ASAP 2.8 Client Manual

Using ASAP
HP NonStop ASAP Client Manual—425263-004
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Browse Window Pull-Down Menus
View Menu Items
Menu Items Description (page1of3)
Session Opens the ASAP Host Session window.
Graph
Nodes
Creates a new Graph window for each host node monitored. Each Graph
window then updates in real time as data is received from your host system.
Use this menu item to view the overall performance of your network. If you
monitor a small number of nodes, you can repeatedly select an entity and
then select Graph Nodes to obtain a mixed set of Graphs on different
entities. You can also create a node graph manually for selected nodes in
your network by using the New Graph menu item in menus for the grid
portion of the Browse window.
Dashboard Select Dashboard from the View menu in the Browse window to save or
display a user-defined dashboard consisting of one or more graphics
representing various aspects of your system. This menu item allows you to
name, save, and display graphic dashboards consisting of a variety of
graphic types representing various nodes, entity, and object information.
Dashboard allows you to name and save Application, CPU, Disk, Expand,
File, Process, ProcessBusy, RDF, Spooler, Tape, TMF, and related graphics.
You can name, save, and redisplay dashboards whenever you want to
graphically review particular areas of your system. As you define more
dashboards, this cascading menu grows dynamically, retaining each of your
named dashboards.
You can create and add new graphs to the dashboard in a variety of ways.
One sequence follows:
1. Compose the view you want to create in the Browse window using the
Node, Entity, Object, Samples, and MinState menus.
2. Optionally use Graph Object History to define the amount of history
desired. For example, if you want history on CPU 0, right-click CPU 0 in
the grid portion of the browse window and then select Graph Object
History from the menu.
3. Double-click the NodeName column heading in the grid area of browse
window to create a new graph window.
4. Repeat Steps 1 through 3 for each element you want to add to the
dashboard.
Dashboard graphic properties are all saved whenever you select Save
Dashboard As… or when the client is shutdown. Properties saved include
Node, Entity, Object, Samples, and MinState, as well as each window
location, size, and Graph Type. When the client is started, all graphic
elements and associated properties are restored and become active once
again.
Graph Type is a new cascade menu item on Dashboard graphic windows. To
select Graph Type, right mouse an existing dashboard graph and then select
Graph Type to display a list of different graph types. Selecting one of these
graph types changes the display accordingly. Graph type is then retained
along with all other dashboard node, entity, and object properties. Different
dashboard graphs can have different graph types.