© 2012 IBM Corporation What’s new in OpenAdmin Tool for Informix? Erika Von Bargen May 2012

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Agenda  OAT Intro  What’s New? –Install as part of CSDK New Linux 64-bit port –Tech Support –Tracking the full command –Memory Manager –Performance History Improvements –Backup –Connection Manager –TimeSeries Plug-in –Health Advisor Plug-in

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 OAT Introduction  OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) is a web-based console for monitoring and administrating one or more Informix database servers.  Why use OAT? –Graphical user interface –Visual representational of Informix database server information –Remote administration –Administration of multiple instances easily –Requires no changes on the database server –Up-to-date with the newest Informix database server features –Easy to use –Easy to install (comes with CSDK) –Lowers the learning curve for new users –Free –Open Source –Customizable with plug-ins –Interface available in multiple languages

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Automated Installation  Install OAT as part of CSDK 3.70 –OpenAdmin Tool (OAT) is no longer a separate download. It is now included in the Informix Client SDK installer and Informix bundle installer. –Choose ‘custom’ installation and choose OAT and its plug-ins from the feature tree –Available on: Linux 32/64 Windows 32 MacOS 64  New native 64-bit port for Linux

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Tech Support  OAT is now an IBM supported product –Included in CSDK 3.70 support  Can now call IBM Tech Support for help with OAT  Continued support through IIUG forum: –

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Tracking the full SQL Admin API command  Menu: Logs > Admin Command  Previously only the high level command executed was tracked. Now, starting with xC2, OAT tracks the entire command including arguments. Before: After:

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Memory Manager  Menu: Server Administration > Memory Manager  View database server and OS memory usage  Configure automatic low memory management

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Performance History  Menu: Performance Analysis > Performance History  Graph performance metrics over time  Recent improvements: –Two new categories of statistics Memory Virtual processor –Ability to compare Multiple database servers Multiple metrics

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Performance History  Compare statistics on the same server

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Performance History  Compare statistics across servers

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Ontape Backups  Configure and run both manual and automatic backups  Currently only ontape backups are supported in OAT

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Ontape Backups  Backup configuration screen

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Connection Manager  Part of the Replication Plug-in  Menu: Replication > Connection Manager  Connection Manager page recently redone and centralized in OAT  Use the Connection Manager to –monitor and maintain client connections –direct client connection requests to the appropriate server in a connection unit –load and workload balancing among database servers –manage failover on high-availability clusters  Manage 4 types of connection units –Cluster –Replicate set –Grid –Server set

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Connection Manager

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 TimeSeries Plug-in  Menu: SQL ToolBox > TimeSeries  View and manage TimeSeries objects in OAT –Containers, Calendars, Virtual Tables  Similar to Schema Manager, but specific to TimeSeries tables and objects

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Health Advisor Plug-in  Menu: Health Center > Health Advisor  Analyzes the state of the Informix database server  Gathers information about the database server, the databases, and the operating system, and creates a report that contains the results and recommendations.  Approximately 50 different items in 5 different categories are checked –Each alarm can be enabled/disabled –Some have thresholds that can be defined –Some have exceptions that can be defined  Execute the Health Advisor reports manually or automatically on a schedule  Reports can be ed automatically  Create custom profiles allow the alerts to be tailed to a specific environment

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Health Advisor Plug-in  Manage alarms

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Health Advisor Plug-in  Setup schedule and

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Health Advisor Plug-in  Health Advisor Report

© 2012 IBM CorporationWhat’s new in OAT?May 2012 Resources  OAT website: –Find download links, release information, demos, and more  OAT in the IBM Informix Info Center:  OAT IIUG forum:  OAT YouTube channel (demos):  DeveloperWorks article on building plug-ins for OAT:  Contact me (Erika Von Bargen) at