ASAP 3.2 Server Manual
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Table of Contents 
HP NonStop ASAP Server Manual ...................................................................................... 1 
Abstract ........................................................................................................................... 1 
Product Version ............................................................................................................... 1 
Supported Release Version Updates (RVUs) .................................................................. 1 
Table of Contents ................................................................................................................. 3 
List of Figures and Tables ................................................................................................... 9 
What’s New in This Manual ................................................................................................ 10 
New and Changed Information ......................................................................................... 10 
Previous Changes ............................................................................................................. 10 
About This Manual.............................................................................................................. 20 
Audience ........................................................................................................................... 21 
Manual Organization ......................................................................................................... 21 
Related Resources............................................................................................................ 22 
Notation Conventions ........................................................................................................ 22 
Hypertext Links .............................................................................................................. 22 
General Syntax Notation ............................................................................................... 22 
Notation for Messages ................................................................................................... 26 
Notation for Management Programming Interfaces ....................................................... 28 
Section 1: Introduction to Availability Statistics and Performance (ASAP) .................. 29 
ASAP Client Features ....................................................................................................... 29 
ASAP Server Features ...................................................................................................... 30 
ASAP Extension Features ............................................................................................. 31 
ASAP Extension Architecture ........................................................................................ 32 
ASAP Hybrid Features .................................................................................................. 32 
Data Collection and Monitoring...................................................................................... 33 
Availability Overview ......................................................................................................... 34 
Components of ASAP ....................................................................................................... 36 
Presentation Interfaces ..................................................................................................... 37 
Conversational Interface ................................................................................................ 38 
Graphical User Interface ................................................................................................ 38 
Batch Reporting ............................................................................................................. 38 
Command and Control .................................................................................................. 39 
Database ....................................................................................................................... 39 
Collection ....................................................................................................................... 40 
Node Monitors ............................................................................................................... 40 
Statistics Gathering Processes ...................................................................................... 40 
Application Statistics Gathering Process ....................................................................... 40 
CIP Statistics Gathering Process................................................................................... 40 
COMM Statistics Gathering Process ............................................................................. 41 
CPU Statistics Gathering Process ................................................................................. 41 
Disk Statistics Gathering Process.................................................................................. 41 
Expand Statistics Gathering Process ............................................................................ 41 










