theGuard! ApplicationManager permits the detailed monitoring and modeled information gathering from most diverse software systems and applications through specifically developed data collectors (DC).

Modeled information permits equal handling of all applications. This facilitates operation and information analysis within large IT landscapes allowing even a small IT staff to guarantee availability and performance of complex applications. Service Level Agreements are easily met.  

Permanent logging of all available data through theGuard! ApplicationManager is a prerequisite for targeted tuning measures, capacity analyses and utilization-based service billing. 

Data Collectors are available for the following systems and applications:

SAP applications and architectures:

• SAP Enterprise (R/3)
• SAP APO
• mySAP CRM
• SAP BW
• SAP NetWeaver (for SAP ERP)

Databases:

• Oracle
• Microsoft SQL Server
• IBM DB2
• Max-DB

Mail-, web- and groupware server:

• Microsoft Exchange
• IBM LotusDomino
• Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)

• SAP Internet Transaction Server (ITS)

Directory services:

• Microsoft ADS

Operating systems (32 and 64 bit):

• HP-UX
• AIX
• Sun Solaris
• Tru64
• Microsoft Windows
• various Linux distributions 

The data collectors also support clustered applications and take on application instances which change the physical computer in case of a cluster switch.

The combination of other data collectors permits the extensive monitoring of even more applications:

• specific application process monitoring through operating system data collectors
• specific log monitoring through the file parser data collector
• specific application monitoring through open monitor data collector

• Monitoring of Internet Services through NetService DC

A special feature for information aggregation allows the use of monitoring, reporting and service level management functionalities or the visualization in business maps as if an individual data collector were available for these applications.  

The Open Monitor data collector permits the integration of external information from distributed system landscapes through:

• scripts
• programming libraries in C++ 
• programming libraries in Java