©2002 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. by Scott Webb, ASG Senior Sales Engineer by Scott Webb, ASG Senior Sales Engineer ASG-sys*ADMIRAL ™

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. ASG Overview Founded 1986 by Arthur L. Allen, CEO & President Privately held company More than 950 employees worldwide Headquartered in Naples, FL 30 offices worldwide 7,000 customer sites 18,000 licenses 100+ software solutions 50% compounded annual growth rate since 1997

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Key Partnerships & Relationships Microsoft – Windows 2000 Go to Market Partner Hewlett-Packard - Premier Partner SAP - Complimentary SAP Business Partner PeopleSoft - Global Alliance Partner NetIQ - Only Job Scheduler Integrated with NetIQ IBM - Complimentary IBM Business Partner

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems.

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Database MS SQLServer Oracle Database MS SQLServer Oracle Client Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows’95, ‘98 Command Line Web Interface PERT Chart Client Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows’95, ‘98 Command Line Web Interface PERT Chart Agents Windows NT Windows 2000 HP-UX IBM AIX Sun Solaris AT&T/NCR Sequent Digital UNIX SCO MPE/iX MVS AS/400 Agents Windows NT Windows 2000 HP-UX IBM AIX Sun Solaris AT&T/NCR Sequent Digital UNIX SCO MPE/iX MVS AS/400 Alert Notification SNMP/Frameworks HP OpenView (ITO, NNM, ManageX, VPO) NetIQ Alarmpoint WMI sys*ADMIRAL Console Alert Notification SNMP/Frameworks HP OpenView (ITO, NNM, ManageX, VPO) NetIQ Alarmpoint WMI sys*ADMIRAL Console Master Windows NT Windows 2000 Master Windows NT Windows 2000 Application Integration SAP PeopleSoft Oracle Applications Application Integration SAP PeopleSoft Oracle Applications Architecture

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. sys*ADMIRAL Architecture

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. ASG-sys*ADMIRAL Scheduling What is sys*ADMIRAL Scheduling? Jobs that run on a certain schedule daily, monthly, one time, etc. Jobs that are dependent on conditions job state, file state, time of day, an event, etc. Jobs that run on a certain system NT, UNIX, MPE, MVS Jobs that cause special processes to happen Events, alerts, and actions

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems.

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. ASG-sys*ADMIRAL Agent Runs Jobs on behalf of the Master Communicates Status with Master Reports Agent Host Information to the Master when Requested Reports Local Host Dependency Status to Master when Requested

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. ASG-sys*ADMIRAL Client Graphical User Interface User Access to DB and Master Command Line Utilities Available

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems.

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Automatic Failover Within Minutes Fault Tolerant Engine

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Schedules Current Schedule Monitor today’s jobs Historical Schedule Review past days’ schedule runs Forecasted Schedule Create and view future days’ schedules

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Monitoring Job Activity

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Pert Chart Monitoring

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Job Definitions Job Groups Job - Unit of Execution Command + Parameters + Environment File Associated with a Calendar Execute on an Agent Exit Codes and Scanning Output Dependencies Trigger Additional Events

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems.

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Job Dependencies Based on Job Status Active, Completed Normally, Error, etc. Based on File Status Existence, Size, Changes Based on Value of Variables WMI Dependencies (NT Only) Agent Resource Availability

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. ASG-sys*ADMIRAL Calendars Associated with Job Definition Represent Periodicity of Job Runs Predefined and User Defined Calendaring Calendar Types Daily, Weekly, Monthly, List, Group, and Subsets Ability to Forecast Calendar Definition

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems.

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Events, Actions, and Alerts Job Events and System Events Events Associated with Exceptions Events Occurrences Trigger Actions Action Types , Console Alert, Job, SNMP, WMI, Log, Alarm Point, and Variable Job  Event(s)  Action(s)

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Security Policies Set of sys*ADMIRAL functions available Users Windows-based logon (predefined in DB) Impersonation Workgroups Commonality for sharing DB Objects Policies  Users  Workgroups

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Summary of Features Current, historical, and forecast of job schedules Dependencies based on job status, file state, and variable values Predefined calendaring Workload balancing across target platforms NT user- and Workgroup-based security policies Certified ERP Integration (SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle Financials) Windows 2000 certified with NT or Web interface Automatic fault tolerance and relational DB support

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Integration with ASG-Zeke

©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems. Integration with ASG-Zeke sys*Admiral Jobs may be Dependent on Zeke Jobs Zeke Jobs may be Dependent on sys*Admiral Jobs

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©2001 Allen Systems Group, Inc. All Right Reserved. ASG is the premier source for understanding, managing, and extending existing systems.

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