Configuring and managing the Application Diagnostics database and components

This section provides detailed information for administrators about managing BMC Application Diagnostics components and settings to ensure that diagnostics data is available and persisted correctly.

BMC Application Diagnostics includes the following configuration components:

• Policy files contain the configuration parameters for agents and collectors.
• Recording files contain instrumentation rules defining what must be recorded and passed to agents.
• Entry point files contain the rules defining the entry point names.
• Technology configuration contains the parameters defining the appearance of technologies (such as database or EJB) in application flow diagrams and charts.

Consult the following topics for information on how to configure and manage the BMC Application Diagnostics database and components.

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