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3/17/2009	Collector version 2.11 is available Remote Analyst now supports Blade J-Series Systems. In addition, Tuner report has been enhanced to include 16 additional reports: Detail Section for the System Class Detail Section for the Subsystem Class Detail Section for the Pathway Class Detail Section for the Server Class Detail Section for the Transient Class Detail Section for the Other Class Negative Contributing Factors to CPU Score Negative Contributing Factors to Memory Subsystem Score Disk Cache Performance Score Grading Negative Contributing Factors to Disk Volume Score System Recovery Performance Score Grading CPU Failure Simulation Server Process Analysis for the Individual CPUs Dynamic Server Detail Analysis Disc Cache Change Analysis CPU Cache Change Analysis All these new features are available by installing the latest version of Collector.
11/28/2008	iReports These are a new set of analyses incorporated into the Expert Reports. For those of you familiar with the old SPAM (System Performance Analyses using Measure), these are equivalent to SPAMnX. However iReports do not require MS Excel, and offer the same detail analyses, along with what-if options, in a new graphical interface. iReports shows as an extra tab on the Expert Reports dialogue. You may select it specifically, or along with other reports & charts. Each iReport analyses is displayed separately.
10/15/2008	Expand Throughput New analyses are now available to monitor the throughput of Expand links between your systems. Per line, you may review loads for level 2 and level 4 protocols and data for the duration of the collected report. Simply ensure that your collection includes the NETLINE Entity. This analyses are then calculated and made available automatically. This new feature is available under the Analysis menu, titled: Expand Throughput.
8/7/2008	Expert Reports Over 30 new reports and graphs are now available. Named Expert reports these are specific analyses which cover a variety of system resources. For those of you familiar with the old SPAM (System Performance Analyses using Measure), these are equivalent to the same analyses. Analyses may be viewed online, downloaded for later review, or emailed to self and colleagues. Access “Expert Reports” of the Analysis menu to start. A matrix shows all available data. Select any subset of continuous data of the same interval, click on “Next”, and follow the prompts.
3/13/2008	Consolidated View Most current days’ walkthrough, Alerts, and quick access to detail analyses are now available upon initial logon. If you have more than one Server covered by Remote Analyst, your default system is displayed first. Use the drop down list above the graph to access analyses for other Servers. An icon on the right left top of the graph gives you quick access to weekly walkthrough graph of the displayed Server.
1/8/2008	New “Memory Leak” detection feature & more… A new feature now enables you to easily identify processes which increasingly allocate memory. These processes, often due to programming errors, will have an adverse effect on system performance. Remote Analyst can now be used to easily identify these processes, thereby preventing system overloads and possible performance degradation. To access this feature, select “Memory Leak” from the “Analysis” Menu. Welcome screen now shows a one day “Walkthrough” of your primary system, as well as navigational control to display previous days. Point the cursor on any CPU data point on the graph, and click to see a list of busiest processes running at that time on the selected CPU. A summary of Alert information, as well as access to drill down information is also now available on the main screen.
11/16/2007	Load Balancing and CPU Failure Analysis added This release introduces two exciting new features: Load Balancing and CPU Failure Analysis. Load Balancing allows users to do process move simulations wherein they can pick an interval, move around processes across CPUs, and check out the before and after scenarios. Also included is an automatic 'Recommend' feature wherein Remote Analyst makes process move recommendations so as to optimally balance your system. The accompanying charts include the per-CPU high and low activity down to the minute, as well as the per-CPU memory consumption. CPU Failure Analysis can be accessed from the Walkthrough screen and allows users to simulate CPU failure scenarios. They can see which processes were impacted and how the failed CPU's load was distributed across the remaining CPUs. In addition, users can now also schedule Storage (Allocation and Capacity) reports to be sent out on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly or yearly basis.
6/5/2007	Alerts Database and improved Walkthrough A new alert definition and notification system is now available. The alerts are stored in a trend database that users can query long after the collection has expired. Users can assign severity levels to alerts and set notification preferences to receive alert information along with the reports that they receive via email as soon as new data is loaded. The Walkthrough screen has been enhanced to show both, the 'Per CPU' as well as the 'Hi-Lo' charts at the same time for easy comparison. In addition, a new process search capability has been tied to the walkthrough wherein users can search the top 50 processes per CPU, per interval. This will allow users to quickly nail down the processes contributing to the CPU activity.
3/26/2007	New Walkthrough and enhanced “What If” A new “Walkthrough” feature is now available and may be accessed from the “View” Menu. You may view CPU busy overlaid with either Disk IO or TMF transaction rates. This may be viewed in a detail per CPU or Hi-Lo formats. “What If” feature is also enhanced. It now includes before and after analysis on TMF and Disk IO rates. Both can be displayed over a detail CPU busy or Hi-Lo graph. This is on top of analysis for increase in TMF or Disk IO rates and/or Processor upgrade. “What If” can be accessed from the “View” Menu.
2/8/2007	What-If Analysis added to Remote Analyst Remote Analyst users can now ascertain the impact a system upgrade and/or a transaction rate increase will have on CPU utilization. What-If Analysis allows the user to select the target processor type from a list of pre-populated types and create a chart showing the ‘before’ and ‘after’ scenarios. This can be very useful if the system needs to be upgraded and if you want to find the right processor type to upgrade to. You can also see what impact a transaction rate increase will have on the system’s CPU utilization and find the best processor type that can accommodate this change. The website now features a new and improved menu bar for easier navigation. Remote Analyst also introduces Version 1.7 of the Collector, the installation of which is now fully automated.
11/8/2006	Automated analysis and tuning recommendation by Remote Analyst You can now see a full analysis along with tuning recommendations directly on their NonStop Servers. These analyses can be scheduled to run at any time to cover a normal business period. You can see how your systems behave vs. acceptable industry standards for optimum use. An extra component also offers recommendations on changes you can adopt to improve their system throughput. This information can be viewed directly via a web interface off their NonStop, as well as be emailed to colleagues as a packaged analysis piece. To learn more about this feature, download and install the latest Collector, and then go to the “RA Tuner” tab on the Collectors’ web based interface.
10/26/2006	Remote Analyst now offers Workload management analysis A new feature of Remote Analyst enables you to review your workload throughout your business day. This shows any imbalance in relationship between CPU usage and transaction rate. It also highlights days/hours when a system may reach or exceed its acceptable use rate during normal business hours or offline batch processing. To start using these features, create a new Trend report for TMF Entity and select CPU / Trans as a Counter. Select your choice of Time Scope, and then view your report using the “Delivery – Now” method.
6/12/2006	Storage trends and analysis introduced in Remote Analyst Remote Analyst now offers analysis of data storage devices on hp NonStop Servers. These new analysis and reports can be reviewed on-line, and/or be automatically received via email. They include: Alerts on Disks that are over 80% or 90% of capacity. Reports also indicate when (number of days left and exact date), each disk is expected to reach the next threshold or reach its capacity. Complete allocation analysis, which identifies file owners and locations. Select a time period of inclusion for data within a report (e.g. no. of hours, days, weekdays, months, or quarters). Select the graphical depiction of data as line, bar, stacked bar, or pie chart. Define and label the X and Y axis for any graph. Storage usage growth rates both in terms of percentages and actual bytes. This can be viewed, per disk, groups of disk, or for all disks. These reports are automatically available on the central Remote Analyst Server. Users can take advantage of these by installing the latest version of the Collector (1.5). This will automatically perform storage analysis each and every day.
3/13/2006	Automatic Trend Reports added to Remote Analyst Remote Analyst includes new automated reports to assist subscribers with capacity planning for their HP NonStop systems. These dynamic performance and trend reports are customizable so users can choose how their information is presented, or alternatively, select from default options. Remote Analyst’s report manager allows users to: Define a report, name it, and save its definition so that it can be used again. Select automated or immediate email delivery for a single report or set of reports. Select a time period of inclusion for data within a report (e.g. no. of hours, days, weekdays, months, or quarters). Select the graphical depiction of data as line, bar, stacked bar, or pie chart. Define and label the X and Y axis for any graph. To access Remote Analyst’s report manager, select the Manage file tab, and Reports.
12/22/2005	Announcing Improved Report Management Features The Report Management component of Remote Analyst (Menu item: Manage->Reports) has been enhanced with the following new and improved features: PDF Reports – You can now choose to receive and view your reports in PDF format. The PDF format presents a more professional looking report in a user friendly file format for report distribution and printing. The PDF format option is in addition to the existing Excel format option. Report Ordering – You now have the ability to order the reports contained within a report profile. This allows you to group similar reports together based on criteria such as entity, application or time scope. Unrated TMF Reports – Reports for the TMF entity now present unrated information, giving you the actual transaction count rather than a percentage value.
10/14/2005	Announcing Automated PC upload, and new reports & analysis Available to all Remote Analyst customers are the following: Tuning Recommendations – Analyzes your metrics and gives you specific recommendations (e.g. relocating processes, adjusting disk cache settings, etc.) Top 10 – Several new reports point out specifically and clearly the areas of your computing resources, as well as periods of time (hourly, daily, weekly) that require your attention. This allows you to quickly identify and focus on what matters. Sharing Analysis – Easily choose to share selected or all analysis with other colleagues or consultants. This will enable them to see exactly what you choose them to view and be able to share a common point of reference when reviewing use of system resources. Automated PC Upload – There is now a method to perform automated uploads to Remote Analyst site through your PC. This is most useful for customers whose security requirement prevents them from uploading directly from their NonStop Servers. As before, complete logs are maintained for all transmissions. Automated PC Upload is available by downloading and installing version 1.4 of the Collector module. All new reports and analysis are available immediately for new uploads with no required software upgrades. Click here to see sample screen shots of the new analysis & features
7/21/2005	New Remote Analyst features are released: Version 1.3 of the Remote Analyst Collector is now available for download . This release can replace any of the prior versions of the Collector module, and includes the following enhancements/features: User interface enhancements, including new shortcuts Collection and analysis of two new Entities: FILE and DISCOPEN Automated uploads to schedule repetitive (e.g. daily, weekly) uploads to take place regularly and unattended On the reporting side, when viewing a new analysis, two new drill options are available: From Disk Analysis, for any disk go to its busiest files, and for any file to a list of all processes which opened it From Process Analysis, for any process go to a list of files it opened, and for any file to a list of all processes which opened it. Both sets of drill features show complete IO rate information, and can be used for different scopes of time.
1/7/2005	A new Report Distribution feature is now available through Remote Analyst. This enables you to define an environment where different individuals can automatically receive specific reports as soon as you load new data to the site. Prior to this you may have had to access the reports individually, export them to Excel, and then email different packages to different people manually. All of this is now automated. Simply define groups of people (e.g. “Our Executives”), specifying each person’s name and email. Next, through a simple selection process, choose the reports the persons of this Group should see. When you next load data for a given system, the selected reports will automatically be emailed by Remote Analyst to the audience you had earlier defined.
5/17/2004	Version 1.2 of the Collector module is now available for download. In addition to Pathway, this collector can also interface with Measure to initiate new collections. The new interface allows for selection and processing of Measure data files (whether collected by Remote Analyst or through other means, such as MEASCOM) into a single compressed file. This file can then be uploaded to this site for analysis. Please click here to download and install the new Collector.
2/4/2004	Version 1.1 of the Collector module is now available for download. This version compresses the Collection data file on the host, prior to download to your PC and upload to Remote Analyst. This results in substantial space and time savings for storage and transfer of collected data files.
11/19/2003	Remote Analyst is now made available to PathWatch users. Available analyses are specific to Pathway environments, with comprehensive analysis for Pathway objects and entities at different time scopes.