Default Agent policies for BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for Java

 Four built-in default Agent policies are provided with BMC Application Diagnostics Agent for Java:

• Light
   The Light policy causes the Agent to record the least amount of information, and to have a low performance hit on the recorded application.
• Medium
   This is the out-of-the-box default policy. The Medium policy causes the Agent to record more information, and have a higher performance hit on the application.
• Deep
   The Deep policy is only used when you need the Agent to record extensive details of transactions. This has a severe performance hit on the application.
• Standalone
   The Standalone policy is intended for use when BMC Application Diagnostics is not integrated with BMC Real User Experience Monitoring. The settings are the same as the Light policy, except for any settings related to BMC Real User Experience Monitoring, which improves the performance.

Choosing the right policy

Use the Standalone policy if BMC Application Diagnostics is not integrated with BMC Real User Experience Monitoring.

Choose to use the Light, Medium or Deep policy by evaluating the configuration settings in the following table.

Comparison of Light, Medium and Deep policies