IBM TIvoli Performance Analyzer can render the trend and forecast data based on historical data collection from the Tivoli Data Ware house from six different agents

like OS, ITCAM, system P, DB2, Oracle and ITCAM.

See my other blog on TCR reports for ITPA domains at .

.https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/0587adbc-8477-431f-8c68-9226adea11ed/entry/tcr_reports_available_in_tivoli_performance_analyzer?lang=en

End user will install the domain support, for the six agents as well as TCR reports for ITPA domains as well. 

They are separate install scripts.

Here I will just write about the ITPA TCR reports and show how both the data gets rendered on TCR as well as TEP Client for OS CPU Utilization.

You will notice that the data is identical since it gets picked from the same source, .i.e your ware house, and the only slight difference is in the

Look and Feel, nevertheless alike.

First a few snaps of the ITPA reports on TCR for CPU Utilization. Notice the trend , and forecast details.

Now, Let's look at the same reports in TEPS GUI.

Confidence and Strength:

Forecast details: