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Application Performance Measurement MIB



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Network Working Group                                      S. Waldbusser
Request for Comments: 3729                                    March 2004
Category: Standards Track


                Application Performance Measurement MIB

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
   for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP-based internets.
   In particular, it defines objects for measuring the application
   performance as experienced by end-users.

Table of Contents

   1.  The Internet-Standard Management Framework . . . . . . . . . .  2
   2.  Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  2
       2.1.  Report Aggregation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
       2.2.  AppLocalIndex Linkages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
       2.3.  Measurement Methodology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
       2.4.  Instrumentation Architectures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
             2.4.1.  Application Directory Caching. . . . . . . . . . 10
             2.4.2.  Push Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
       2.5.  Structure of this MIB Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
             2.5.1.  The APM Application Directory Group. . . . . . . 13
             2.5.2.  The APM User Defined Applications Group. . . . . 13
             2.5.3.  The APM Report Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
             2.5.4.  The APM Transaction Group. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
             2.5.5.  The APM Exception Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
             2.5.6.  The APM Notification Group . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   3.  Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
   4.  Security Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
   5.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
       5.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
       5.2.  Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60



Waldbusser                  Standards Track