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Universal Measurement Architecture Guide
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

Glossary

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture, from the OMG. See the referenced CORBA specification.

DBMS

DataBase Management System

DCI

Data Capture Interface

DMI

Desktop Management Interface, from the DMTF.

DMTF

Desktop Management Task Force: a special-interest group developing a Desktop Management Interface for systems management of distributed desktop computer resources.

DPD

Data Pool Definition

/dev/kmem

Historically, this is the primary interface used by UNIX system performance measurement utilities for extracting data from the kernel.

interoperability

The ability of distributed systems - software and hardware on multiple machines and from multiple vendors - to communicate effectively.

kernel

The name commonly used to refer to the central processing software which all interfaces (to memory, device drivers and input/output subsystems) use in a computer system.

MAP

Measurement Application Program

MIB

Management Information Base

MIS

Management Information System

MLI

Measurement Layer Interface

OMG

Object Management Group

ORB

Object Request Broker: provides the means by which clients make and receive requests and responses.

PMWG

Performance Management Working Group (PMWG). This group was initially sponsored by UNIX Systems Laboratories (USL) and is now sponsored by Computer Measurement Group (CMG).

POSIX

A group of operating system interface and environment standards, developed under the aegis of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), and based on the UNIX operating system documentation, which are designed to support application portability at the source level.

ps

A UNIX environment command to display the status of current processes.

sadc

data collection process associated with sar.

sar

system activity reporter - a tool in the UNIX environment.

sysinfo

A UNIX environment structure that contains system information.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol: a protocol for managing networks which use the Internet Protocol Suite (IPS).

UMA

Universal Measurement Architecture

UMADS

UMA Data Storage
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