1.3 The AppManager ResponseTime Modules

The AppManager ResponseTime modules were designed to measure the response time and availability of a client/server transaction from the client’s perspective. In that sense, they are different from other AppManager monitoring modules, which run on the server to measure and monitor server activities.

Therefore, ResponseTime modules are normally only installed on client computers, often on computers actually used by end-users, and not on the application servers themselves. In most cases, their operation therefore requires some pre-requisite client software to be installed and configured, such as Microsoft Outlook or an Oracle client.

The following discrete modules make up the AppManager ResponseTime family:

Module Name

Knowledge Script Category Name

What Is Monitored

AppManager ResponseTime for Microsoft Active Directory

AD-RT

Microsoft Active Directory and DNS transactions.

AppManager ResponseTime for Microsoft Exchange

Exchange-RT

Microsoft Outlook transactions.

AppManager ResponseTime for Networks

Networks-RT

Simulated transactions for many popular applications to measure network performance.

AppManager ResponseTime for Oracle Database

Oracle-RT

ODBC and ADO Transactions to Oracle Servers.

AppManager ResponseTime for Microsoft SQL Server

SQL-RT

ODBC and ADO transactions to Microsoft SQL Server.

AppManager ResponseTime for Web

Web-RT

Web, Internet Mail, and News (NNTP) transactions.

This module allows you to record a Web-browsing session, “play back” synthetic Web transactions, and measure the response time.

AppManager ResponseTime for Windows

Windows-RT

Windows transactions.

This module allows you to record and “play back” synthetic transactions from any 32-bit Windows or Citrix client.