Performance information is defined which extends that defined for each running process. The Applications MIB working group plans to address these deficiencies. The Mail And Directory MANagement MIBs define a framework for the management of networked applications. This definition is from a service perspective and is independent of the implementation of the application in terms of processes or installed files. Three MIBs have been defined.
Web servers are a specific type of network application.
This MIB extends the NSM MIB for a specific type of application, Relational Database Systems. Monitoring is provided for databases, servers and the relationship between them. In addition, database configuration parameters can be tuned. The Application MIB working group is chartered to define a set of attributes for management of generic applications. This is being done in two phases.