HP LH4r NetIQ AppManager Suite Managing HP Netservers

A Solution for Distributed Systems Management

Distributed systems management is considered an essential ingredient for the

successful deployment and maintenance of mission-critical applications.

Hewlett-Packard and NetIQ Corporation have collaborated to provide a robust

and highly integrated hardware, systems, and application management solution

for the Windows® NT environment.

The NetIQ AppManager® Suite provides a comprehensive solution for managing

the performance and availability of distributed Windows NT systems and

applications such as Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, and Microsoft SQL

Server running on HP NetServer systems. AppManager for HP TopTools, one

component of the AppManager Suite, gives you one central, easy-to-use console

that can automatically pinpoint, correlate, and correct performance and

availability problems not only for HP NetServers but also across Windows NT

systems and applications.

HP and NetIQ Work Together to Provide Enhanced Performance

Management

HP TopTools for Servers provides in-depth monitoring of HP NetServer system

statistics that are not available through operating system tools provided with

Windows NT.

With AppManager for HP TopTools, you can now use the

AppManager console to perform robust event and performance monitoring for

distributed Windows NT-based systems and underlying HP NetServer systems.

You can also use the AppManager console to set up “actions” such as send

email or pager alerts, generate an SNMP trap to a network manager, or run a

corrective “fix” program to execute automatically when a specific event occurs.

The result is a powerful and automated closed-loop solution for both pro-active

problem detection and resolution across a customer’s distributed HP NetServer

system and Windows NT environment.

The standard functions provided by the AppManager for HP TopTools include

monitoring:

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The health of the system and Network Interface Cards

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The temperature of the computer

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The status of SCSI systems, determining if HP TopTools has written critical

messages to the Windows NT event log files

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The status of the HP TopTools service

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HP disks for impending disk failures, and

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Reporting on HP NetServer asset information such as CPU speed

HP TopTools and NetIQ

AppManager integrated

to work for you

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