Hi Shelly,
in the older days we used OVPA (Performance Agent) for this,
as it allows you to define application sets based on various criteria like process name and alike.
OVPA is part of OA, so you might wanna check that part of the software and give it a try.
I checked the OA 11.14 Concepts Guide, it has a section on this at
Chapter 4: Components of the HP Operations Agent, Performance Collection Component
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Collection Parameters File
The Collection Parameters file or the parm file contains instructions for the scope component to
collect specific types of data and defines the data collection interval. This is an ASCII file that you
can use to customize the default data collection mechanism. You can modify the parm file
according to your performance data collection requirement.
After startup, the scope component searches for the parm file. If the parm file does not exist on the
system, scope starts functioning with the default configuration.
The parm file specifies the following details for use with the scope component:
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- User-defined applications that should be monitored
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You can find more about in the User Guide, Chapter 2: Managing Data Collection,
Parameter Descriptions
Greetings
Siggi