1. ASAP 2.5 Technical Update ITUG MEA-12-HP October 5, 2004
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2. ASAP 2.5 – Part 1 - Goals - Actions - File Monitoring NSK/OSS - Process Monitoring NSK/OSS
MEA-12-HP

3. GOAL Command Specifying Recovery Actions
ACTION “<text string>” | <rule> [WAIT <n>] [NOREPEAT]
Defines a repeating recovery action
<text string> is the action
<rule> is a stored action string, more on rules later
WAIT defines minutes to wait before retry
NOREPEAT turns off retry
Tokens can be used to substitute for actual values
GOAL CPU 3, BUSY < 80 ACTION “TACL STOP $ABC”
RANK CPU, STATUS ACTION “TACL RELOAD <#OBJECT>, PRIME”
GOAL and RANK are synonyms
September 18, 2018
ASAP 2.5 Technical Update

4. GOAL Command Specifying Recovery Actions
To make sure USERID is always secured correctly…
MONITOR FILE $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.USERID
GOAL FILE $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.USERID, RWEP = OOOO
ACTION “FUP SECURE <#OBJECT>, ‘<#GOAL>’”
To make sure C compiles run at a low priority…
MONITOR PROCESS $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.C
RANK PROCESS $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.C, PRI <= 120
ACTION “TACL ALTPRI <#OBJECT>, <#GOAL>”
To make sure no process steals a processor…
MONITOR PROCESS $*
GOAL PROCESS $*, BUSY < 50 CRITICAL 6000
ACTION “TACL ALTPRI <#OBJECT>, 10”
September 18, 2018
ASAP 2.5 Technical Update

5. GOAL Command Specifying Recovery Actions
To make sure process $ABC doesn’t loop…
MONITOR PROCESS $ABC
GOAL PROCESS $ABC, BUSY < 80
ACTION “TACL SUSPEND <#OBJECT>”
To make sure there is enough space on a volume…
RANK DISK $DATA, FRAGMENT > 100 ACTION DCOM
To send ASAP alert information to your own TACL macro…
MONITOR SPOOLER $SPL43
GOAL SPOOLER $SPL43, NUMJOBS < 500 INFO
ACTION “TACL FIXSPOOL <#OBJECT> <#ATTR> <#OP> <#GOAL> <#VALUE> <#STATE>
<#LASTSTATE> ”
September 18, 2018
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6. GOAL Command Defining Custom Event Numbers
INFO|CRITICAL [REPEAT] [NODISPLAY] [<down>] [-<up>]
<down> is used when the objective fails
<up> is used when the object returns to normal
Range
No EMS template associated with custom event
However EMS text token is present for display
GOAL CPU, BUSY < 80 CRITICAL
RANK CPU, BUSY < 80 CRITICAL REPEAT 6001
GOAL CPU 3, BUSY < 91 CRITICAL -6002
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7. ACTION Command Defining Rules
ACTION RULE <name> = <string>
Rules are reusable ACTION strings
ACTION RULE SUSPEND=TACL SUSPEND <#OBJECT>
No quotes around string, no single quote substitution
These rules are pre-defined
ACTION RULE ACTIVATE = TACL ACTIVATE <#OBJECT>
ACTION RULE ALTPRI = TACL ALTPRI <#OBJECT>, <#GOAL>
ACTION RULE DEFRAG = DCOM <#OBJECT>
ACTION RULE GIVE = FUP GIVE <#OBJECT>, <#GOAL>
ACTION RULE PRIMARY = SCF PRIMARY <#OBJECT>, <#GOAL>
ACTION RULE RELOAD = TACL RELOAD <#OBJECT>, PRIME
ACTION RULE SECURE = FUP SECURE <#OBJECT>, “<#GOAL>”
ACTION RULE SUSPEND = TACL SUSPEND <#OBJECT>
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8. FILE Monitoring Many Ways to Monitor Files
MONITOR FILE $VOL.SUBVOL.FILE
MONITOR FILE $VOL.SUBVOL
M FILE MYFILES\$VOL.SUBVOL.FILE
MONITOR FILE $VOL.SUB*.FILE*
MONITOR FILE MYFILES\$VOL.S*.F*
MONITOR FILE MYFILES\#
M FILE /home/data/filename
M FILE MYFILES/home/data/filename
M FILE ANYNAME\YOU\WANT PATH /<pathname>
September 18, 2018
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9. PROCESS Monitoring Many Ways to Monitor Processes
MONITOR PROCESS $NAME
MONITOR PROCESS $N*
M PROCESS SALES\ORDERS\$NAME
M PROCESS SALES\ORDERS\$N*
M PROCESS SALES\ORDERS\##
M PROCESS $VOL.SUBVOL.OBJECT
M PROCESS TEST\$VOL.SUBV.OBJECT
M PROCESS /home/directory/object
M PROCESS SALES/home/directory/object
M PROCESS ANY\NAME PATH /<pathname>
September 18, 2018
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10. Presentation Title MEA-12-HP
ASAP 2.5 – Part 2 - Long term history - New Comm entity - Entity enhancements
MEA-12-HP

11. ASAP 2.5 Database Long Term History
Presentation Title
ASAP can now automatically maintain long term history
New DBMaxDays option controls amount of history kept
Different retention periods can be specified for each entity
Days, Weeks, Months, or even Years can be retained
SPOOL
COMM
APP
FILE
CPU
TMF
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12. ASAP 2.5 Database SET DBMaxDays Examples
SET DBMaxDays [<entity>] <days>
Examples
SET DBMaxDays ! History for all entities, 1 day
SET DBMaxDays CPU 365 ! History for Cpu entity, 365 days
SET DBMaxDays PCB 60 ! History for Process Busy, 60 days
SET DBMaxDays DISK 30 ! History for Disk entity, 30 days
SET DBMaxDays EXP 28 ! History for Expand entity, 28 days
SET DBMaxDays FILE 14 ! History for File entity, 14 days
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13. ASAP 2.5 Database New DB command
DB command provides analysis of historical database
DB [ <Year> ]
[ INFO ]
[ DETAIL ]
[ <Entity> ]
<Year> indicates year to analyze, default is current year.
DB command alone provides disk usage by entity and by date.
INFO provides file info about DB files: last-mod, owner, rwep, …
DETAIL provides first and last record timestamps for each file
<Entity> allows you to restrict analysis to one entity
September 18, 2018
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14. ASAP 2.5 Database - DB command
DB command provides analysis of disk usage by entity by date
+DB 2004
Availability Stats and Performance -- Disk usage by entity by date
Zmmdd APP COM CPU DSK EXP FIL NCP PCB PRO RDF SPL SYS TAP TMF
Z m k
Z m m
Z m m
Z m 9.4m m m 1.6m
Z m 9.4m m m 1.6m
Z m 9.3m m m 1.6m
Z m 9.4m 38m 47m 21m 24m 36m 71m m 1.6m 3.9m 9.7m
Z m 9.4m 38m 47m 21m 24m 36m 71m m 1.6m 3.9m 9.7m
Z m 9.4m 38m 47m 21m 24m 36m 70m m 1.6m 3.9m 9.7m
Z m 9.4m 38m 47m 21m 24m 36m 65m m 1.6m 3.9m 9.7m
Z m 8.9m 36m 45m 20m 22m 34m 72m m 1.5m 3.7m 9.2m
Z m 13m 38m 47m 0.1m 24m 35m 26m m 1.6m 3.9m 9.7m
Z k 7m 19m 24m 3.8m 12m 18m 3.5m m 786k 1.0m 4.8m
Total APP COM CPU DSK EXP FIL NCP PCB PRO RDF SPL SYS TAP TMF
6.1g m 1.0g 581m 682m 134m 153m 1.1g 609m m 379m 33m 82m
DBMaxDays Cpu and System entities – back to 01/15
DBMaxDays Comm, ProcessBusy, and Spooler entities – back to 7/24
DBMaxDays All other entities – back to 8/16 – 7 days ago on Aug 23
September 18, 2018
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15. Presentation Title
ASAP 2.5 Comm Entity
The Comm SGP collects performance and state information about one or more communication lines.
The Following Communication lines are supported:
AM ATP CP6100
Envoy EnvoyACP Snax X.25
Auto-discovery of all configured Communication lines.
Availability information reported by the client is:
The largest performance value for the Comm line.
Highest operational state information for the Comm line.
Supports user defined Comm object monitoring.
Supports user defined discrete object thresholds
Fully integrated with ASAP infrastructure
September 18, 2018
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16. ASAP 2.5 Comm Entity New Monitoring features
Comm Monitoring Specifying Comm lines.
MONITOR COMM $SNAX
MONITOR COMM $X25a
MONITOR COMM ! Shows Comm lines ! selected in the DB
MONITOR COMM, LIST ! Displays Comm ! lines being ! monitored by ! Comm entity
September 18, 2018
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17. ASAP 2.5 Comm Entity New Goal and Action features
Presentation Title
ASAP 2.5 Comm Entity New Goal and Action features
ASAP GOAL and ACTION commands can be used to configure objectives and actions.
Examples:
GOAL Comm, Busy < 60 ! Lines should be < 60%
GOAL Comm $X25, Busy < 30 ! X25 should be < 30%
GOAL Comm $LineB, ! Primary should be Cpu 1 CPU = 1 Action Primary ! if not take Action to correct
Goal Comm ! Display goals in objectives DB
Goal Comm, List ! Display the objectives ! Comm SGP is using.
September 18, 2018
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18. ASAP 2.5 ASAP CI New Status and Set options
Presentation Title
ASAP 2.5 ASAP CI New Status and Set options
STATUS command
Now allows user timeout value
SGP that is not running is now shown
SGP that is not running restarted after 15 minutes
SET <entity> command
Can specify Cpu on SET <entity> option
If Cpu down ASAP automatically picks another
SET Process Cpu 1
SET Spooler Cpu 8
Process
Spooler
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19. ASAP 2.5 Entity Enhancements
Presentation Title
ASAP 2.5 Entity Enhancements
DISK entity objectives on max FRAGMENT size: GOAL DISK, Fragment > 200 ACTION Defrag
DISK entity decimal objective on disk QLen: GOAL DISK $System, QLen < 1.5
CPU entity allows objectives on breakpoints: GOAL CPU, BrkPnt < 10
DISK entity supports new Enterprise Storage Subsystem (ESS) Subtype 52 disk devices.
September 18, 2018
ASAP 2.5 Technical Update

20. Presentation Title MEA-12-HP
ASAP 2.5 – Part 3 - Notifications - Interfaces - Dashboards - Save extensions - Secure Property Sheets - EDL Download, Compile, AutoSync
MEA-12-HP

21. ASAP 2.5 Notify - Overview ASAP Notifications Alerts Reports Example
can now be sent via , 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 18, 2018
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22. ASAP 2.5 Notify - Options
ASAP Notifications have wide range of options
Content options
Define 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 options
Define who and/or what devices receive notifications
Can be a list of people’s addresses:
Wireless device addresses, eg
Web Server path, eg .../inetpub/wwwroot/Alerts
Server options
Define server address, account, and security information
SMTP server address, eg SMTP.SBCGlobal.Net
Account, Userid, optional passwords, timeouts, ...
September 18, 2018
ASAP 2.5 Technical Update

23. ASAP 2.5 Notify - Content Options
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 18, 2018
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24. ASAP 2.5 Notify - Recipient Options
Recipient property sheet:
To, Cc:, Bcc:
address list
phone number list
pager address list
From: return address/spoof
Subject, Priority, Importance
Append check box
allows user defined HTML or plain text at end of message.
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25. ASAP 2.5 Interfaces ASAP interfaces EMS Events Provider APIs
Consumer APIs
Application plug-in entities
3rd Party plug-in entities
Published Database
Batch Query interface
Conversational interface
Graphical User interface
Optional EMF interfaces
interface
Wireless interface
Pager interface
OpenView SPI interface
Web Viewpoint interface
September 18, 2018
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26. ASAP 2.5 Notification - Web content
File field of control panel allows dynamic saves of analysis as web pages:
Rule – OnEachSample
Style – HTML
Refresh – Browser rate
File – Web page path...
September 18, 2018
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27. ASAP 2.5 WASAP - Web content
WASAP Plug-In
New Web ViewPoint plug-in
Shares ASAP object and state statistics with Web Viewpoint
Includes hierarchical tree with hyperlinks for drill-down onto ASAP stats detail.
September 18, 2018
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28. ASAP 2.5 OpenView SPI - Web content
HP OpenView smart plug-in for ASAP
Integrates ASAP objects and state info with OpenView Console and Web interface.
September 18, 2018
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29. ASAP 2.5 – OpenView Integration
Allows all ASAP entity types to appear in OpenView
Supports all object types (system, application, third-party)
Shares objects, state, availability, performance, and service level information
Utilizes both OpenView Service and OpenView Node View
Integration is optional; OpenView is not required in order to deploy or use ASAP
Included in base ASAP product
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30. ASAP 2.5 – OpenView Integration
ASAP data can now appear in both OpenView Console and in OpenView Web Interface
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31. ASAP 2.5 Dashboards - Overview
Allow whole 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 18, 2018
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32. ASAP 2.5 Dashboards – Customization
Mixed graph types now also supported
All properties are now saved: x, y, size, node, entity, objects, samples, min state, etc.
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 18, 2018
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33. ASAP 2.5 Save As ... Analysis can now be saved as... EDL TEXT HTML
EXCEL
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34. ASAP 2.5 Secure property sheets
You can now secure 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
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35. 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 18, 2018
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36. 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 18, 2018
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37. 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 18, 2018
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38. 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, auto correcting version mismatch
Eliminates EDL matching
Simplifies working with custom application EDLs
September 18, 2018
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39. ASAP 2.5 Hardware-Software Requirements
Server - runs on all supported Nonstop servers
Minimum OS Release: NonStop Kernel D42
Minimum OS Gateway: SSGCOM T8488AAB
Client - runs on all Windows workstations
Client fully compatible with all prior Server versions, there are no migration/integration considerations
Can be installed over any pre-existing client
Compatible with any ASAP server including: 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5
All Server versions benefit from ASAP 2.5 Client
Examples: Notifications, Dashboards, Security, ... features all work with old versions of ASAP server
September 18, 2018
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40. NonStop ASAP 2.5 Delivers More Power More Storage More Software
All ASAP 2.5 server components are 4x faster
New Goals, Actions, Notify via , phone, ...
New Interfaces Oss, Nsk, Comm, Html, Excel
New OpenView Smart Plug-In for ASAP
New Web ViewPoint Plug-In for ASAP
More Storage
New long term historical database
Disk Entity supports new ESS drives
More Software
53 feature-solutions added in ASAP 2.5
234 new feature-solutions since 2001
More Future
Proven 5 year record of improvement
“ASAP Very well suits our needs” – EAP
For Less...
In past 5 years ASAP has added 234 features/solutions at no additional cost.
Customers who bought ASAP in 1999 have received 6 upgrades at no additional charge.
Date
Release
F/S
2004
ASAP 2.5 53
2003
ASAP 2.4 43
2002
ASAP 2.3 23
ASAP 2.2 33
2001
ASAP 2.1 37
ASAP 2.0 45
1999
ASAP 1.0
Total
234
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41. Presentation Title