1. Remote Performance Management BOF (rperfman) IETF meeting in Adelaide, Australia 2000-03-30 at 15:30-17:30 Randy Presuhn, chairing randy_presuhn@bmc.com

2. Agenda 1) Administration 2) Background 3) Presentations 4) Requirements 5) Paths forward 6) Wrap-up

3. 1) Administration a) introductions b) appointment of minute-taker c) circulation of sign-up sheet d) adjustments to the agenda i) additions & removals ii) time allocation

4. The purpose of this BOF is threefold. First, it will help in assessing the need for additional work in the area not already covered by existing work items. Secondly, it will aid in determining whether there is sufficient interest (and resources). Finally, it will give interested parties an opportunity to voice their views on what would be an appropriate home for this work

5. The BIG problem space Instrumentation Control Instrumentation Data Reduction Control Data Reduction (stats, aggreg.) Collection coordination Metrics PERF.APP.PERF.APP.

6. 2) Background a) definition of useful metrics and techniques i) bmwg ii) ippm iii) others b) types of instrumentation i) passive, e.g. classic RMON ii) active, e.g. disman remote operations (ping) iii) built-in, e.g. applmib, ARM iv) others?

7. Background (continued) c) access to instrumentation i) supporting infrastructure, e.g. disman schedule, script ii) generic (e.g., classic RMON, applmib) iii) specific (e.g. web server mib, possibly rmon mib work item) iv) enterprise MIBs (all of the above :-)

8. 3) Presentations

9. 4) Requirements a) issues i) configuration management issues with active probes ii) relating measurements from different sources b) possible deliverables i) requirements document ii) relating measurements from different sources iii) control of remote performance management tasks iv) definition of information gathered by these tasks

10. 5) The Path ahead... a) a new WG dedicated to this topic, especially if identification of specific metrics and statistics might be relevant b) disman (if we focus on infrastructure to perform distributed monitoring) c) applmib (if the focus is on application performance, rather than more generic possibilities) d) RMON (would be charter addition) e) something else?

11. 6) Wrap-up a) assignment of action items - mailing list for follow-up - b) reminders to presenters c) collection of sign-up sheet