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Introduction to Fathom™ and PSDN

November 2001. Introduction to Fathom™ and PSDN. John Sadd. Fathom Mission. Provide enterprise-class tools to make application administrators more efficient and improve the operational effectiveness of Progress applications. Version 1 Rollout Q4 2001. Target Customer.

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Introduction to Fathom™ and PSDN

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  1. November 2001 Introduction to Fathom™ and PSDN John Sadd

  2. Fathom Mission Provide enterprise-class tools to make application administrators more efficient and improve the operational effectiveness of Progress applications Version 1 Rollout Q4 2001

  3. Target Customer • Fathom is aimed at the DBA or System Operations Manager • also benefits business managers • Fathom requires at least Version 9.1C • Power Management Pack is a complete solution including Fathom and V9 migration

  4. Why Fathom ? • Increase operational effectiveness • Attain continuous availability • Reduce cost incurred through unplanned downtime • Ensure data and business system integrity

  5. Features & Benefits • Web browser-based management console • Single point of access to monitor & manage application resources • Automatic alert routing • Enables quick response to operational issues, avoiding costly downtime • Trend analysis database • Provides data required for capacity planning

  6. Features & Benefits • Standard and customized reporting • Access to deep knowledge of critical system resources • Improve operational efficiency & performance • Discovery wizards for rapid deployment • Easy installation • Gets you up and running quickly

  7. Fathom Resources Resources • Progress Database Rules • Up or Down • Disk IO efficiency • Transaction status • System • Memory, CPU • Network • TCP, UDP, PING • Files • Physical size, string searches

  8. Fathom Monitors Monitors • Multiple Monitors per Resource • CPU Usage High • CPU Usage Low • Multiple Monitoring Plans • Alert threshold • Alert Logic • Action to perform • Automatic • Schedule

  9. Fathom Schedules Schedules • Multiple Schedules • Monday to Friday 24/7 • Lunchtime • Weekends • Allows resource to be monitored only when you want it to be • DB maintenance • Known inactivity periods

  10. Fathom Action Actions • Associated with a Monitor, to allow proactive management: IF DBDown ALERT THEN RUN DBStart ACTION • User defined Actions • Email • Command scripts • Compound tasks

  11. Fathom Workflow Monitors Resources Schedules Actions Database is down Monitor recognizes alert If BACKUP PERIOD THEN DO Nothing ELSE Restart DB and Email DBA

  12. Fathom Reporting - Statistics • Database activity page • Database summary page • Database space utilization page • Open transaction page • System summary page • System performance page

  13. Fathom Reporting - Trends • Database usage • System usage • File system usage • Network resource performance • Alert activity

  14. A Few Screen Shots

  15. Alert Summary page

  16. Non Progress Resource Monitoring

  17. The Progress Database Resource

  18. Database Operational ViewsStorage Areas

  19. Reports

  20. Help ?

  21. Fathom - Areas of Focus For Management Experts Application Security High Availability Management Console

  22. Fathom For High AvailabilitySynchronous Site Replication • Hot standby • redundant copy of complete database • Zero data loss when primary fails • Secondary available for reporting • Multiple replicas

  23. Fathom For Security Admin Srvr WS Broker WS Agent Browser WS Msnger Explorer WebClient* Admin Srvr AIA NameServer Open Client Application Broker Admin Srvr Explorer 4GL Client* ???? Web Server (Planned) Progress RDBMS Other DataServer and database connections Application detailed separately Server (sockets) Pipe** UDP HTTP(S) TCP RMI Outside Firewall Inside Firewall *WebClient and 4GL client are interchangeable in this diagram ex cept the direct DB connection **Note: Application Broker - Application Server connection is TCP/IP when stateless

  24. Fathom Roadmap Fathom for Management v1.0 Fathom for ManagementLite Fathom for ManagementEnterprise Fathom for ISV Fathom for ASP Mgmt. v1.1 Debugger Replication ICF Clusters SNMP 3PBAR Fathom for Security 2002 2003

  25. PSDN Progress Software Developer Network • Service that will help Progress developers be more productive by using appropriate technology and “best practices” methods • Objectives: • Remove barriers to software access • Share information on the best ways to use Progress products • Communicate features and benefits to developers

  26. PSDN Membership • Two membership levels • Standard • Premier • Phased program availability • ISV developers only for initial launch • Distributors can resell • End-user developers to be added next year • Web site content public

  27. PSDN Software… * Any previously purchased perpetual licenses will not expire

  28. Development Products ProVision WebSpeed Workshop 4GL Dev System Toolkit Progress Dynamics Translation Manager Visual Translator Open Client Toolkit All active platforms, 9.1x Deployment Products Progress RDBMS DataServers AppServer WebClient WebSpeed Trans Server NameServer Load Balancer All active platforms, 9.1x Development and testing license only PSDN Software Developer Kit (Does not include 3rd party add on products. Fathom TBD)

  29. Other PSDN Components…

  30. Current PSDN Schedule • October: Internal preparation • Final policies set • Pricing • Internal training • November: ISV invitations • December: Launch (aligned with Progress Dynamics™)

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