Creating a System Scorecard Activity

About this task

A System Scorecard Activity collects the following data:
  • Validates the runtime host by checking for the required system tools.
  • Examines the application's executables and shared libraries. This data is used to provide suggestions for configuration changes that can increase the application's performance.
The results can be viewed in the Scorecard Viewer.

Procedure

  1. Right click on a Session node in the Performance Explorer and select New Activity.

    The New Activity Wizard will open.

  2. Select the System Scorecard activity type.
  3. Enter a name for the new Activity.
  4. If the target system is x86 Linux, click Finish and ignore the following steps. Otherwise, click Next.
  5. Select the minimum platform on which the application is expected to run. Select Auto if you are not sure what the minimum platform should be.
  6. Select the ideal platform. Recommendations will focus on performance tuning for this platform. Select Auto if you are not sure what the ideal platform should be.
  7. Click Finish.

    The newly created Activity will appear in the Performance Explorer and begins its life in the new state. You are now ready to start a performance run.


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