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SURGXFW EULHI +3 1HW6HUYHU 1HW,4 $SS0DQDJHU $SS0DQDJHU DQG +3 7RS7RROV FRPELQH WR VLPSOLI\ VHUYHU PDQDJHPHQW AppManager for HP TopTools Features • Integrated hardware, system, ad application monitoring • Valuable hardware performance and fault metrics integrated with Windows NT system and application statistics • Single console to monitor hardware, operating system, and application (e.g. Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, Lotus Domino, etc) health and availability • Real-time and historical performance monitoring • Centralized view of the health and status of distributed HP NetServers • Pre-packaged business rules to monitor your distributed environment • Automated time-consuming repetitive tasks, centralized management of distributed and remote application servers and correction of problems Benefits • Easier management • Quicker fault detection and problem resolution • Lower administrative costs • More accurate capacity planing and long term environment assessment • Lower support costs • "Out of the box" management • Become proactive rather that reactive to administration issues ...continued from page 1 Adaptable and Scalable to Meet Your Unique Business Needs Designed for ease of use and flexibility, AppManager for HP TopTools is fully adaptable and customizable. Using AppManager's point-and-click interface, you can quickly customize pre-packaged business rules known as Knowledge Scripts to change thresholds and corrective actions defined for various events. You can even build your own Knowledge Scripts using the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) scripting language to manage your own in-house applications. AppManager for HP TopTools is also highly scaleable. The AppManager Suite is built utilizing an advanced multi-tier architecture that can scale as your organization's Windows NT and BackOffice deployment grows. The architecture is reliable and efficient, using an exceptionbased communications mechanism to minimize network traffic and an intelligent agent technology that can continue to monitor your environments regardless of the status of the network connection. And because the AppManager Suite repository is based-on Microsoft SQL Server, it is easy to extract, replicate, and report on management data. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of, and Windows NT is a trademark of, Microsoft Corporation. AppManager is a registered trademark and NetIQ and Knowledge Scripts are trademarks of NetIQ Corporation Information in this document is subject to change without notice. © Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1998. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction, adaptation, or translation without prior written permission is prohibited except as allowed under the copyright laws. June, 1999 )RU WKH ODWHVW LQIRUPDWLRQ HP NetServer Web site HP Fax Response system http://www.hp.com/go/netserver 1-800-333-1917 (U.S.) 1-208-344-4809 (available worldwide, fax only) 2