Universal Measurement Architecture

Universal Measurement Architecture Guide
Copyright © 1997 The Open Group

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Guide
Systems Management: UMA Specification, Part 1 - Universal Measurement Architecture
X/Open Document Number: C427
ISBN: 1-85912-117-9

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Preface

This Document

This X/Open Guide reviews the problem space of performance measurement in open systems, and introduces the architecture, features and benefits provided by the three X/Open Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA) specifications:

UMA Measurement Layer Interface (MLI) specification
UMA Data Capture Interface (DCI) specification
UMA Data Pool Definitions (DPD) specification

and serves as an introduction to these specifications.

These UMA specifications are published in Parts 2, 3 and 4 respectively of this document.

This UMA Guide is also available separately, as X/Open document number G507, ISBN 1-85912-122-5.

Audience

This Guide is intended for those who wish to gain an introduction to the issues involved in performance measurement.

It is also intended as an introduction to the X/Open UMA and the associated MLI, DCI and DPD specifications as listed above.

Structure

Chapter 1. Introduction - outlines the issues involved in addressing performance measurement in open systems, and explains the scope and purpose of the X/Open UMA specifications.
Chapter 2, Overview of UMA Architecture - explains the UMA architecture.
Chapter 3, Features and Benefits of the UMA Interfaces - brings out the advantages of the UMA approach to performance measurement.
Chapter 4, UMA Data Pool - describes particular features of the Data Pool within the UMA architecture.
Chapter 5, Distributed UMA - addresses extensibility and interoperability issues associated with UMA.
Chapter 6, Relationship of UMA to Other Technologies - discusses other technologies impacting the UMA space.

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Acknowledgements

X/Open acknowledges the substantial contribution of the Performance Management Working Group (PMWG), initially under the sponsorship of UNIX Systems Laboratories (USL) and currently of the Computer Measurement Group (CMG), in the development of this Guide and the three associated UMA specifications (MLI, DCI and DPD).

PMWG contributors to this UMA Guide include:

 

Robert Berry, IBM Corporation, Austin, TX, USA
Ram Chelluri: AT&T/Global Information Solutions, Dayton, OH, USA
Jim Van Sciver: Open Software Foundation, Cambridge, MA, USA
Leon Traister&#167;: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Referenced Documents

The following documents are referenced in this Guide:

CORBA: X/Open Preliminary Specification, February 1993, The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification (ISBN: 1-872630-90-1, P210), in conjunction with the Object Management Group (OMG).
DCI: CAE Specification, January 1997 - Systems Management: UMA Data Capture Interface, Part 3 of "Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA)" CAE Specification (ISBN 1-85912-117-9, C427).
DPD: CAE Specification, January 1997 - Systems Management: UMA Data Pool Definitions, Part 4 of "Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA)" CAE Specification (ISBN 1-85912-117-9, C427).
MLI: CAE Specification, January 1997 - Systems Management: UMA Measurement Layer Interface, Part 2 of "Universal Measurement Architecture (UMA)" CAE Specification (ISBN 1-85912-117-9, C427).

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