ASAP 2.5 Client Transfer of Information Presentation Title ASAP 2.5 Client Transfer of Information mailto:m.miller@hp.com

Introduction Welcome to the ASAP 2.5 Client TOI ASAP 2.5 TOI Part 1 – ASAP Server Goal, Action, File, and Process ASAP 2.5 TOI Part 2 – ASAP Server Enhancements and Comm entity ASAP 2.5 TOI Part 3 – ASAP Client ASAP 2.5 TOI Part 4 – ASAP OVO SPI Audience GCSC NonStop Analysts Interested HP Employees Other Places for Information http://NonstopASAP.com ASAP 2.4 TOI TUT CD #42 TUT CD #30 September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client Product features and functions New features and functions Notifications Interfaces Dashboards Save As extensions Secure Property sheets EDL Download, Compile, AutoSync, Export September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information ASAP 2.5 Notify - Overview ASAP Notifications can now be sent via email, phone, pager, or browser Alerts Sent when goals not met, or if objects change state Reports can now be scheduled at various times of the day, eg: 6:00, 10:30, 11:55, ... Example ASAP Report in Outlook preview pane formatted using ASAP options: HTML - Color encoding Score – Object State Matrix Detail – Sorted object states September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify - Properties ASAP Notifications have wide range of properties Content Defines notification rule, report content, and formatting style Rules – On State Change, Scheduled, On Each Sample Reports - Alerts, Scoreboard, Sorted object states Formats – Color coded HTML, plain text, abbreviated Recipient Defines who and/or what devices receive notifications Can be a list of people’s email addresses, eg x.y@abc.com Wireless device addresses, eg 234-555-1234@vtext.com Web Server path, eg .../inetpub/wwwroot/Alerts Server Defines server address, account, and logon information SMTP server address, eg SMTP.SBCGlobal.Net Account, eg Userid, optional passwords, timeouts, ... September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information ASAP 2.5 Notify - Profiles Notify Control Panel can define multiple notification profiles. A profile is a set of notify properties that define the content, recipients, and server for a notification Profiles can be named, such as: Alerts Reports Managers, ... Each profile contains 3 property sheets: Content Recipients Server Profiles can have diagnostics enabled, disabled, performed: Show – shows notify activity in real time Trace – saves a detailed trace log Test – invokes notify test immediately Log – displays either summary log, or individual trace log (if trace checked) To display Notify Control Panel Select View... Options... Click NOTIFY on OSC tab September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify - Content properties Content property sheet: Notify - Rule OnStateChange Every x Hours OnEachSample Content Alerts – Recent state changes Score – Current state matrix Detail - Sorted object states Style HTML - color-coded encoding TEXT - plain text Short - abbreviated text September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify - Content report types Alerts – show the number of recent object state changes Score – show matrix of object counts, entities, and states Detail – show sorted object states from worst to best (down to up) September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify - Recipient properties Recipient property sheet: To, Cc:, Bcc: email address list phone number list pager address list From: return address Subject, Priority, Importance Append check box adds user defined HTML or plain text to end of message September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify - Server properties Server property sheet: POP3: defines POP3 Server IP address or domain name example: pop.SBCGlobal.net POP3 server not required (unless POP authentication) SMTP: defines simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) IP address or domain name example: smtp.SbcGlobal.net Logon if checked, indicates userid and password should be sent. Logon not always required (depends on ISP requirement) September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify – Summary log If Trace not checked, Click “Log” to show summary log Summary log contains list of all notification attempts… September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information ASAP 2.5 Notify - Trace log If Trace checked, Click “Log” button to list trace logs Select a trace log to display that log Summary and Trace logs update in real time as notify alerts or reports continue Example - send is retried for server “send timeout” interval in seconds September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Interface summary EMS events for Goals and Actions Provider and Consumer APIs Application plug-in entities 3rd Party plug-in entities Published Database Batch Query interface Conversational interface Graphical User interface Optional EMF interfaces Notification interface OpenView SPI interface Web Viewpoint interface September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notify – Content as web page File field allows dynamic save of content on each sample as web page: Rule – OnEachSample update on each sample Refresh – Web page pull interval in seconds Style - HTML provides state color-coded pages File – Defines web page file name and path such as: \inetpub\wwwroot\Alerts.htm Property Status highlighted: - Profile: <name> - Recipients: <types> - Server: <domain> - Last Send: <date-time> September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Notification - Web content File field on notify control panel allows dynamic save of content on each sample as web page: Rule – OnEachSample updates on each sample Refresh – defines page pull interval in seconds Style - HTML provides state color-coded pages File – Defines web page file name and path such as: \inetpub\wwwroot\Alerts.htm September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 WASAP - Web content WASAP plug-in New WASAP plug-in adds ASAP object state info to Web Viewpoint September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 OVO SPI - Web content OpenView smart plug-in adds ASAP object state information to OpenView Consoles and Web interface. September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 – OpenView Integration Enables ASAP data to be added to OpenView Supports all object types (system, application, third-party) Shares object state, availability, performance, and service level data Utilizes both OpenView Service and OpenView Node View Integration is optional; OpenView is not required in order to deploy ASAP Included in base ASAP product September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 – OpenView Integration ASAP data can now appear in OpenView Console and OpenView Web Interface September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Dashboard - Overview Support for sets of object Graphics Graphic properties are now retained on shutdown, and restored on startup Dashboards can be named, saved, and re-displayed for later analysis September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Dashboard – Customization Mixed graph types are now supported All properties now saved, eg: x, y, size, node, entity, objects, samples, minimum state Right mouse on graph and select “Graph Type” to configure mixed sets of graphics View Dashboard menu dynamically grows and is saved for future reference September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information ASAP 2.5 Save As ... Analysis can now be saved as... EDL TEXT HTML EXCEL September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Secure property sheets You can now secure ASAP property sheet settings Click “Set Password” button on General tab of properties Dialog on right is displayed Check Property sheet names to password protect settings: Examples: Attribute, Entity, ... Enter and confirm Password Click “Set Password” to lock ASAP property sheet settings September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Property password prompt Protected Property sheets require password to access Enter correct Password, unlocks property sheet If you cancel dialog or don’t know password, you can view properties, but cannot change settings September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 EDL Download & Compile New File... menu item Compile Server EDL... Downloads & Compiles Server’s copy of EDL Greatly simplifies EDL synchronization September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 EDL Download into IDE New Download EDL toolbar button Downloads EDL into Interactive Development Environment (IDE) Allows view, edit, or debug of EDL Allows ad hoc edits of server EDL for App development September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information ASAP 2.5 EDL Export entity File... Export EDL... Export dialog box includes new option to export a specific entity... Simplifies working with or sharing specific entities September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 EDL Auto Synchronization EDL now auto synchronizes Entity definition versions are now automatically checked If version mismatch occurs auto sync prompt appears If you Click “Yes”, server EDL is automatically downloaded and compiled, thus fixes version mismatch Eliminates EDL matching Simplifies working with custom application EDLs September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client Hardware-Software Requirements Server runs on all supported Nonstop servers Minimum OS Release: NonStop Kernel D42 Minimum OS Gateway: SSGCOM T8488AAB 31MAR97 Client runs on any Microsoft Windows workstation Compatible with all ASAP servers: 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, ... 2.5 Required Hardware: 200 MHz PC or faster Minimum Memory: 256 MB Minimum Disk Space: 30 MB Minimum Windows Release: Windows 2003 Windows XP Windows 2000 Windows NT4 SP6 Windows ME/98 September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client Architecture and Components ASAP 2.5 is Architecturally similar to prior releases with the following enhancements: EDL Download and Compile file transfer pipe syncs EDL New SGP’s now also monitor OSS Files and Processes SMTP interface sends notifications to email servers HTML export provides support for web server OpenView Smart Plug-in for ASAP provides object state sharing with OpenView September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client Installation & Configuration Client can be installed over any existing client. Client compatible with any version of ASAP Server including: 1.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

ASAP 2.5 Client Migration and Integration Because ASAP Client is fully compatible with all prior server versions there are no migration or integration considerations All Server versions benefit from ASAP 2.5 Client AutoSync prompt will occur if server is not 2.5, Select YES to synchronize client with server EDL New ASAP 2.5 client features are automatically extended to any prior server version Examples: notifications, dashboards, security, ... features all work with old versions of ASAP server September 21, 2018 ASAP 2.5 Client – transfer of information

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