OVNPM 1.5.2 - Performance Agent for NonStop Display Agent Guide

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Contents
Preface
Before You Begin ................................................................................................................................... 12
Audience .............................................................................................................................................. 12
Goals of Documentation ......................................................................................................................... 12
Organization ........................................................................................................................................ 12
OVNPM Documentation Map.................................................................................................................. 13
Electronic Versions of the Manuals ........................................................................................................... 13
OVNPM Manuals .................................................................................................................................. 14
About OVNPM Online Help.................................................................................................................... 14
1 Introducing OVNPM Display Agent
1-1 OVNPM Display Agent................................................................................................................. 15
1-2 Display Agent Operating Components............................................................................................ 15
1-3 Display Agent Modules................................................................................................................. 15
1-4 Features...................................................................................................................................... 16
2 Installing OVNPM Display Agent
2-1 Prerequisites................................................................................................................................ 17
2-2 Contents of the Installation Exe ...................................................................................................... 17
2-3 Installing Display Agent ................................................................................................................ 18
2-4 Modifying OVNPM Display Agent ................................................................................................. 24
3 Getting Started
3-1 Starting the Display Agent............................................................................................................. 27
3-2 Creating a Node ......................................................................................................................... 28
3-3 Connecting to a Node.................................................................................................................. 29
3-4 Starting the Display Agent on a Node ............................................................................................29
4 OVNPM Display Agent: The Interface
4-1 Menu Bar ................................................................................................................................... 30
4-2 Node Menu ................................................................................................................................ 31
4-2-1 Options Menu ................................................................................................................... 33
4-2-2 Tools Menu ....................................................................................................................... 34
4-2-3 Help Menu........................................................................................................................ 36
4-3 Window Tabs ............................................................................................................................. 37
4-4 Status Bar ................................................................................................................................... 38
5 Dashboards
5-1 What are Dashboards? ................................................................................................................ 39
5-2 Predefined Dashboards ................................................................................................................ 40
5-3 Opening a Dashboard ................................................................................................................ 41
5-4 Launching a Dashboard at Startup ................................................................................................. 42
5-5 Organizing Views in a Window ....................................................................................................43
5-6 Creating a User-Defined Dashboard...............................................................................................45
5-6-1 Creating a Dashboard........................................................................................................ 45
5-6-2 Creating a Dashboard from an Open View ........................................................................... 45
5-7 Renaming User-Defined Dashboards............................................................................................... 45
5-8 Adding Views to User-Defined Dashboards ..................................................................................... 46
5-8-1 Adding Views Without Opening Dashboard.......................................................................... 46
Steps for adding views without opening dashboard............................................................................... 46
5-8-2 Adding Views to an Open Dashboard .................................................................................. 47
5-9 Removing Views from User-Defined Dashboards .............................................................................. 48
5-9-1 Removing Views from a Dashboard...................................................................................... 48
5-9-2 Removing Views from an Open Dashboard ........................................................................... 48
5-10 Time Periods of Views......................................................................................................... 49
5-10-1 Linking Time Periods of Views .............................................................................................. 49