1. The VPO Administrator

2. [vpo_administrator] 2 The VPO Administrator The VPO Administrator - Overview The role of the VPO Administrator Understand High Level VPO Architecture Working with VPO Administrator Windows –Banks and Groups –Node Grouping and Hierarchies –Message Groups –Applications Using Drag and Drop in VPO Later Modules Setting up Operator Workspaces Configuring VPO Messages VPO Management Server Administration and Troubleshooting

3. [vpo_administrator] 3 The VPO Administrator The role of the VPO Administrator Configure server, nodes, users, message sources etc. Define external services, policies etc. Day to day tasks VPO Administrator tasks

4. [vpo_administrator] 4 The VPO Administrator Managed objects applications disks, tapes, printers, etc. queues, etc. Agent Manager Managed Node Management Server Management Station Management System Manager / Agent Paradigm

5. [vpo_administrator] 5 The VPO Administrator Global Architecture Message Agent Monitor Agent Action Agent Message Manager Display Manager Action Manager UI HP OpenView Windows X11 Protocol Graphical Terminal Management Station Management Server Management SystemManaged Node Managed Objects DB SQL RPC

6. [vpo_administrator] 6 The VPO Administrator The VPO Administrator Windows

7. [vpo_administrator] 7 The VPO Administrator Administrators setup tasks Add Nodes Configure Messages Create Users Create Node Hierarchy Add Applications Add Node Groups Add Message Groups

8. [vpo_administrator] 8 The VPO Administrator Banks and Groups N1N2 Peter James Susan Application Bank Application Groups User Bank BAC DEF N4N5 321 456 4a4b4c1a1b77a7b 4a4b4c Node Groups Node Bank Message Groups SAP Operator England User Profile Bank N3 N6 N4N5 N3 N1N2N6

9. [vpo_administrator] 9 The VPO Administrator The VPO Node Bank... VPO Administrator can manually add nodes not discovered by OpenView VPO Node Bank OpenView IP Submaps N1N2N3 N12N11 N4 N9N10 N7N8N5N6

10. [vpo_administrator] 10 The VPO Administrator Node Default Attributes Local logging Managed Node Console port access Management types: Controlled Monitored only Message allowed Disabled Heartbeat polling Virtual terminal connection VPO Management Server

11. [vpo_administrator] 11 The VPO Administrator Adding Managed Nodes Use Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop Add a Managed Node or Add an External Node

12. [vpo_administrator] 12 The VPO Administrator Managed Node Groups Logical grouping of Managed Nodes A Managed Node can appear in more than one Node Group Node Groups are assigned to operators to build up their responsibilities

13. [vpo_administrator] 13 The VPO Administrator Node Hierarchies Top level Hierarchy assigned to Operator Layout Group contains nodes Hierarchy contains a Layout Group Special symbol “HoldingArea”

14. [vpo_administrator] 14 The VPO Administrator Node Hierarchies - An example N1 Hierarchy1 L1 N2 N3N4 N1 N4 N3N1N2 NodeGroup1NodeGroup2 N1 Hierarchy1 L1 N3N4 N1 Hierarchy1 N2 Operator Daphne assigned NodeGroup1 Operator Velma assigned NodeGroup2

15. [vpo_administrator] 15 The VPO Administrator Set up Message Groups Local Special Form Local Special Form Invalid Logon Invalid Logon Cannot Initiate new sessions Cannot Initiate new sessions Disk Overflow Disk Overflow Cannot connect to VPO Server Cannot connect to VPO Server CPU load >98% CPU load >98% Backup failed Backup failed Job Aborted Job Aborted Database table full Database table full Message Processing OSBackupVPO DBOutputMisc Message Group Bank Management Server Managed Node Message Groups Help Classify and Filter Messages

16. [vpo_administrator] 16 The VPO Administrator Message Groups

17. [vpo_administrator] 17 The VPO Administrator Set up Applications Application Bank Application Groups OmniBackSAP Terminal... NT Tools May contain Application Groups and individual Applications May contain other Application Groups and individual Applications Any... Session Monitor... Monitor Any...

18. [vpo_administrator] 18 The VPO Administrator Types of Applications VPO ApplicationRemote or local execution e.g. ps, notepad.exe, URL OV ApplicationExecutable icon via ARFs e.g. MIB Browser, Omniback II OV ServiceMenubar integration via ARFs OV background process via ARFs e.g. IPMAP, Novell ServerView Internal ApplicationPredefined types Terminals, Broadcast

19. [vpo_administrator] 19 The VPO Administrator VPO Application Output modes: No Window (X-application) Window (Output only) Window (Input/Output) Run modes: where to start what/how to start

20. [vpo_administrator] 20 The VPO Administrator Application for Java GUI Local client application or URL for Web browser Local Client application (e.g. Notepad) Indicates that a Web Browser will load a URL for this application

21. [vpo_administrator] 21 The VPO Administrator OV Application / OV Service OV Application runs a predefined application registered to an operator OV Service runs in background when operator logs into VPO

22. [vpo_administrator] 22 The VPO Administrator VPO Internal Application Button produces allowed Application Types

23. [vpo_administrator] 23 The VPO Administrator Drag & Drop in the VPO GUI Use mouse buttons (left or right) for copy and move default = Mousebutton copy = + Mousebutton move = + Mousebutton Drag & drop is an extension of copy/paste Specified actions can be performed for different sources and targets Drag & Drop behavior for Administrator and Operator

24. [vpo_administrator] 24 The VPO Administrator Drag & Drop Behavior – Administrator's Actions Drag symbols from row and drop on symbols in column X Node Group Node Layout Group Node Group bank Node Bank Application Application Group Application Bank Operator Mgd Nodes Ops Node Layout Grp Ops App Desktop Node/External Node Node Group Node Layout Group Node Bank Application Application Group X XXXX X X XXXXX XXXXX X X XX