The IEPM-BW system architecture is based on MySQL database on each individual monitoring host, various daemons and servers, and a crontab.
There are three file 'systems' associated with IEPM-BW Monitoring systems: the source code, the report storage, and the IEPM database which is a MySQL data base. Each monitoring host has these.
The IEPM data base is used for storage of the monitoring system's configuration and data storage.
The MySQL database contains all the configuration information for the probes that are to be made (node information, probe types, probe options, probe timing, etc.) and the specifications for the various analyses and graphs that are to be generated. It also contains tables where the probe data is stored and some tables to save the results of the various analyses.
The steps to be followed, in order, to install the monitoring host software are given in this installation guide. First of all the following requirement must be met regarding the software and hardware of the IEPM-BW machine.