ASAP 2.8 Server Manual

Installing ASAP on the Server
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ASAP Object Files
These descriptions of the ASAP object files explain which ASAP components are
required on various nodes of the network:
ASAP Object File
The object file ASAP is the ASAP Conversational Interface (CI), which starts and
manages the Monitor and Collector processes, and displays the collected ASAP
availability information. The ASAP CI provides command and control of the ASAP
environment and enables interactive reporting of availability information. STATUS,
STARTUP, and SHUTDOWN commands control Monitor and Collect processes. Use
the SET command to set up options for the Monitor, Collector, and the Statistic
Gathering processes. APP, CPU, DISK, FILE, LH, NODE, PROCESS, PROCSSBUSY,
RDF, SPOOLER, SYSTEM, TAPE and TMF commands provide ad hoc statistics
reports. For the syntax and detailed descriptions of these commands, see Section 6,
ASAP Conversational Interface Commands.
This object file resides only on the collection node.
ASAPCMM Object File
The Monitor starts the COMM SGP on its node if Comm is enabled. The ASAP
Statistics Gathering (ASAPCMM) Process collects availability information for all
monitored SWAN communication line types. ASAPCMM uses the Measure
programmatic interface to obtain raw communication line counters from the
communication processes. For a complete list of COMM availability counters, see the
COMM Command on page 6-14.
ASAPCOL Object File
The ASAP database includes current and historical information about system
performance and operational status of system objects. It is automatically created when
the ASAP Collect process is first started. The Collect process receives statistics and
status messages from ASAP monitors throughout the network, parses the messages,
and stores the information in the normalized ASAP database.
The Collect process automatically maintains the database. The Collect process
includes database maintenance options to specify how much history to retain. You can
configure database history to only retain data since the last cleanup time; for example,
every night at midnight. Or you can configure it to retain ASAP history for a longer
ASAPTCP TCP Statistics Gathering
Process (SGP)
Gathers availability and statistics information for
nine TCP/IP entities and three Telserv entities.
ASAPTMF TMF Statistics Gathering
Process (SGP)
Gathers availability information for the TMF
subsystem on the node.
ASAPXSGP ASAP Statistics
Gathering Process
(SGP)
Gathers service-level metrics about customer
applications. It is an optional product, part of the
ASAP Extension product (ASAPX).
Object File Full Name Description