Systems Management: Application Response Measurement (ARM) API
Copyright © 1998 The Open Group

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Open Group Technical Standard
Systems Management: Application Response Measurement (ARM) API
Document Number: C807
ISBN: 1-85912-211-6
For further information, see the ARM Web site at http://www.cmg.org/regions/cmgarmw/

• Frontmatter
  • Preface
    • The Open Group
    • Development of Product Standards
    • Open Group Publications
    • Versions and Issues of Specifications
    • Corrigenda
    • Ordering Information
    • This Document
    • History
    • Typographical Conventions
  • Trademarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Referenced Documents
• Introduction
  • Scope and Purpose
  • Measuring Service Levels
  • ARMing Your Applications
  • ARM Version 1.0 and Version 2.0
• Instrumenting an Application
  • Basic Tasks
  • What to Instrument
    • Footnotes
• ARM API Function Calls
  • Overview
  • Valid Call Sequences
  • ARM API Function Call Parameters
  • Definition of Data Type Terminology
    • Standard API Calls
    • More Advanced Functions
  • Function Call Reference Pages
  • arm_end
  • arm_getid
  • arm_init
  • arm_start
  • arm_stop
  • arm_update
• Advanced Topics
  • Additional Data Passed in ARM Function Calls
    • Transaction Correlation
      • Changes Needed for Transaction Correlation
    • Application-Defined Metrics
    • Choosing a Data Type
      • Counter
      • Gauge
      • Numeric ID
      • String
    • Format of Data Buffer in arm_getid
    • Data Type Definitions
    • Format of Data Buffer in arm_start/arm_update/arm_stop
      • Format 1
      • Format 2
  • Three Ways to Instrument within a Transaction Instance
  • Internationalization
• <arm.h> Header File
• Measurement Agent Information
  • Agents and Correlators
  • Format of the Correlator
• The ARM Software Developers Kit (SDK)
  • Content
  • The ARM Shared Library
  • Logging Agent
• Adding ARM Function Calls to an Application
• Testing Your Instrumentation
  • Procedure
  • Logging Agent Sample Output
• Examples
  • C/C++ (all platforms) Sample 1
  • C/C++ (all platforms) Sample 2
• Glossary
  • ARM
  • ARM Working Group
  • CMG
  • SDK
  • URL
• INDEX

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