That Was Then and This is Now Game Show

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1 That Was Then and This is Now Game Show How SPO Evolved Over the Decades Neville Kroeger, SMA Jim Malnati, Unisys May, 2007

2 Single Point Operations Console 1R1 (SPOC) Gene Rodenberry was going to have trouble with the branding Full OS2200 console capability Not much else! No heterogeneous monitoring/console access No logging No alerting/paging/ ing DOS based console No automation (Xenix based console and AMS being designed) No object oriented toolkit No Appl. Launch, etc Not much there yet, but still ahead of its time! Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 2

3 SPO 4.0 (June 1996) Monitoring Windows NT3.51 Systems UNIX resource monitoring SPO interface for ClearPath HMP NX Enhanced SPO interface for A Series Cross system automation Enhanced alarm management License management Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 3

4 SPO 4.0 (June 1996) Continued Command as added alarm action First release of SPO/HMP Console for ClearPath HMP IX Simplified installation & setup Enhanced Link from HP OpenView Event Server API libraries on U6000, Sun, HP Logging of 2200 SCF display sessions Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 4

5 SPO 4.1 (Jan 1997) Stability and performance improvements Windows NT monitoring for NT4.0 Facility to print individual SPO windows UNIX resource monitoring for RS/6000 and UnixWare HP OpenView interface supports OV 4.1 and 4.0. SPO User Group established on the Web Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 5

6 SPO 4.3 (Sept 1997) Runs on: Aquanta server using SCO UnixWare U6000 or SMP platform using SVR4 Ship dual media CD ROM for UnixWare, tape for SVR4 Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 6

7 SPO 4.4 (Aug 1998) Control of Windows NT Support of Unix and Windows clustering Integration with Unicenter TNG Improved recovery for MCP connections Many other enhancements Enhanced UNIX connections Integration of OS2200 Performance Evaluator Automated retry on cross system automation and much more Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 7

8 SPO 6 : Main Window and Alarms Window Enhancements Alarms colored by severity Width of Alarms Window columns can vary User can customize attributes displayed Main Window beep/raise, by severity Alarms sorted by attributes (asc/descending) Summary of alarms on SPO Main Window Background Enhanced alarm bitmaps selection methods User defined Enhanced Edit help from alarm alarm Alarm handling attributes Detail Window

9 SP Status New Features Hierarchical SP Status displays Component level pop up action menus Additional site defined Status attributes (8 of each type now possible) Alarm text, severity, alarm id enhancements Classification merge capability Exceptions for unreported attribute values Deletion/retention of Notes when a component is deleted

10 SPO 6 : User Defined Applications Open ended command strings defined by user Launch possibilities include: Program, script, etc on SPO server or remote host Send command to host: menu hides arcane syntax Launch GUI application alongside SPO Application receives context specific info Launch points within SPO: Extended Applications menu on SPO Main Window From a host icon in SPO cluster From Alarms Windows in SPO

11 SPO 6 : Display Improvements and Misc. Enhancements Many functions can be restricted by user class Renaming of Configuration Utility items Background bitmaps for SPO clusters Icon families for SPO and SP Status Customized titles for SPO and SP Status Larger selection of console/terminal window sizes Variables for fast SPO and SP Status startup

12 SPO 6 : Many Other Enhancements Automatic bar chart scaling Alarm policy activation from Single Point Configuration routine URM default policy includes SiteDefined class Default SPO NT agent install uses anonymous ftp CISCO router / ANSI X3.64 full screen support Enhanced About window spo_event program for sending events from NT to SPO Improved help text editor RIU top level help Enhancements for problem diagnosis and resolution Larger error and trace logs; data written more selectively Report Problem script gets more data, can save subsets of data, prompts for comments, optionally compresses, uses relative paths If NT license count exceeded, alarm detail window names the systems

13 SPO 6: Biggest Release Since 1R1! SPO 1R2 3R2 Status, A Series, UNIX, Logging, Alarm Policies, OpenView Link SPO UnixWare Platform, CA UniCenter Link, SPO/HMP Console, SPO/DSE SPO 6.0 SPO (UnixWare 2.1.x 6.1 only) SPO 1R1 Centralized SPO 7 Operation for 2200s User defined Applications, All All the the Hierarchical features features of of Status, SPO SPO 6.0, 6.x, Alarm Runs Runs on Handling UnixWare on Microsoft Flexibility, Windows and Depth, 7.1 platform Pizzazz SPO 4.0 NT, API, URM, Cross system Automation SPO 5.x (Japan only) SPO/ESE on Solaris, Event Correlator I/F, Kanji, Preview of 6.0

14 New Features in SPO 7 Simplified packaging and licensing Simpler installation Single Point Operations SNMP trap service Client server architecture allows offloading Clients started from the Windows desktop Easier access to administration tools Windows based automation tools More flexible user configuration using Windows security Event Server API on Windows External actions can be Windows scripts NetMeeting for Windows remote desktop Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 14

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16 Unisys Operations Sentinel Primary Turnkey Features: Monitor scores of heterogeneous systems Full control of many different system types, both local and remote Graphical, high level system status displays Historical logging of important events, accessed by an easy to use browser Centralized operation of heterogeneous systems Reducing the cost and improving the quality of Operations Making the MOST of Automation May 2007 Page 16