Introduction to Fathom

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Introduction to Fathom and PSDN
November 2001

• John Sadd

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Fathom Mission
Provide enterprise-class tools to make
application administrators more efficient and
improve the operational effectiveness of Progress
applications
Version 1 Rollout Q4 2001
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Target Customer

• Fathom is aimed at the DBA or System Operations
  Manager
• also benefits business managers
• Fathom requires at least Version 9.1C
• Power Management Pack is a complete solution
  including Fathom and V9 migration

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Why Fathom ?

• Increase operational effectiveness
• Attain continuous availability
• Reduce cost incurred through unplanned downtime
• Ensure data and business system integrity

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Features Benefits

• Web browser-based management console
• Single point of access to monitor manage
  application resources
• Automatic alert routing
• Enables quick response to operational issues,
  avoiding costly downtime
• Trend analysis database
• Provides data required for capacity planning

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Features Benefits

• Standard and customized reporting
• Access to deep knowledge of critical system
  resources
• Improve operational efficiency performance
• Discovery wizards for rapid deployment
• Easy installation
• Gets you up and running quickly

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Fathom Resources

• Progress Database Rules
• Up or Down
• Disk IO efficiency
• Transaction status
• System
• Memory, CPU
• Network
• TCP, UDP, PING
• Files
• Physical size, string searches

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Fathom Monitors

• Multiple Monitors per Resource
• CPU Usage High
• CPU Usage Low
• Multiple Monitoring Plans
• Alert threshold
• Alert Logic
• Action to perform
• Automatic
• Schedule

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Fathom Schedules

• Multiple Schedules
• Monday to Friday 24/7
• Lunchtime
• Weekends
• Allows resource to be monitored only when you
  want it to be
• DB maintenance
• Known inactivity periods

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Fathom Action

• Associated with a Monitor, to allow proactive
  management
• IF DBDown ALERT
• THEN RUN DBStart ACTION
• User defined Actions
• Email
• Command scripts
• Compound tasks

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Fathom Workflow
Database is down
Monitor recognizes alert
If BACKUP PERIOD THEN DO Nothing
ELSE Restart DB and Email DBA
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Fathom Reporting - Statistics

• Database activity page
• Database summary page
• Database space utilization page
• Open transaction page
• System summary page
• System performance page

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Fathom Reporting - Trends

• Database usage
• System usage
• File system usage
• Network resource performance
• Alert activity

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A Few Screen Shots
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Alert Summary page
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Non Progress Resource Monitoring
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The Progress Database Resource
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Database Operational ViewsStorage Areas
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Reports
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Help ?
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Fathom - Areas of Focus
Management Console

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Fathom For High AvailabilitySynchronous Site
Replication

• Hot standby
• redundant copy of complete database
• Zero data loss when primary fails
• Secondary available for reporting
• Multiple replicas

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Fathom For Security
Web Server
(Planned)
Progress RDBMS
Other DataServer and
Application
database connections
Server
detailed separately
(sockets)
UDP
HTTP(S)
Pipe
TCP
RMI
Outside Firewall
Inside Firewall
WebClient and 4GL client are interchangeable in
this diagram ex
cept the direct DB connection
Note Application Broker
-
Application Server connection is TCP/IP when
stateless
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Fathom Roadmap
Fathom for Management v1.0
Fathom for ManagementLite
Fathom for ManagementEnterprise
Fathom for ISV
Fathom for ASP
Mgmt. v1.1
Debugger
Replication
ICF
Clusters
SNMP
3PBAR
Fathom for Security
2002
2003
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PSDN
Progress Software Developer Network

• Service that will help Progress developers be
  more productive by using appropriate technology
  and best practices methods
• Objectives
• Remove barriers to software access
• Share information on the best ways to use
  Progress products
• Communicate features and benefits to developers

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PSDN Membership

• Two membership levels
• Standard
• Premier
• Phased program availability
• ISV developers only for initial launch
• Distributors can resell
• End-user developers to be added next year
• Web site content public

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PSDN Software
Premier Standard Public
Development License Subscription Perpetual
Maintenance Included Paid per licensed product
Users 5 / siteAddl for more users sites Individual
Software V9.1 Development and Deployment Individual products
New Releases Automatic Request
Patches Quarterly Request
Any previously purchased perpetual licenses
will not expire
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PSDN Software Developer Kit

• Development Products
• ProVision
• WebSpeed Workshop
• 4GL Dev System
• Toolkit
• Progress Dynamics
• Translation Manager
• Visual Translator
• Open Client Toolkit
• All active platforms, 9.1x

• Deployment Products
• Progress RDBMS
• DataServers
• AppServer
• WebClient
• WebSpeed Trans Server
• NameServer Load
• Balancer
• All active platforms, 9.1x
• Development and testing license only

(Does not include 3rd party add on products.
Fathom TBD)
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Other PSDN Components
Premier Standard Public
PSDN Web Site Yes Yes Yes
Training 2 CBT, 2 coupons, eSeminars CBT
Web seminars Unlimited Overview Technical Unlimited Overview
Events Early Bird Special anytime Standard Standard
Access to Progress Devel. Interactive Transcript
Support Standard Standard
Other Programs Priority Access to Empowerment No
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Current PSDN Schedule

• October Internal preparation
• Final policies set
• Pricing
• Internal training
• November ISV invitations
• December Launch (aligned with Progress
  Dynamics)

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