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About Siebel ARM Files

Siebel ARM files are binary files of the format sarm_naming_convention.sarm.

When enabled, the Siebel ARM feature saves Siebel ARM files in the log subdirectory in the Siebel Server root directory and in the log directory of the SWSE_ROOT directory. For information on the Siebel ARM feature, see Monitoring Siebel Application Performance.

The Siebel ARM feature names the binary data files like the following example:

S01_P12345_N0000.sarm

where:

S01 = Constant value.

P12345 = Siebel Server process ID number.

N0000 = File number. Starts at 0000 and increments until it reaches 9999, at which point it wraps around to 0000.

.sarm = Siebel ARM file extension.

To analyze the data contained in the binary Siebel ARM files, you must convert the Siebel ARM files using the Siebel ARM post-processing tool—a command-line program—into readable output.

For more information on the Siebel ARM post-processing tool, see About Siebel ARM Post-Processing Tool. For more information on running the Siebel ARM post-processing tool, see Converting Siebel ARM Files.

NOTE:  The Siebel ARM feature creates empty Siebel ARM files before populating them with data. It begins storing data to these files after the feature reaches the value of the SARM Memory Size Limit parameter. For details on this process, see SARM Memory Size Limit (Alias SARMMaxMemory).


 Performance Tuning Guide 
 Published: 24 October 2003