ASAP 2.8 Server Manual

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HP NonStop ASAP Server Manual—522303-007
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Audience
This manual also describes these important tools for your ASAP environment:
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The Entity Definition Language (EDL) lets you describe an entity and its associated
data attributes required for the ASAP Client, Server, and Extension.
The system entities CPU, Disk, Expand, File, Hybrid, Node, Process, ProcessBusy,
Query, RDF, Spooler, System, Tape, TCP/IP, Telserv, and TMF have entity
definitions in the ASAP2SYS file. This file must not be altered. Customer-
developed applications in the ASAP environment use the EDL for defining
application metrics and display formats. For more information on creating custom
EDLs for user applications, see the ASAP Extension Manual and ASAP Hybrid
Manual.
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Discrete Object Thresholds (DOTs) let you set discrete objectives against specific
attributes for any ASAP entity.
DOTs provides a database in ASAP to store and retrieve domain names and
objective values; a user command interface; an event generation service; and an
API to calculate ASAP (OEM) states and retrieve information from the database.
DOTs require that you define entities using EDL and that entity information is
available for each caller of the DOTs API.
Audience
The manual is intended for system operators, system administrators, and others who
need information about NonStop operating system performance, entity states, and user
application availability information.