compaq availability manager installation, configuration, setup and usage barry kierstein
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CompaqAvailability ManagerCompaqAvailability Manager
Installation, Configuration, Setup and Usage
Barry Kierstein
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What is the Availability Manager?What is the Availability Manager?
A real-time monitoring, diagnostic and correction tool for OpenVMS
A DECamds equivalent that runs on OpenVMS Alpha and Windows
Uses a PC-type interface for easy access to data
Collects and displays data even when nodes are hung
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Availability Manager - OverviewAvailability Manager - Overview
The Data Analyzer monitors nodes running the Data Collector
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
System Overview
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Node Summary – CPU data
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Node Summary – Memory data
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Node Summary – Disk data
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Single disk – Cluster view
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Node Summary – Lock contention
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Single process – Execution rates
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Single process – Job quotas
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Single process – Modifying the process
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Single process – Modify Direct I/O quota
Modifying a process or node is called a “fix”
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Availability Manager – GUI overviewAvailability Manager – GUI overview
Node level fixes – Crash node Adjust quorum
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Availability Manager - TermsAvailability Manager - Terms
AM or AvailMan
– Short for Availability Manager
Data Analyzer
– GUI front-end and data analysis
Data Collector
– Called Data Provider for DECamds product
– A device driver that shows up as device RMA0:
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AM and DECamds - A closer lookAM and DECamds - A closer look
DECamds (AMDS for short)
– Initial product offering
– Data Analyzer is a Motif-based application Runs on VAX and Alpha platforms Runs under OpenVMS V6.2 - V7.3
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AM and DECamds - A closer lookAM and DECamds - A closer look
DECamds (cont’d)
– Data Collector Consists of an OpenVMS device driver,
configuration and startup files Enables data collection even on a hung system Runs on VAX and Alpha platforms Runs on OpenVMS V6.2 through V7.3
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AM and DECamds - A closer lookAM and DECamds - A closer look
AM
– Eventual successor to the DECamds product Functional enhancements will be made to AM only
– Data Analyzer is a Java-based application Runs on OpenVMS Alpha V7.1 through V7.3,
Windows NT V4 and Windows 2000 platforms
– Gathers data from: OpenVMS nodes using the Data Collector
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AM InstallationAM Installation
Windows NT
– Standard InstallShield installation
– Assumes one person per PC AM configuration data is stored in
the installation directory
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AM InstallationAM Installation
OpenVMS Alpha
– Download and install Java 1.1.8 first
– Download and install AM (a PCSI kit) Read the installation instructions for setup information
– Insert the following line in the LOGIN.COM of the accounts that will run AM:
$ @SYS$MANAGER:JAVA$SETUP
– AM and DECamds can be installed on the same machine
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AM Running EnvironmentAM Running Environment
The Data Analyzer and the Data Collector communicate by a private Ethernet protocol
– Independent of a node’s IP or DECnet software
– The protocol is not routable The Data Analyzer must be on the same LAN as the
Data Collector(s) Routers can be configured to bridge the protocol
– Protocol ID: 08-00-2B-80-48
» (08-00-2B - DEC prefix, 80-48 - protocol ID)
– Multicast Address: 09-00-2B-02-01-09
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AM Running EnvironmentAM Running Environment
AM Group name
– Groups various nodes together
– All nodes in an OpenVMS Cluster need to be in the same group for proper collection of cluster data
Security
– The Data Analyzer must send a valid AM password to the Data Collector for the Data Collector to send information back to the Data Analyzer
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AM Data Collector SetupAM Data Collector Setup
Use the AM V1.4 installation kit to install the Data Collector
Set up a group name in SYS$MANAGER:AMDS$LOGICALS.COM
Set the security password(s) in SYS$MANAGER:AMDS$DRIVER_ACCESS.DAT
Add the following to the system startup procedure: $ @SYS$STARTUP:AMDS$STARTUP START
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AM Current StatusAM Current Status
AM is now at V1.4 Accessible from the OpenVMS homepage:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/availman/
AM is now a close functional equivalent to the DECamds product
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AM Current StatusAM Current Status
V1.4
– A GUI transplant from the Microsoft Java GUI classes to the Sun Swing GUI classes
– Wildfire hardware support
– Various bugfixes
– More stability
– Better performance
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AM V2.0AM V2.0
New internal infrastructure to support new features
Initial support for Wildfire/Galaxy Support for Switched LAN Support for user-specified event
notification Other enhancements
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AM V2.0AM V2.0
New internal infrastructure to support new features
– Provide an internal interface between the Data Collector and various operating system components
– Add new components more quickly
– Easier maintenance
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AM V2.0AM V2.0
Initial support for Wildfire/Galaxy
– New Memory view for OpenVMS V7.3 Alpha nodes
– Show memory use by RAD for a process
– CPU modes view shows RAD for CPU
– CPU process list show home RAD for a process
– Node summary shows the number of RADs configured, system serial number, and Galaxy ID of a node when applicable
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AM V2.0AM V2.0
Support for Switched LAN
– Shows LAN path data
– Support viewing for multiple paths
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AM V2.0AM V2.0
Support for user-specified event notification
– An event can be configured to execute a user-specified OpenVMS command procedure or Windows NT/ Windows 2000 batch file
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AM V2.0AM V2.0
Other enhancements
– Help displayed by built-in browser
– AM installs with its own Java runtime environment
– ODS-5 file system support
– Process page file quota fix
– Simpler mechanism for site-specific configuration and setup
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AM FuturesAM Futures
Post V2.0
– Support for planned enhancements to the next major release of OpenVMS
– Enhancements for monitoring Galaxies
– Separate the GUI from the data analysis Allow for remote monitoring over IP
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