OVNM 5.3 - Operations Agent for NonStop Concepts Guide

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1-4 Benefits
Some of the key benefits of OVNM are:
Increased Service Availability
OVNM brings information critical to managing Service Level Agreements on the HP NonStop system to the
Enterprise Management environment. System availability and performance will be improved, as monitoring will
highlight potential breaches in Service Level Agreements. Using OVNM’s proactive monitoring and automated
responses, you can promptly respond to unexpected system faults. The software’s automation policy database
expedites initialization, shutdown and recovery procedures, thereby reducing downtime and increasing network
efficiency.
Health-Monitoring for HP NonStop Systems
OVNM provides health-monitoring facility for HP NonStop systems and their business critical applications. The
health of the system is presented by showing the state (normal versus abnormal) of all the objects that are being
monitored.
Enhanced Productivity
The consolidated view provided by OVNM architecture helps maximize the availability of your system and
increase the productivity of your operations staff. OVNM responds to critical HP NonStop events and messages
through pre-defined automatic actions and resolution instructions, or by creating trouble-tickets to notify your
operations staff. Messages coming from the NonStop system are included in the various Enterprise Management
Message Browsers, so you can review them at your convenience.
Consistent Operating Procedures
With OVNM the procedures followed by organizations become systematic and well structured, bringing
consistency in the operating procedures.
Enhanced Flexibility
Keeping in mind the ever-changing needs of business organizations, OVNM can be configured to suit your
requirements. OVNM can be installed on multiple HP NonStop nodes, simultaneously. This centralizes event
management with the HP Operations and provides a business-wide view of alerts. The product is therefore ideal
for organizations with an ever-increasing requirement for more intelligent and practical event management.
Automatic Problem Resolution
The software provides two-way communication with HP NonStop systems to resolve problems quickly and
automatically.
OVNM enables monitoring to be done based on your existing monitoring policies. With the help of OVNM,
standards can be applied to ensure events are dispatched to Operation Management Servers. OVNM provides
consolidated end-to-end management views, which give you a business-centric perspective. Management is
immediately aware of the business impact of any failure and can take proactive actions.
Reduced Costs
In today’s environment, the diversity of platforms to be monitored and the volume of alerts create a large amount
of work. This may require the staff to monitor each environment individually. OVNM provided interfaces to
various Enterprise Management Servers reduces the requirement to deploy staff specifically for managing the
HP NonStop Servers and making the front-end environment compatible with HP NonStop systems, reducing
system and support management costs.
Out-of-the-Box Operation
A simple user interface and pre-packaged automation scripts ensure that OVNM can be installed and used
immediately to monitor your HP NonStop resources and resolve system faults.
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