ASAP 2.8 Client Manual

Introduction to ASAP
HP NonStop ASAP Client Manual—425263-004
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Feature Summary
Feature Summary
The ASAP Client includes a powerful set of graphics, controls, and toolbars that help
you browse, report on, and analyze application and system statistics. ASAP runs on
Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows
98 workstations connected by TCP/IP or asynchronous communications links to one or
more NonStop systems.
The ASAP Client provides:
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Windows XP context sensitive interface
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Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 95, and
Windows 98 compatibility
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High-speed hierarchical object cache of statistics
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Real-time, network-wide state and performance views
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True 3-D graphical views of all ASAP statistical entities
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Browse windows for detailed entity analysis and reporting
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Graph windows for multiple real-time views of host objects
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Report windows for customized reporting of selected objects
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Performance and State icons propagated upward through tree view
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Automatic host communication using the Client Server Gateway (CSG)
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Context-sensitive menus on all graphs and grids for data mining
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Full customization of displays including entity and attribute specification
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Encapsulated interface to Open Enterprise Management (OEM) Gateway
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Reporting of Application, CPU, Disk, Expand, File, Node, Process, Processbusy,
RDF, Spooler, System, Tape, and TMF entities
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Internationalization and user-customization of objects, states, icons, and colors
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Hierarchical Object Integration Layer (OIL) tree view of NonStop OS nodes,
entities, and objects
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Entity Definition Language for external definition of entities and associated
attributes
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Automated alerts and detailed notification reports that can be sent via wireless
phone, pager, e-mail, or internet browser
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Reports that can be sent when objects change state, scheduled to report at various
times of the day or stored for use in web content at the end of each analysis
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