The VPO Administrator

1. The VPO Administrator

2. The VPO Administrator - Overview • The role of the VPO Administrator • Understand High Level VPO Architecture • Working with VPO Administrator Windows • Banks and Groups • Node Grouping and Hierarchies • Message Groups • Applications • Using Drag and Drop in VPO Later Modules • Setting up Operator Workspaces • Configuring VPO Messages • VPO Management Server Administration and Troubleshooting The VPO Administrator

3. The role of the VPO Administrator VPO Administrator tasks Configure server, nodes, users, message sources etc. Define external services, policies etc. Day to day tasks The VPO Administrator

4. Manager / Agent Paradigm Manager Managed objects Agent • applications • disks, tapes, printers, etc. • queues, etc. Managed Node Management Server Management Station Management System The VPO Administrator

5. Global Architecture Managed Objects Management Station Management Server SQL DB HP OpenView Windows Message Agent Message Manager X11 Protocol UI Monitor Agent Display Manager RPC RPC Action Manager Action Agent Managed Node Management System Graphical Terminal The VPO Administrator

6. The VPO Administrator Windows The VPO Administrator

7. Administrators setup tasks Add Nodes ConfigureMessages Add NodeGroups Create Users Add MessageGroups Create NodeHierarchy AddApplications The VPO Administrator

8. 1 2 3 A B C D E F 4 5 6 1a 1b 7 N4 N5 N3 4a 4b 4c N1 N2 N6 7a 7b James Peter Susan SAP Operator England Banks and Groups Node Bank Application Bank N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 4a 4b 4c Message Groups Node Groups Application Groups User Profile Bank User Bank The VPO Administrator

9. The VPO Node Bank OpenView IP Submaps ... N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 N9 N10 N11 N12 VPO Administrator can manually add nodes not discovered by OpenView VPO Node Bank The VPO Administrator

10. Node Default Attributes VPO Management Server Virtual terminal connection • Management types: • Controlled • Monitored only • Message allowed • Disabled Console port access Heartbeat polling Managed Node Local logging The VPO Administrator

11. Adding Managed Nodes Use Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop Add a Managed Node or Add an External Node The VPO Administrator

12. Managed Node Groups A Managed Node can appear in more than one Node Group Node Groups are assigned to operators to build up their responsibilities Logical grouping of Managed Nodes The VPO Administrator

13. Node Hierarchies Top level Hierarchyassigned to Operator Layout Groupcontains nodes Special symbol“HoldingArea” Hierarchy containsa Layout Group The VPO Administrator

14. Node Hierarchies - An example Hierarchy1 NodeGroup1 NodeGroup2 N1 N2 N1 N3 N1 N2 L1 N4 N3 N4 Hierarchy1 N1 L1 Hierarchy1 N3 N4 N1 N2 Operator Velma assigned NodeGroup2 Operator Daphne assigned NodeGroup1 The VPO Administrator

15. OS Backup VPO DB Output Misc Set up Message Groups Managed Node Management Server Invalid Logon CPU load >98% Cannot connect to VPO Server Cannot Initiate new sessions Backup failed Disk Overflow Local Special Form Database table full Job Aborted Message Processing Message Group Bank Message Groups Help Classify and Filter Messages The VPO Administrator

16. Message Groups The VPO Administrator

17. ... NT Tools Terminal ... SAP OmniBack Session Monitor Monitor ... Set up Applications Application Bank • May contain Application Groups and individual Applications Application Groups Any ... • May contain other Application Groups and individual Applications Any ... The VPO Administrator

18. Types of Applications VPO Application Remote or local execution e.g. ps, notepad.exe, URL OV Application Executable icon via ARFs e.g. MIB Browser, Omniback II OV Service Menubar integration via ARFs OV background process via ARFs e.g. IPMAP, Novell ServerView Internal Application Predefined types Terminals, Broadcast The VPO Administrator

19. VPO Application • Run modes: • where to start • what/how to start • Output modes: • No Window (X-application) • Window (Output only) • Window (Input/Output) The VPO Administrator

20. Application for Java GUI Local client application or URL for Web browser Local Client application (e.g. Notepad) Indicates that a Web Browser will load a URL for this application The VPO Administrator

21. OV Application / OV Service OV Application runs a predefined application registered to an operator OV Service runs in background when operator logs into VPO The VPO Administrator

22. VPO Internal Application Button produces allowed Application Types The VPO Administrator

23. Drag & Drop in the VPO GUI • Use mouse buttons (left or right) for copy and move default = Mousebutton copy = <CNTRL> + Mousebutton move = <SHIFT> + Mousebutton • Drag & drop is an extension of copy/paste • Specified actions can be performed for different sources and targets • Drag & Drop behavior for Administrator and Operator The VPO Administrator

24. Drag & Drop Behavior – Administrator's Actions Drag symbols from row and drop on symbols in column Operator Mgd Nodes Node Layout Group Ops Node Layout Grp Application Group Node Group bank Application Bank Ops App Desktop Node Bank Application Node Group Node/External Node X X X X X X Node Group X X X X X Node Layout Group X X X X X X Node Bank Application X X X Application Group X X The VPO Administrator