SOFTWARE RELEASE DOCUMENT Product Name: ASAP SRVR EXTENSION SPR ID: T0403H03 - H/J-series T0403V03 - S-series DATE: 15MAR2010 Copyright Notice: HP RESTRICTED Copyright 2010 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Protected as an unpublished work. The computer program listings, specifications and documentation herein are the property of Compaq Computer Corporation and successor entities such as Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., or a third party supplier and shall not be reproduced, copied, disclosed, or used in whole or in part for any reason without the prior express written permission of Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Summary: This ASAPX version takes advantage of new escalating and Boolean goal features in ASAP 3.2. It also corrects a problem where ASAPXMON could abend if MaxDomains was exceeded. Required Hardware: HP Integrity NonStop servers Required Firmware: NONE Required Software: T0402H03^AAR ASAP SERVER ASAP Version 3.2 T9050H01 NONSTOP KERNEL Manuals: 425265-004 ASAP Extension Manual Migration Considerations: NONE Installation Considerations: * When using DSM/SCM to install this SPR: - RECEIVE the SPR from disk or tape. - COPY the SPR to a new revision of the software configuration you want to update. - BUILD and APPLY the configuration revision. - Perform the pre-installation steps shown below. - Run ZPHIRNM to perform the RENAME step. - If not using G05.00 onward, VOLUME to the new/updated SYSnn, and run VTILT to determine if Shared Runtime Library conflicts must be resolved before loading the system. - Perform the post-installation steps shown below. - Perform these post-installation steps. 1. Enter "SET APP ON" in the ASAP configuration file to enable ASAP Extension. 2. Edit the ASAPX configuration file, ASAPXCNF, and configure ASAP Extension. See the HP NonStop ASAP Extension Manual for information on configuring ASAPX. 3. Restart ASAP. New Features: 1. [H03] [V03] New escalating goals feature lets a user define up to 3 alert levels for the same attribute. Alerts and optional EMS events and/or automated actions can be generated at each level. The goals can specify escalating or de-escalating alert levels. As an example this command defines a de-escalating goal for cash remaining in an ATM: GOAL ATM,CASH > 10000, CASH >> 5000 INFO, CASH >>> 1000 CRITICAL (SOLN 10-061213-1099) 2. [H03] [V03] New Boolean goal feature lets a user combine attributes using the AND | OR Boolean operators into a goal that can generate an alert and optional EMS event and/or automated action when the combined goal comparison fails. Boolean goals are named and can be nested using parentheses. For example this command sets a goal to alert on a Funds Transfer application: G FUNDS, GOAL1=(TRANSRATE > 10 AND RESPTIME < 2) CRITICAL REPEAT (SOLN 10-061213-1101) Problems Corrected: 1. [H03] [V03] SYMPTOMS: ASAPXMON could abend if MaxDomains was exceeded. CONDITIONS: When MaxDomains was exceeded and was not a multiple of 16. LIKELIHOOD: Likely WORKAROUNDS: Increase MaxDomains setting and/or make sure MaxDomains is a multiple of 16. (SOLN 10-100104-7258) Known Problems Remaining: 1. SYMPTOMS: Corrupted ASCII text when supplied as the replace value (math 1) for a constant DataItem. LIKELIHOOD: Certain WORKAROUNDS: As of T0403AAB, use math 2 to replace a constant DataItem with 8 bytes of printable ASCII text. As of T0403AAD define text DataItems as type "T". (SOLN 10-020207-6531) 2. SYMPTOMS: Delayed response from ASAP_REGISTER_ call. CONDITIONS: Can occur when ASAPX is running in "write-to-collector" mode on a very busy system with queueing on the disk process. LIKELIHOOD: Unlikely WORKAROUNDS: As of T0403AAB, use the ASAP_REGISTER_ Timeout parameter to set a lower timeout value for calls to ASAP_REGISTER_. (SOLN 10-020222-6886)