HP Operations Agent for NonStop ObjectMAP Guide Part number: 519583-002 Second edition:11/2009
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Preface The ObjectMAP Guide gives you information about the product and the instructions for using it. Designed to meet the practical needs of the HP NonStop environment, this guide explains the concepts behind ObjectMAP and illustrates all the facets of the software. This guide contains all the information necessary to understand ObjectMAP and to use it effectively to solve your HP NonStop Enterprise Management issues.
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1 ObjectMAP – An Introduction ObjectMAP is a software product that brings real-time and customized monitoring of object states at the Group, Sub-Group, System, Subsystem, Threshold and Object levels for your Enterprise. It provides drill down, real-time and customized viewing of object states. Allowing proactive monitoring for mission critical systems, ObjectMAP assures the competitive edge necessary for your success.
1-2 Benefits • Improved Service Level Availability ObjectMAP brings customized viewing of object states, allowing the user to focus on business critical issues. This ensures high system availability and performance through detailed and customized classification of object states. • Detailed Drill-Down Viewing of Object States ObjectMAP provides different levels to view object details.
2 ObjectMAP – The Interface This chapter provides details about the features available with the ObjectMAP GUI including the interface components, such as menus and toolbar.
2-2 ObjectMAP Window The ObjectMAP window is divided into the following two panes: • Object Class Pane Object Class is the pane on the left side of the window displaying the object tree structure. The order in which an object class is displayed is ALL OBJECTS, NODE, TANDEM, SUBSYSTEM, OBJECT CLASS, THRESHOLD, OBJECT. The objects are displayed in a tree view that lists the various nodes configured along with the subsystems. • View Pane View pane is the right pane in the ObjectMAP window.
2-6 Status Bar Figure 2-5 ObjectMAP Status Bar The Status bar can be seen at the base of the ObjectMAP window. It provides tips for various menu options and icons present on the Toolbar, along with other status messages. 2-7 Menus The various menus available on the Menu bar are as follows: • File • Edit • View • Tools • Window • Help 2-7-1 File Menu This is the first menu on the Menu bar. The options available on the menu are: • New This menu option is used to open a new object file window.
2-7-2 Edit Menu Figure 2-7 ObjectMAP Edit Menu Edit is the second menu on the Menu bar. The option available in the Edit menu is: • Delete Selection The Delete Selection option enables you to delete the selected object. This implies that the object will no longer be displayed on that view even if the state of the object changes. • Find Selecting the Find option displays the Find Object dialog box. If you have numerous objects defined, then you may find it difficult to locate a specific object.
2-7-3 View Menu Figure 2-9 ObjectMAP View Menu The various options available in the View menu are: • Toolbar This option enables you to toggle between the displayed and hidden modes of the Toolbar. • Status Bar • Legend Clicking on the Legend option displays the Legend dialog box. You can see the color mappings of the various object states using this dialog box.
• Log window Selecting the Log window option displays the Log window, which shows the various messages that have updated the states of the objects within ObjectMAP with the time and description. Figure 2-11 Log Window • Host Connection alerts window Clicking on the Host Connection alerts window option displays the Host Connection Alerts window. The window displays the connection status of the host as lost or reestablished.
• Navigate The Navigate menu option can be used to navigate through the various levels. Selecting the option displays the Navigate menu, which includes the following options: • Move Up a Level Clicking on this option displays the objects one level above the displayed level. The shortcut to the option is available on the Toolbar as the Move Up icon. • Move Down a Level Clicking on this option displays the objects one level below the displayed level.
• Lock The Lock menu option is used to lock the displayed view. This option prevents further adding of objects to the locked map file. Clicking on the Lock option displays the Lock/Unlock view enter password dialog box. On entering the password for the particular node and clicking on the OK button, an icon is displayed on the Message bar indicating that the file is locked. To unlock the view, follow the same procedure. Passwords are optional when locking the view.
• Save Log To File This option is used to save the Log to an external file. Clicking on the Save Log To File menu option displays a Select file dialog box. Select the file where the log is to be saved and click on the Save button. • Managed Subsystems Clicking on this option displays the Managed Subsystems dialog box. You can select or deselect the desired subsystems to manage.
2-7-5 Window Menu Figure 2-19 ObjectMAP Window Menu The Window menu consists of the following option: • Tile MAP windows This option allows the user to arrange the ObjectMAP and List Map windows horizontally and vertically. It provides the following sub-options: • Horizontally This option arranges the open windows horizontally in a non-overlapping format. • Vertically This option arranges the open windows vertically in a non-overlapping format.
2-8 Toolbar Icons S.
2-9 Right-Click Menus ObjectMAP provides the right-click feature in its interface, which helps perform functions like deleting objects, and viewing object details easily. Right-click menus are provided in various panes with some of the most frequently accessed commands along with other commands specific to the selection made. To access the rightclick menus, you need to make a selection in the pane and then right-click on it.
• Open using List Map This command can be used to view multiple List Map windows for the objects displayed in the View pane. • Delete This option allows the user to delete the selected object from the objects listed in the Object Class pane. NOTE: The Synchronize menu option is not available if the user right-clicks at the owner level. At the ALL OBJECTS level, the Open using Hierarchy Map and Open using List Map options are available in the right-click menu.
2-9-2 View Pane Figure 2-25 ObjectMAP View Pane Right-Click Menu The right-click menu of the View pane is displayed above. Selecting object(s) in the pane and then right clicking on it can access this menu. The options available in the menu depend on the selection made. Any changes made to the view impacts ONLY this view – it does not impact the status of an object as maintained on the HP NonStop Server and it does not impact the view that others will see in their copy of ObjectMAP.
• View Object Detail Clicking the View Object Detail option displays the current object status detail in the Object Information window. The information displayed with the execution of this command is the same as the one displayed in ObjectStats for the same command. Figure 2-27 ObjectMAP Object Details in the Object Information Window • View Object Location Clicking the View Object Location option displays the object location information in the Object Information dialog box.
3 ObjectMAP – The Understanding ObjectMAP provides a drill down view of Tandem objects in an object map file. This section covers various concepts of ObjectMAP. 3-1 Object Mapping The ObjectMAP interface is designed to provide its user with ease-of-operations while adjusting the complex business views as per specific organizational requirements. In order to view the objects in the Map window, they need to be added to the object file and in turn to the Map window.
3-2 Map Views ObjectMAP offers two alternatives for viewing object states – Subsystem View and Group View. The two views allow the user to customize the hierarchy in which objects are viewed. For both these views the level of hierarchy at which the object state needs to be viewed can be selected using the Select Levels dialog box. The dialog box can be accessed using the View - Configure Levels menu option.
3-2-1 Subsystem View Figure 3-4 ObjectMAP Subsystem View Subsystem View is the default view in the ObjectMAP window. The user can select to view the object states in the subsystem view by clicking on the Subsys View icon on the Toolbar. The hierarchy followed in this view is – Node/Owner/Subsystem/Object Type/Threshold/Objects. The user can view the object at each of these levels by selecting these levels in the Select Levels dialog box, which can be accessed using the Levels icon on the Toolbar.
3-2-2 Group View Figure 3-5 ObjectMAP Group View Group View is significant when the user needs to monitor objects other than the predefined object types. The objects, which are added to user defined groups and subgroups to meet specific business requirements, can only be viewed when ObjectMAP is seen in the Group View mode. The user can select to view the objects in a group-wise classification by selecting the Group View icon on the Toolbar.
3-3 Reason of Failure Figure 3-6 ObjectMAP Reason of Failure ObjectMAP has been designed to provide businesses with strategic business intelligence. Apart from bringing real-time information about object states, ObjectMAP also provides information about the precise cause of failure for objects in a violation state. The software provides a single snapshot view of the severity levels as well as the reason for the object to be in a violation state.
3-4 Hierarchy Maps Figure 3-7 ObjectMAP Hierarchy Map Hierarchy Maps display the objects in a multi-line hierarchical map view in a separate window. Depending on the selection made by the user the objects are shown in the descending order, with the selected Subsystem/Group/Threshold/Object on top of the hierarchy map.
3-5 List Maps Figure 3-8 ObjectMAP List Map List Map shows the objects details displayed in the View pane in multiple windows. With the help of this feature, object state changes for critical objects are highlighted, since each subsystem/group is monitored through a separate window. A separate window for each threshold, subsystem and/or group enables the support staff to notice critical object state changes, immediately.
3-6 Object History ObjectMAP provides the facility to view the history details of an object state. The Object State History dialog box is displayed by right clicking on the object and selecting the View Object History option in the View pane right-click menu. The following fields are displayed in the dialog box: Figure 3-9 ObjectMAP Object State History Dialog Box • Status This field displays the status of the object when ObjectMAP last recorded a change in object state.
Figure 3-10 ObjectMAP Options Dialog Box Global Options Tab Page The Global Option tab page can be accessed using the Options command in the Tools menu. The history records that are saved in the history buffer depend on the number specified in the Number of history records to keep per object box. The entries in the buffer are removed automatically if the ObjectMAP application is closed.
3-7 EMS Event Processing ObjectMAP enables you to monitor for any EMS message that is generated, regardless of whether it was generated by HP applications, user-written applications or third-party applications. You have the ability to link one or more UP EMS messages to one or more DOWN EMS messages. If the application does not generate an UP event, then you will have to manually delete or acknowledge the object.
4 Working with ObjectMAP You can use ObjectMAP to monitor object states at different levels and in different viewing styles. This section covers the usage of ObjectMAP in adding and deleting objects and viewing objects at different levels based on the views selected for monitoring.
4-2 Color Codes in ObjectMAP ObjectMAP uses different colors to display various severity states of objects at various levels. The color displayed is based on the highest severity for any object at that level. Figure 4-2 ObjectMAP Color Codes The color mappings used can be seen in the Legend dialog box. This can be displayed by selecting the Legend option in the View menu. The colors are predefined and cannot be changed.
4-3 Adding Objects to Map Adding objects to the MAP window is the first step towards preparing a map window for active monitoring of critical objects. Using the Add to MAP facility, objects can be added to an existing object file. The user can select all the subsystems and object types, whose status needs to be monitored continuously and in real-time using ObjectMAP. You can: • Add objects to a new object file. • Add objects to an existing object file.
3. Select the object you want to add to the map. In order to view only selected object types click on the plus sign next to the subsystem and select individual object types. This will add only the selected object type to the map. 4. Click on the Add to MAP button to add the selected object(s) to the map window. 5. Repeat the steps 2, 3 and 4 to add more objects to the object file. NOTE: If the view is locked then the user cannot add objects to the view.
4-3-2 Adding Objects to an Existing Object File This option is useful when the user needs to monitor additional objects in the same map view. Follow the steps below to add objects to an existing object file: 1. Open the object file to which the objects have to be added. This can be done by clicking on the Open objects file option in the File menu. 2. The Open dialog box is displayed. Select the file to be opened and click on the Open button. The selected file is displayed in the ObjectMAP window. 3.
4-4 Setting Sound Alarms for Objects This screen is used to set the sound that should be played for an object when it goes into a violation state. You can select up to seven different sounds, or alarms. These alarms are associated with various objects in the Object Configuration Client application when adding or modifying thresholds, in the Actions/Alert page. 1. From the Tools menu select the Options command. 2. This displays the Options dialog box. The Alarm tab page is displayed by default.
4-6 Viewing Hierarchy Maps 1. Select the level at which the Hierarchy map is to be generated and right-click on it. 2. Click on the Open using Hierarchy Map option in the displayed menu. Figure 4-8 ObjectMAP Open Using Hierarchy Map Option The object Hierarchy Map at the selected level is displayed. You can drill-down or move-up in the hierarchy by double clicking on the various levels displayed in the ObjectMAP window.
4-7 Viewing List Maps 1. Select the subsystem/threshold/object for which the List Map window(s) needs to opened and right-click on it. 2. Click on the Open using List Map option in the displayed menu. Figure 4-10 ObjectMAP Open Using List Map Option The List Map for the selection is displayed. You can tile the windows to view all the List Maps in a single snapshot and execute right-click options available in the View pane through List Map windows.
4-8 Viewing Object History 1. List the objects in the View pane. 2. Select the object for which the history details are required and right-click on it. 3. Click on the View Object History option in the displayed menu. Figure 4-12 ObjectMAP View Object History Option The Object State History dialog box is displayed with the status history for the selected object. Figure 4-13 ObjectMAP Object state History Dialog Box 4.
To specify the number of records to be saved in the object history buffer, follow the steps given below: 1. Select the Options menu option from the Tools menu. This displays the Options dialog box. 2. Click on the Global Options tab page. Figure 4-14 ObjectMAP Options Dialog Box Global Options Tab Page 3. Specify the number of records to be saved in the Number of history records to keep per object box. 4.
4-9 Viewing Object Detail 1. List the objects in the View pane. 2. Select the Object for which the details are required and right-click on it. 3. Click on the View Object Detail option in the displayed menu. Figure 4-15 ObjectMAP View Object Detail Option Clicking on the View Object Detail option displays the Object Information dialog box with the details for the selected object.
4-10 Viewing Object Location Details 1. List the objects in the View pane. 2. Select the object for which the location details are required and right-click on it. 3. Click on the View Object Location option, in the displayed menu. Figure 4-17 ObjectMAP View Object Location Option The Object Information dialog box is displayed with the object location information.
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