ASAP 2.8 Client Manual

Starting the ASAP Client
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Configuring ASAP Entities
Considerations
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For selected entities to appear in the ASAP Client, you must enable the entities in
your ASAP Server configuration. This lets system managers on various host
systems control which entities are enabled.
For example, if you select Disk in your Client configuration but your ASAP host
configuration does not have the Disk entity enabled with an ASAP SET DISK ON
command, the Client cannot display disk information.
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You do not need to select an entity to get detailed reports about it. The Entity
property sheet controls which entities are automatically downloaded and cached in
the ASAP hierarchical cache memory.
For example, if you enable the CPU entity, you can still get detailed reports for
related entities using the Show Related Apps, Show Related Disks, Show Related
Processes, and Show Related Expand Lines popup menus.
If you try to monitor all entities on all nodes from a single ASAP Client, you might
significantly increase the amount of data downloaded at each sample interval, but
not receive significantly more data. Download performance depends on the
number of nodes and objects you monitor. Try enabling only one or two entities,
such as CPU and Disk, to see if they provide enough information.
If the time to download statistics is excessive, try configuring multiple ASAP Clients
on different workstations with each Client monitoring different sets of entities or
nodes. You can also significantly reduce the amount of data downloaded at each
sample interval by customizing an entity’s Command definition in EDL. For more
information, see Section 6, Entity Definition Language (EDL).