ASAP Migration Guide for NSX and OMF Users

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About This Guide
ASAP 2.0 is a new Compaq infrastructure for monitoring the availability of system and
application objects. ASAP offers a rich, sophisticated infrastructure that functionally
replaces the OMF and NSX products that previously monitored object state and
performance.
By the end of 2001, both NSX and OMF are officially unsupported and obsolete.
Current NSX and OMF customers must transition to ASAP 2.0.
This guide concentrates on NSX, OMF, and ASAP 2.0 Server components (which run
on the Compaq NonStop™ Kernel operating system). This guide:
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Identifies which entities are supported in ASAP 2.0 compared to NSX and OMF
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Introduces ASAP 2.0
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Describes how to accomplish the main NSX and OMF functions in ASAP 2.0,
making the transition as smooth as possible
Who Should Read This Guide
About ASAP Client
The ASAP 2.0 Client provides a graphical user interface for the analysis of availability,
statistics, and performance information. The Client runs on Microsoft Windows 2000,
Windows NT, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95. The Client includes
significant new features that are more advanced and sophisticated than the NSXGem
and OMFGui. This guide does not describe the differences between them.
About ASAPX
The ASAP Extension (ASAPX) is an optional ASAP component distributed separately.
It lets you monitor applications from the inside. Internal application monitoring was not
present in NSX or OMF, so this migration guide does not provide detailed information
about ASAPX. Nevertheless, internal application monitoring is powerful and crucial to
fully reflecting the availability of your systems.
User Type How To Use This Guide
NSX only Read this guide and ignore the OMF discussions. You will recognize
many familiar NSX functions in ASAP 2.0.
OMF in Single
Node (without
NSX)
Become familiar with the networking capabilities available in ASAP 2.0.
In ASAP 2.0, you can monitor your systems network from a single
central node. You can also regroup your systems in clusters and manage
them by cluster. For more details, see the ASAP Server Manual
Network OMF
(with NSX
networking)
You are already familiar with the concepts of network collection and
central management of many systems. You will recognize similar
concepts in ASAP 2.0.