The VPO Administrator

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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

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The role of the VPO Administrator

Configure server, nodes, users,

message sources etc.

Define external services, policies

etc.Day to day tasks

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Managedobjects

• applications• disks, tapes, printers, etc.• queues, etc.

Agent Manager

Managed Node Management Server Management Station

Management System

Manager / Agent Paradigm

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Global Architecture

MessageAgent

Monitor Agent

Action Agent

MessageManager

Display Manager

Action Manager

UI

HP OpenViewWindows

X11Protocol

GraphicalTerminal

ManagementStation

ManagementServer

Management SystemManaged Node

ManagedObjects

DBSQL

RPC RPC

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The VPO Administrator Windows

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Administrators setup tasks

Add NodesConfigureMessages

Create Users

Create NodeHierarchy

AddApplications

Add NodeGroups

Add MessageGroups

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Banks and Groups

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ApplicationBank

ApplicationGroups

UserBank

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NodeGroups

NodeBank

MessageGroups

SAP Operator

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UserProfileBank

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The VPO Node Bank

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VPO Administrator can manually add nodes not discovered by OpenView

VPO Node Bank

OpenViewIP Submaps

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Node Default Attributes

Local logging Managed Node

Consoleport

access

Management types:

• Controlled• Monitored only• Message

allowed• Disabled

Heartbeatpolling

Virtualterminal

connection

VPO Management Server

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Adding Managed NodesUse Copy and

Paste

or Drag and Drop

Add a Managed Node

or Add an External Node

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Managed Node Groups

Logical grouping of Managed Nodes

A Managed Node can appear in more than one Node Group

Node Groups are assigned to operators to build up their responsibilities

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Node HierarchiesTop level Hierarchy

assigned to Operator

Layout Groupcontains nodes

Hierarchy containsa Layout Group

Special symbol“HoldingArea”

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Node Hierarchies - An example

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L1

N2

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N3 N1 N2

NodeGroup1

NodeGroup2

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Operator Daphne assigned

NodeGroup1

Operator Velma assigned

NodeGroup2

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Set up Message Groups

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Logon

CannotInitiate

new sessions

CannotInitiate

new sessions

DiskOverflow

DiskOverflow

Cannot

connect to

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Cannot

connect to

VPO Server

CPU

load

>98%CPU

load

>98%

Backup

failedBackup

failed

Job

AbortedJob

AbortedDatabase

table fullDatabase

table full

Message Processing OS Backup VPO

DB Output Misc

Message Group Bank

ManagementServer

ManagedNode

Message Groups Help Classify and Filter Messages

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Message Groups

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Set up Applications

ApplicationBank

ApplicationGroups

OmniBackSAP

Terminal ...

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NT Tools

• May contain Application Groups and individual Applications

• May contain other Application Groups and individual Applications

Any ...

Session

Monitor

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Monitor Any ...

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Types of Applications

VPO Application Remote or local execution

e.g. ps, notepad.exe, URL

OV Application Executable icon via ARFse.g. MIB Browser, Omniback II

OV Service Menubar integration via ARFsOV background process via ARFs

e.g. IPMAP, Novell ServerView

Internal Application Predefined typesTerminals, Broadcast

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VPO Application

Output modes:

• No Window (X-application)

• Window (Output only)

• Window (Input/Output)

Run modes:

• where to start

• what/how to start

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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

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OV Application / OV Service

OV Application runs a

predefined application

registered to an

operator

OV Service runs in

background when

operator logs into VPO

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VPO Internal Application

Button produces allowed

Application Types

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Drag & Drop in the VPO GUI

• Use mouse buttons (left or right) for copy and move

default = Mousebuttoncopy = <CNTRL> + Mousebuttonmove = <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

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Drag & Drop Behavior – Administrator's Actions

Drag symbols fromrow and drop on

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