Document revision date: 28 June 1999

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview
1.1	What Is the Availability Manager?
1.2	How Does the Availability Manager Work?
1.3	How Does the Availability Manager Maintain Security?
1.3.1	Data Analyzer Password Security
1.3.2	OpenVMS Data Collector Security Features
Chapter 2
2	Getting Started
2.1	Starting the Data Collector
2.2	Starting the Data Analyzer
2.2.1	How to Start the Data Analyzer on an OpenVMS Alpha Node
2.2.2	How to Start the Data Analyzer on a Windows NT Node
2.3	Using the Application Window
2.3.1	Other Window Components
2.3.2	Displaying More Information
2.4	Selecting a Group of Nodes
2.4.1	Group Names That are Displayed by Default
2.4.2	How to Display Other Nodes
2.5	Displaying Information about Nodes
2.5.1	Selecting a Node
2.5.2	Selecting Data to Collect on OpenVMS Nodes
2.6	Getting Help
Chapter 3
3	Getting Information about Nodes
3.1	Node Pane
3.1.1	OpenVMS Node Pane
3.1.2	Windows NT Node Pane
3.2	Node Data
3.2.1	Node Summary
3.2.2	CPU Modes Summaries and Process States
3.2.2.1	OpenVMS and Windows NT CPU Modes Summaries
3.2.2.2	OpenVMS CPU Process States
3.2.3	Memory Summaries
3.2.3.1	Windows NT Memory
3.2.3.2	OpenVMS Memory
3.2.4	OpenVMS I/O Summary and Page Faults
3.2.4.1	OpenVMS I/O Summary
3.2.4.2	OpenVMS I/O Page Faults
3.2.5	Disk Summaries
3.2.5.1	OpenVMS Disk Status, Single Disk, and Disk Volume
3.2.5.2	Windows NT Logical and Physical Disk Summaries
3.2.6	OpenVMS Lock Contention
3.2.7	OpenVMS Cluster Summary
3.2.7.1	Summary Pane
3.2.7.2	Cluster Members Pane
3.2.7.2.1	Cluster Member Data Fields
3.2.7.2.2	SCA Virtual Circuit (VC) Data Fields
3.2.7.2.3	SCS Connection Data Fields
3.2.7.2.4	Virtual Circuit Details Data Fields
3.2.8	Network Interconnect System Communication Architecture (NISCA) Tabs
3.2.8.1	Transmit Data
3.2.8.2	Receive Data
3.2.8.3	Congestion Control Data
3.2.8.4	Channel Selection Data
3.2.8.5	Virtual Connect (VC) Closures Data
3.2.8.6	Packets Discarded Data
3.2.9	OpenVMS Single Process
3.2.9.1	OpenVMS Process Information
3.2.9.2	OpenVMS Working Set
3.2.9.3	OpenVMS Execution Rates
3.2.9.4	OpenVMS Process Quotas
3.2.9.5	OpenVMS Wait States
3.2.9.6	OpenVMS Job Quotas
Chapter 4
4	Getting Information about Events
4.1	Displaying Event Information
4.2	Using Event Pane Menu Options
4.3	Displaying Additional Event Information
Chapter 5
5	Performing Fixes on OpenVMS Nodes
5.1	Understanding Fixes
5.2	Performing Fixes
5.2.1	Node Fixes
5.2.1.1	Crash Node
5.2.1.2	Adjust Quorum
5.2.2	Performing Process Fixes
5.2.3	General Process Fixes
5.2.3.1	Delete Process
5.2.3.2	Exit Image
5.2.3.3	Suspend Process
5.2.3.4	Resume Process
5.2.3.5	Change Process Priority
5.2.4	Process Memory Fixes
5.2.4.1	Purge Working Set
5.2.4.2	Adjust Working Set
5.2.5	Process Limits Fixes
5.2.5.1	Direct I/O
5.2.5.2	Buffered I/O
5.2.5.3	AST
5.2.5.4	Open File
5.2.5.5	Lock
5.2.5.6	Timer
5.2.5.7	Subprocess
5.2.5.8	I/O Byte
Chapter 6
6	Customizing the Availability Manager
6.1	Specifying Groups or Individual Nodes to Monitor
6.2	Changing a Node's Group Membership
6.2.1	Changing the Group of an OpenVMS Node
6.2.2	Changing the Group of a Windows NT Node
6.3	Customizing Security Features
6.3.1	Changing Data Analyzer Passwords
6.3.1.1	Changing a Data Analyzer Password for an OpenVMS Data Collector Node
6.3.1.2	Changing a Data Analyzer Password for a Windows NT Data Collector Node
6.3.2	Changing Security Triplets on OpenVMS Data Collector Nodes
6.3.2.1	Understanding OpenVMS Security Triplets
6.3.2.2	How to Change a Security Triplet
6.3.2.3	How the Availability Manager Ensures Security
6.3.3	Changing a Password on a Windows NT Data Collector
6.4	Customizing Events
6.5	Customizing OpenVMS Data Filters
6.5.1	OpenVMS CPU Filters
6.5.2	OpenVMS Memory Filters
6.5.3	OpenVMS I/O Filters
6.5.4	OpenVMS Disk Status Filters
6.5.5	OpenVMS Disk Volume Filters
6.5.6	OpenVMS Page/Swap File Filters
6.5.7	OpenVMS Lock Contention Filters
6.6	Customizing OpenVMS Data Collection
Appendix A
Appendix A	CPU Process States
Appendix B
Appendix B	Availability Manager Events
Index
Index
Figures
1-1	Availability Manager Node Configuration
1-2	Collecting and Analyzing Data
1-3	Availability Manager Password Matching
2-1	Application Window
2-2	Group Pane
2-3	Node Pane
2-4	Node Summary Page
2-5	OpenVMS Data Collection Page
3-1	OpenVMS Node Pane
3-2	Windows NT Node Pane
3-3	Node Summary Page
3-4	OpenVMS CPU Modes Summary Page
3-5	Windows NT CPU Modes Summary Page
3-6	OpenVMS CPU Process States Page
3-7	Windows NT Memory Page
3-8	OpenVMS Memory Page
3-9	OpenVMS I/O Summary Page
3-10	OpenVMS I/O Page Faults Page
3-11	OpenVMS Disk Status Summary Page
3-12	OpenVMS Single Disk Summary Page
3-13	OpenVMS Disk Volume Summary Page
3-14	Windows NT Logical Disk Summary Page
3-15	Windows NT Physical Disk Summary Page
3-16	OpenVMS Lock Contention Page
3-17	Cluster Summary Page
3-18	Cluster Member Data Fields
3-19	Virtual Circuit Data Fields
3-20	SCS Connections Data Fields
3-21	Virtual Circuit Details Data Fields
3-22	Transmit Data
3-23	Receive Data
3-24	Congestion Control Data
3-25	Channel Selection Data
3-26	Virtual Connect (VC) Closures Data
3-27	Packets Discarded Data
3-28	OpenVMS Process Information Page
3-29	OpenVMS Working Set Page
3-30	OpenVMS Execution Rates Page
3-31	OpenVMS Process Quotas Page
3-32	OpenVMS Wait States Page
3-33	OpenVMS Job Quotas Page
4-1	Event Pane
5-1	Crash Node Page
5-2	Adjust Quorum Page
5-3	Process Priority Page
5-4	Delete Process Page
5-5	Exit Image Page
5-6	Suspend Process Page
5-7	Resume Process Page
5-8	Change Process Priority Page
5-9	Purge Working Set Page
5-10	Adjust Working Set Page
5-11	Direct I/O Page
5-12	Buffered I/O Page
5-13	AST Page
5-14	Open File Page
5-15	Lock Page
5-16	Timer Page
5-17	Subprocess Page
5-18	I/O Byte Page
6-1	Customize Menu
6-2	Group/Node Lists Customization Page
6-3	OpenVMS Security Customization Page
6-4	Windows NT Security Customization Page
6-5	Sample Event Customization Page
6-6	Sample OpenVMS CPU Filters Page
6-7	Sample OpenVMS Memory Filters Page
6-8	Sample OpenVMS I/O Filters Page
6-9	Sample OpenVMS Disk Status Filter Page
6-10	Sample OpenVMS Disk Volume Filter Page
6-11	Sample OpenVMS Page/Swap File Filters Page
6-12	Sample OpenVMS Lock Contention Filters Page
6-13	Sample OpenVMS Data Collection Page
Tables
3-1	OpenVMS Node Data
3-2	Windows NT Node Data
3-3	Node Data Page Menu Bar
3-4	Data Items in the Summary Pane
3-5	Cluster Member Data Fields
3-6	Virtual Circuit Data Fields
3-7	SCS Connections Data Fields
3-8	LAN Virtual Circuit Details Data Fields
5-1	Accessing Availability Manager Fixes
5-2	Summary of Problems and Matching Fixes
6-1	Security Triplet Verification
6-2	Data Collection Choices
6-3	Default Data Collection Interval Values (in seconds)
A-1	CPU Process States
B-1	OpenVMS Events
B-2	Windows NT Events

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