Getting Started Silk Performance Manager Architecture Performance Monitoring with Silk Performance Manager Silk Performance Manager Repositories Creating a New Repository Accessing an Existing Repository Repository Maintenance Disconnecting from a Repository Database Settings Page Configuring the System Secure Web Server Connections with SSL Configuring Secure Connections with Microsoft IIS Configuring Secure Connections with Tomcat Web Server Configuring Tomcat for Sending Secure Reports Application Server Location Specifying a Location for the Application Server Silk Performance Manager Repositories Creating a New Repository Accessing an Existing Repository Repository Maintenance Disconnecting from a Repository Database Settings Page Initial Login Logging in for the First Time Login Page System Administrator Accounts Changing the Password of the System Administrator Account Chart Server Location Adding Chart Servers Editing Chart Servers Removing Chart Servers Chart Servers Page LDAP Authentication Performance Manager LDAP Integration LDAP Authentication Logic Importing a Certificate for Communicating with an LDAP Server Over SSL Adding LDAP Servers Editing LDAP Servers Testing LDAP Servers Deleting LDAP Servers LDAP Servers Page New LDAP Server Dialog Box Mail Host Location Specifying a Location for the Mail Host Email Notification Page SMS Host Settings Configuring Settings of an SMS Host SMS Notification Page PageGate Gateway Access Configuring Access to the PageGate Gateway PageGate Gateway Settings Page SNMP Trap Notification Configuring SNMP Trap Notification SNMP Trap Settings Page System Proxies Configuring a System Proxy System Proxy Page Configuring the Application User Roles and Permissions User Roles Permission Definitions User Type Permissions User Accounts and Groups Maintaining User Accounts Adding User Accounts Editing User Accounts Deleting User Accounts User Settings Page Maintaining Groups Adding Groups Editing Groups Deleting Groups Group Settings Page Working with Projects Adding Projects Editing Projects Activating or Deactivating Projects Deleting Projects Project Settings Page Managing Locations Adding Locations Editing Locations Deleting Locations Location Settings Page Setting Up Execution Servers Load Balancing of Execution Servers Editing Execution Servers Adding Execution Servers Configuring the SSL Port for a Location Proxy Activating or Deactivating Execution Servers Deleting Execution Servers Configuring a Non-Standard SSL Port for Execution Servers Replacing the Security Certificate for Execution Server and Application Server Communication Execution Server Settings Page Failover System Managing Report Templates Managing Custom Report Templates with BIRT Installing BIRT from Performance Manager Configuring BIRT for Performance Manager Establishing Database Access For a New Report Template BIRT Data Source Settings Adapting Existing Report Templates Setting and Editing Report Permissions and Associations Downloading Report Templates Uploading Report Templates Updating Report Sources Deleting Report Templates Report Templates Page Audit Log Accessing and Viewing the Audit Log Audit Log Page Server Log Files Downloading Server Log Files Analyzing Server Log Files Deleting Server Log Files Log File Management Changing Log Levels of the Performance Manager Servers Changing Log File Retention Periods Front-End Server Log Page Application Server Log Page Execution Server Log Page System Health System Health Page Essentials Managing the File Pool Uploading Files from a Browser File Pool Page Time Zones Script-Execution Blackout Periods Adding Blackout Periods Editing Blackout Periods Deleting Blackout Periods Blackout Periods Add/Edit Page GUI-Level Testing Support Configuring Windows for GUI-Level Testing Configuring Windows 2003 for GUI-Level Testing Configuring Windows 2008 for GUI-Level Testing Configuring Windows 2008 R2 for GUI-Level Testing Configuring Windows 2012 for GUI-Level Testing GUI-Level Test Execution Modeling GUI-Level Test Scripts Based on Silk Test Classic Test Cases Modeling GUI-Level Test Scripts Based on Silk4J Test Cases Modeling GUI-Level Test Scripts Based on Silk4NET Test Cases User Credentials for GUI-Level Testing Timers in GUI-Level Testing GUI-Level Testing Result Files Exploring Silk Test Results Requirements for GUI-Level Testing with Silk4J and Silk4NET Troubleshooting GUI-Level Testing Issues Configuring Advanced Settings Login Options Configuring the Remember Login Option Adjusting the Cookie Duration Using the Performance Manager Service Manager Performance Manager Services Performance Manager Execution Server Managing Which Performance Manager Services Shall Be Running At System Start Starting or Stopping All Performance Manager Services Starting or Stopping a Local Execution Server Service Starting the Execution Server as Windows Process Viewing Log Files from the Performance Manager Service Manager Console Date and Time Formats Customizing Date and Time Formats HTML Response Compression Enabling or Disabling HTML Response Compression User Interface Settings Displaying or Hiding the Host Name in the Title Bar of Your Web Browser Customizing the Displayed Information on the System Health Page Displaying the Servlet Busy Time Displaying Different Measure Writing Performance Graphs on the System Health Page Restricting Access to Database Tables Storage Reduction and Performance Stabilization Reducing Repository Size and Stabilizing Performance on the Database Server Normalization Settings Changing Normalization Settings Maximum Threads on Execution Server Setting Maximum Threads on an Execution Server Persistent Result Data Enabling Persistent Result Data on the Application Server Enabling Persistent Result Data on the Execution Server Execution Server Host Name Resolution Disabling The Caching of Host Name Resolutions Security Settings Disabling Unused Ports on Execution Servers Disabling Unused Ports on Front-End Servers Disabling the JMX RMI Interface Memory Settings for Performance Manager Servers Increasing the Java Heap Size on a Performance Manager Server Configuring Result Writer Alerts Caching Measure Results Configuring Automatic Monitor Deployment