The Operations Pack (TOP)
Top Path
Top Path provides a powerful GUI for Pathway configuration, management and operation.
TOP Path will manage and monitor standard Pathway objects, such as Pathmon processes, server classes and TCPs. The graphical main display provides an instant view of the status of an individual Pathway and is the primary interface to all of the Pathway systems running on your network.
TOP Path includes the following functions:
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A hierarchical display of pathway objects and their status
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Management and monitoring of standard pathway objects such as PathMon processes, server classes, server processes, TCPs, terminals, and programs. As well as typical operations including adding, listing, copying, starting, stopping, aborting, freezing, thawing.
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Definition of a set of pathway objects by a unique group identifier. You can start and stop all the objects in the group in a single operation.
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Automate actions and monitor pathway objects. Actions that Pathway Manager can automatically perform include sending an email message, flashing a window, sounding an alert, playing a sound file, displaying a user-defined message box, generating a user-defined EMS event, and issuing a PATHCOM or TACL command.
In addition, TOP Path includes the TOP Explorer with following core components and functionality:
| CPUs: | Type, status and current load. |
| EMS: | Event viewer, collector and distributor status, configuration and control. |
| Find: | Find processes or files. |
| Kernel: | Servernet status and process status, configuration and control. |
| KMSF: | Swapfile status, configuration and control. |
| OSS File System: | Access to files and directories, status, edit, email, transfer, cut, paste, delete, create, etc. |
| OSS Fileset: | Status, configuration and control. |
| OSS Processes: | Status and control of OSS processes. Search to locate processes with specific attributes. |
| OSS Servers: | Status, configuration and control. |
| Processes: | Status and control of Guardian processes. List files and sockets opened by a process. Run arbitrary object files, TACL macros or obey files. |
| Profiles: | Control over who can do what to what using TOP. |
| Safeguard: | Configuration of Safeguard and Safeguard ACLs. |
| Storage: | Status,
configuration, control of S-series storage
devices. Virtual disk space utilisation. Graphical interface to DSAP. |
| TMF: | Configuration, control and monitoring of TMF and its associated resources and attributes. |
| Tools: | The ability to define customized actions to carry out against objects in TOP. |
| Volumes: | Access to volumes, sub-volumes and files. Status, edit, email, transfer, cut, paste, delete, create, etc. |
Sub Solutions
TOP consists of the following components, each of which can be licensed seperately:
TOP Explorer - An easy-to-use GUI for managing nodes and system components. This component provides an interface to most of the common subsystems in the NonStop environment
TOP UserID - An easy-to-use GUI to monitor and manage NonStop user IDs, aliases, and groups
TOP Path - A powerful GUI for Pathway configuration, management and operation
TOP Comms - A comprehensive communications manager for NonStop system
TOP Spool - A comprehensive spooler monitoring and management tool for NonStop server and workstation printers
TOP SDK - A software toolkit for programmers who build workstation-based NonStop server applications
