READ THIS FILE BEFORE BEGINNING PRODUCT INSTALLATION Copyright (C) 2008 Hewlett-Packard Company Product Name: RPM Real-time Process Monitor Product Marketing ID: QRPM01V1 J-series HRPM01V1 H-series RPM01V1 S-series Component Products: T0877H01^AAA H- or J-series T0877V01^AAB S-series I. Basic Product Installation Instructions 1. Ensure that requirements for using the RPM product are met (see Section IV Product Requirements below). 2. Ensure that prerequisites for the installation utility and any product-specific installation requirements are met. (See Section IV Product Requirements below). 3. Review the file USRGUIDE.PDF in the subdirectory NSK_SW on RPM CD containing the IPSetup User Guide, which provides instructions for using IPSetup which is a utility provided on the CD that enables installation of Independent Products. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read or print the IPSetup User Guide. Visit Adobe's website to download the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader: http://www.adobe.com 4. Decide whether you will use DSM/SCM to move files to Installation Subvolumes (ISVs) after files are placed on the workstation. Using DSM/SCM is optional, but is recommended when DSM/SCM is available. 5. Follow the pre-installation instructions in Section II below, if any, before continuing to Step 6. 6. Run IPSetup to place (move files from the CD to the workstation) and install (move NonStop Kernel files to correct ISVs) this product. If you have problems with automatic file placement, use the instructions in the IPSetup User Guide section "Manual Software Placement Using the IPSetup TACL Program" to manually place NonStop Kernel files. 7. Follow the post-installation instructions in Section III below, after using IPSetup to place and install this product. II. Pre-Installation Instructions None III. Post-Installation Instructions 1. RUN RPMWIZ from TACL and follow the RPM Wizard prompts which will guide you through the post installation steps. 2. If you need additional help with RPM setup, see the detailed explanation provided in Section 2 of the HP NonStop RPM User's Guide at the NonStop Technical Library http://docs.hp.com. Install examples and tips are also available on-line at the HP NonStop RPM Technical Portal: http://www.NonstopRPM.com IV. Product Requirements Required Hardware: NonStop S-series servers NonStop H-series servers Minimum OS Release: S-series - NonStop Kernel G05 or higher H-series - NonStop Kernel H06 or higher Required Software: T8488 any version Disk Space Requirement: ZRPM subvol 5.0 MB $SYSTEM.STSTEM run time files 5.0 MB Memory Requirement: 16 MB per node. V. Installation Prerequisites Required Hardware: NonStop K-series servers NonStop S-series servers Communications controller allowing file transfer from PC to HP NonStop Server PC with 486 or higher processor and all of the following: CD-ROM drive VGA or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor Microsoft Mouse or similar pointing device Communications controller allowing file transfer from PC to HP NonStop Server Required Software: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows ME, or Windows NT 4.0 or later. Microsoft TCP/IP stack and FTP client VI. Manuals for this CD: To access the documentation for this product, see the HP NonStop Technical Library at http://docs.hp.com or your NonStop Technical Library CD/DVD disc VII. CD-ROM Root Directory Contents AUTORUN.INF File containing CD AutoRun commands. AXDIST.EXE Microsoft redistributable library files. IPSETUP.CNT File containing help contents for the CD installation utility IPSetup. IPSETUP.EXE File containing the main executable for IPSetup. IPSETUP.HLP File containing help text for IPSetup. LICENSE.TXT File containing limited-use Software Licensing Agreement with the licensing terms governing this product. README.TXT File containing product and installation information (this file). SETUP.EXE File containing the Launcher executable. NSK_SW Subdirectory containing NonStop Kernel component files, including installation utilities and instructions. WS_SW Subdirectory containing workstation component files (if applicable to this product), including installation utilities if any. SOFTDOCS Subdirectory containing Product Softdocs. ____________________________________________________________________ ADDENDUM - Summary - Overview - New Feature History - Problems Corrected History Summary ======= ** HP NonStop RPM is a Real-time Process Monitor that provides real-time display of color-encoded busy alerts on busy processes by Cpu, Node, or expand/super-cluster. Overview ======== [T0877AAA/AAB] - RPM Wizard now finds \nodes for analysis by searching RPM*CNF files - RPM Wizard now validates if SSG T8488 version correct, and advises - RPM CI no longer hangs if $System.System.RPMCNF has CPU, PB, ZOOM - RPM CI does not delay 10 seconds when RPMLIC missing or has errors - PB, CPU, ZOOM commands now show errors in output & continue to run [T0877V01/H01] - HP NonStop RPM 1.0 is a Real-Time Process Monitor (RPM) that provides the following features and benefits: - Discovers busiest processes in one or more Cpus or Nodes. - RPM continuously displays busy processors and processes. - RPM can fast sample and display stats down to 1 second. - RPM can be run directly from TACL prompt to provide instantaneously startup and display of busy processes. - RPM is run line configurable and allows a very wide-range of interfaces and configurations. - RPM supports many device types such as TTY, T6530, VT100. - RPM supports "super-sized" 200 x 300 VT100 devices. - RPM monitors, analyzes, and displays both OSS and NSK processes. - RPM provides user-defined alert threholds that can highlight Critical-RED, Warning-YELLOW, and Informative-BLUE alerts. - RPM ByCpu displays busiest processes in a particular Cpu - RPM ByNode displays busiest processes in NonStop node/segment. - RPM expand/cluster support allows analysis of busiest processes across very large collections of NonStop nodes/segments. - Reports can be on an entire cluster of Cpus/Nodes, or can focus on a single Node or a single Cpu. - Additional options provide sorting, filtering, and color-encoding of RPM statistics in real-time. Problems Corrected History ========================== 1. [H01^AAA/AAB] SYMPTOMS: Previously RPM Wizard only searched the RPMCNF file for the list of ADD \nodes to be analyzed. If other RPM*CNF files existed such as RPMVTCNF or RPM65CNF and RPMCNF did not exist, or if RPMCNF did not contain any ADD \node commands, then RPM would issue a message that it had no nodes to analyze. IMPACT: Wizard would not find list of node(s) for analysis unless the RPMCNF file existed and contained ADD \node commands. Thus Wizard would not install or analyze nodes if ADD \node commands only existed in RPMVTCNF or RPM65CNF files. These problems are corrected by this SPR. (SOLN 10-081014-6533) 2. [H01^AAA/AAB] SYMPTOMS: Previously RPM wizard could return the following error message: PROMPT "CONFIG | SAVE | INSTALL | RUN | EXIT > ",#z,err; --^-- Error unknown command "PROMPT "" 1248(25,4) whenever product T8488/T6965 did not include a PROMPT command. This SPR detects and advises how to correct this issue with a message similar to the following: RPM WIZARD requires product T6965D40^AAH(12AUG2005) or later. Your system has old version T6965D40^AAG. To update your system you should install SSG T8488D40^AAH or later. IMPACT: RPM Wizard would not run. (SOLN 10-081014-6534) 3. [H01^AAA/AAB] SYMPTOMS: Previously whenever the $System.System.RPMCNF file contained display commands such as the CPU, PB, or ZOOM commands then RPM servers would not respond to RPM client requests, and the following message would be displayed by the RPM CI: \SYSNAME SSG_SendPrivate_Parse => Missing Header Line #2 SSG=21 IMPACT: RPM would not display stats for any node that contained display commands in their $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.RPMCNF file. Display commands are CPU, PB, and ZOOM commands. To be sure, display commands ARE permitted in other RPM*CNF files, just not in the $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.RPMCNF file. SIDE-EFFECTS: RPM on local or remote nodes would appear to hang. (SOLN 10-081014-6536) 4. [H01^AAA/AAB] SYMPTOMS: Previously if the RPMLIC file was missing or had errors, then RPM clients would encounter 10 second display delays for data returned by RPM servers. RPM clients could appear to be "sluggish" or slow, when in fact they where just delaying and displaying error messages. This issue has been addressed by displaying errors in real-time in the real-time displays. SIDE-EFFECTS: RPM on local or remote nodes would appear to hang. (SOLN 10-081014-6537) 5. [H01^AAA/AAB] SYMPTOMS: Previously routine exceptions in PB, CPU, ZOOM command output could interrupt command output, and cause command execution to terminate. Now routine exceptions are displayed as part of the standard command output, and the commands continue to operate. IMPACT: Commands which previously would terminate operation, now continue to operate even across multiple nodes. (SOLN 10-081014-6538) Known Problems Remaining: NONE