Service metric creation using OEM Grid Control console

In the earlier chapters related to service target modeling, we saw how a service target can be created in OEM Grid Control. As part of the creation flow there are two steps related to metric creation. The first of these steps is relates to creation of performance metrics and the second relates to creation of usage metrics. In this section these steps are covered in detail.

Performance metrics

As seen in the earlier sections of this chapter, performance metrics are modeled to represent the current performance of the business service. The metrics exposed by the underlying system target members as well as those exposed by any underlying service tests can be promoted as performance metrics. A performance metric can be created as part of the service creation flow. The fifth step of the service creation flow relates to the creation of performance metrics.

The previous screenshot shows step number five of the create service target flow. As explained...