HP Operations Agent helps you to monitor a system by collecting metrics that indicate the health, performance, resource utilization, and availability of essential elements of the system. With its embedded data collector, HP Operations Agent continuously collects performance and health data across your system and stores the collected data in the Metrics Datastore.
The following diagram is an overview of the functions of the HP Operations Agent:
You can integrate the HP Operations Agent with data analysis tools like the HP Performance Manager or HP Reporter to analyze the data with the help of graphs and reports.
For more information, see the HP Operations Agent Concepts Guide.