HP Availability Manager

Summary of HP Availability Manager

The HP Availability Manager is a system management tool designed to monitor performance and availability across OpenVMS and Windows systems within an extended local area network (LAN). It utilizes a proprietary protocol, ensuring monitoring capabilities even when standard network protocols are unavailable.

Key Functionalities:

• Monitoring and Analysis: Collects real-time system and process data, providing centralized management of multiple nodes.
• Event Detection: Employs user-definable thresholds and occurrences to trigger alerts (events) when system resources face potential performance problems.
• Correction Capabilities: Allows administrators to perform real-time fixes, such as adjusting process priorities, managing quotas, or correcting cluster interconnect configurations.
• Customization: Offers extensive customization options at the node, group, operating system, and application levels to tailor data collection, filtering, and event notifications.
• Security: Implements robust security features including password-protected access and, on OpenVMS nodes, a three-part security triplet mechanism to regulate access to system data and fix execution.