations

  3.5 TMTP implementation considerations

• 24. 3.6 Putting it all together

  3.6 Putting it all together

• 25. Part 2: Installation and Deployment

  Chapter List

• 26. Chapter 4: TMTP WTP Version 5.2 Installation and Deployment

  Overview

• 27. 4.1 Custom installation of the Management Server

  4.1 Custom installation of the Management Server 4.1.1 Management Server custom installation preparation steps 4.1.2 Step-by-step custom installation of the Management Server 4.1.3 Deployment of the Store and Forward Agents 4.1.4 Installation of the Management Agents

• 28. 4.2 Typical installation of the Management Server

  4.2 Typical installation of the Management Server

• 29. Chapter 5: Interfaces to Other Management Tools

  Overview

• 30. 5.1 Managing and monitoring your Web infrastructure

  5.1 Managing and monitoring your Web infrastructure 5.1.1 Keeping Web and application servers online 5.1.2 ITM for Web Infrastructure installation 5.1.3 Creating managed application objects 5.1.4 WebSphere monitoring 5.1.5 Event handling 5.1.6 Surveillance: Web Health Console

• 31. 5.2 Configuration of TEC to work with TMTP

  5.2 Configuration of TEC to work with TMTP 5.2.1 Configuration of ITM Health Console to work with TMTP 5.2.2 Setting SNMP 5.2.3 Setting SMTP

• 32. Chapter 6: Keeping the Transaction Monitoring Environment Fit

  Overview

• 33. 6.1 Basic maintenance for the TMTP WTP environment

  6.1 Basic maintenance for the TMTP WTP environment 6.1.1 Checking MBeans

• 34. 6.2 Configuring the ARM Agent

  6.2 Configuring the ARM Agent

• 35. 6.3 J2EE monitoring maintenance

  6.3 J2EE monitoring maintenance

• 36. 6.4 TMTP TDW maintenance tips

  6.4 TMTP TDW maintenance tips

• 37. 6.5 Uninstalling the TMTP Management Server

  6.5 Uninstalling the TMTP Management Server 6.5.1 The right way to uninstall on UNIX 6.5.2 The wrong way to uninstall on UNIX 6.5.3 Removing GenWin from a Management Agent 6.5.4 Removing the J2EE component manually

• 38. 6.6 TMTP Version 5.2 best practices

  6.6 TMTP Version 5.2 best practices

• 39. Part 3: Using TMTP to Measure Transaction Performance

  Chapter List

• 40. Chapter 7: Real-Time Reporting

  7.1 Reporting overview

• 41. 7.2 Reporting differences from Version 5.1

  7.2 Reporting differences from Version 5.1

• 42. 7.3 The Big Board

  7.3 The Big Board

• 43. 7.4 Topology Report overview

  7.4 Topology Report overview

• 44. 7.5 STI Report

  7.5 STI Report

• 45. 7.6 General Reports

  7.6 General Reports

• 46. Chapter 8: Measuring E-Business Transaction Response Times

  Overview

• 47. 8.1 Preparation for measurement and configuration

  8.1 Preparation for measurement and configuration 8.1.1 Naming standards for TMTP policies 8.1.2 Choosing the right measurement component(s) 8.1.3 Measurement component selection summary

• 48. 8.2 The sample e-business application: Trade

  8.2 The sample e-business application: Trade

• 49. 8.3 Deployment, configuration, and ARM data collection

  8.3 Deployment configuration and ARM data collection

• 50. 8.4 STI recording and playback

  8.4 STI recording and playback 8.4.1 STI component deployment 8.4.2 STI Recorder installation 8.4.3 Transaction recording and registration 8.4.4 Playback schedule definition 8.4.5 Playback policy creation 8.4.6 Working with realms

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