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The present invention comprises a method of relating characteristics gleaned by monitoring application transaction flows (and the decomposition thereof) to produce performance metrics useful to characterize the efficiency and performance of web transactions used in a web-based application. These met

The present invention comprises a method of relating characteristics gleaned by monitoring application transaction flows (and the decomposition thereof) to produce performance metrics useful to characterize the efficiency and performance of web transactions used in a web-based application. These metrics can assist application designers and developers in reorganizing their application content, programs, and transports to provide improved service to their consumer. Events are generated and composed into predefined activities on a web transaction basis. The performance metric is then derived that entails a relationship between at least two different activities that gives insight into the performance characteristics of the web transaction. By using the derived performance metrics, designers and developers of web pages can judge the effects of changes to their application relative to efficiency and performance. Different applications can also be compared and contrasted using these metrics. Furthermore, these metrics may serve as inputs to planning models used to project capacity, throughput, response time, and availability of the application.

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The present invention comprises a method of relating characteristics gleaned by monitoring application transaction flows (and the decomposition thereof) to produce performance metrics useful to characterize the efficiency and performance of web transactions used in a web-based application. These met

The present invention comprises a method of relating characteristics gleaned by monitoring application transaction flows (and the decomposition thereof) to produce performance metrics useful to characterize the efficiency and performance of web transactions used in a web-based application. These metrics can assist application designers and developers in reorganizing their application content, programs, and transports to provide improved service to their consumer. Events are generated and composed into predefined activities on a web transaction basis. The performance metric is then derived that entails a relationship between at least two different activities that gives insight into the performance characteristics of the web transaction. By using the derived performance metrics, designers and developers of web pages can judge the effects of changes to their application relative to efficiency and performance. Different applications can also be compared and contrasted using these metrics. Furthermore, these metrics may serve as inputs to planning models used to project capacity, throughput, response time, and availability of the application. ying said primary NCP image to said secondary NCP image, and copying said primary ODAC images to said secondary ODAC images. 2. An optical communications network according to said claim 1, wherein said reconciling a secondary NCP image step comprises: determining if said primary NCP image matches said entry in said SPF corresponding to said secondary NCP image, and copying said primary NCP image to said secondary NCP image if there is a match, but downloading said secondary image if there is no match. 3. An optical communications network according to claim 2, wherein said network further comprises a file server interconnected with said network management system, and wherein said downloading step comprises downloading said secondary image from said file server. 4. An optical communications network according to claim 1, wherein said reconciling a secondary ODAC image step comprises: searching for a local module image which matches said entry in said SPF corresponding to said secondary ODAC image within a local module of the network element containing the secondary ODAC image to be reconciled, and, if said local module image can be located, copying said local module image to said secondary ODAC image; if a local module image cannot be located, searching for a non-local module image which matches said entry in said SPF corresponding to said secondary ODAC image within a non-local module of a network element which does not containing the secondary ODAC image to be reconciled, and, if said non-local module image can be located, copying said non-local module image to said secondary ODAC image, and downloading said secondary ODAC image if said local module image and said non-local module image cannot be located. 5. An optical communications network according to claim 4, wherein said network further comprises a file server interconnected with said network management system, and wherein said downloading step comprises downloading said secondary image from said file server. 6. An optical communications network according to claim 1, wherein said computer-executable software program is executable to further perform reconciling of said primary and secondary NCP images and said primary and secondary ODAC images of each ODAC module upon a reset of said NCP, said reconciling of said primary and secondary NCP images and said primary and secondary ODAC images comprising: downloading a new secondary SPF and a new primary SPF to said NCP, reconciling said primary NCP image of said NCP with a corresponding primary NCP image entry in said new primary SPF, reconciling said secondary NCP image of said NCP with a corresponding secondary NCP image entry in said new secondary SPF, reconciling a primary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding primary ODAC image entries in said new primary SPF; and reconciling a secondary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding secondary ODAC image entries in said new secondary SPF. 7. An optical communications network according to claim 1, wherein said computer-executable software program is executable to further perform reconciling of said primary and secondary ODAC of images upon a reset of said at least one ODAC module, said reconciling of said primary and secondary ODAC images comprising: reconciling a primary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding primary ODAC image entries in a new primary SPF; and reconciling a secondary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding secondary ODAC image entries in said new secondary SPF. 8. A method of automatically updating software profile files and image files for a network element in an optical communications network, said network element including a node control processor (NCP) and at least one optical data acquisition control (ODAC) module, said method comprising: providing a computer-executable software program, said program being executable to perform steps comprising: downloading a new software profile file (SPF) to said NCP and storing said new SPF as a new secondary SPF, reconciling a secondary NCP image of said NCP with a corresponding entry in said new secondary SPF, reconciling a secondary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding entries in said new secondary SPF, switching said reconciled secondary NCP image with a primary NCP image of said NCP, switching said reconciled secondary ODAC images with corresponding primary ODAC images in each of said ODAC modules, copying said primary NCP image to said secondary NCP image, and copying said primary ODAC images to said secondary ODAC images; and executing said program. 9. A method according to claim 8, said method further comprising storing said program in a computer readable memory of said NCP for execution by a CPU of said NCP. 10. A method according to claim 8, wherein said executing step comprises initiating execution of said program through a network management system of said optical communications network. 11. A method according to claim 8, wherein said reconciling a secondary NCP image step comprises: determining if said primary NCP image matches said entry in said SPF corresponding to said secondary NCP image, and copying said primary NCP image to said secondary NCP image if there is a match, but downloading said secondary image if there is no match. 12. A method according to claim 11, wherein said network further comprises a file server interconnected with said network management system, and wherein said downloading step comprises downloading said secondary image from said file server. 13. A method according to claim 8, wherein said reconciling a secondary ODAC image step comprises: searching for a local module image which matches said entry in said SPF corresponding to said secondary ODAC image within a local module of the network element containing the secondary ODAC image to be reconciled, and, if said local module image can be located, copying said local module image to said secondary ODAC image; if a local module image cannot be located, searching for a non-local module image which matches said entry in said SPF corresponding to said secondary ODAC image within a non-local module of a network element which does not containing the secondary ODAC image to be reconciled, and, if said non-local module image can be located, copying said non-local module image to said secondary ODAC image; and downloading said secondary ODAC image if said local module image and said non-local module image cannot be located. 14. A method according to claim 13, wherein said network further comprises a file server interconnected with said network management system, and wherein said downloading step comprises downloading said secondary image from said file server. 15. A method according to claim 8, wherein said computer-executable software program is executable to further perform reconciling of said primary and secondary NCP images and said primary and secondary ODAC images of each ODAC module upon a reset of said NCP, said reconciling of said primary and secondary NCP images and said primary and secondary ODAC images comprising: downloading a new secondary SPF and a new primary SPF to said NCP, reconciling said primary NCP image of said NCP with a corresponding primary NCP image entry in said new primary SPF, reconciling said secondary NCP image of said NCP with a corresponding secondary NCP image entry in said new secondary SPF, reconciling a primary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding primary ODAC image entries in said new primary SPF; and reconciling a secondary ODAC image in each of said ODAC modules with corresponding secondary ODAC image entries in said new secondary SPF. 16. A method according to claim 8, wherein said computer-executable software program is executable to further perform reconciling of said primary and secondary ODAC of images upon a reset of said at least