XA R7.8 Link ManagerHow to Manage an R7.8

Environment

Ruth Anne PharrSr. IT Consultant, CISTECH Inc.

Agenda

• What is Link Manager

• Link Manager Console

• Environment Management• Auxiliary Machines

• Updates

• Fix Servers

• Offline Install

• Diagnostics

• Questions

Managing an R7.8 Environment

What is Link Manager?

•Configuration and optimization of environment services•Starting and stopping environments•Upgrading environment release level•Monitoring environment status and troubleshooting•Monitoring and communicating with users

Upgrade Process

• PTFs– Apply SH15532 to ALL release 7 environments– SH15495 pre-requisite to PCM– SH15497 – Kit Migration– Client Upgrade

• CD Install• IFS Structure, Link Manager and Product Update code

• Auxiliary Machines

Link Manager Console

• Customizable• IDF Navigation• Features

•Broadcast/receive•Mutli-select•Workbenches•Preferences•And more…

• Status•Access to most common tasks

• Client Messages•Sending messages to Power- Link and Net-Link

Link Manager Console

•Environments, Machines, Workstations, User Profiles

•Lists the available objects of each type

•Tasks•Current and historical view of Link Manager activity

•User logins•Current and historical view of user sessions

•Fix Levels•Lists the installed and downloaded fix levels and their details

Link Manager Console

•Global Environment•Upgraded separately from business environments•Restartable with minimal interruption to the business environments•Managed from Link Manager

•Business Environments•Start and Stop•Only start the services needed•Upgraded separately of each other•Managed separately from other business environments

Link Manager Console

•Client Messages•Environment•One or more users•Frequency•Status

Auxiliary Machines

•Add capacity and support remote sites•Can be MS Windows, Mac OSX or Linux

•Host a variety of environment services•Dedicated or automatically load balanced•Installed standalone or as Windows service•Managed from Link Manager console

Auxiliary Machines

•Dedicated Machine for System Link and Net Link

•Install the auxiliary software•Set auto offload off•Create processes for System Link and Net Link•Start the processes

Updates

• Impact of updates reduced

– Environment codebases separated

– Global environment not updated every time

– Processes resilient to global environment restarts

• Environments can be automatically started after updates

– Including global environment

• Auxiliary machines updated and restarted when necessary

• Do not have to exit Link Manager for global restart

• Staged updates offer transparency to the user

Updates• Improved fix level visibility

– Installed and downloaded fix levels

– Environments where the fix levels are used

– Fix level details

Updates• Apply updates without

impacting users at login– Initiate Update Process

– Select staged apply

– Monitor download status

– Apply update action releases update

– Cancel the staged apply to cancel the environment update

Fix Servers

•Issues Resolved•WAN performance can cause long delays at login•Bandwidth cannot handle numerous fix downloads at the same time

•Advantages•Code is downloaded once to each remote site•End users download from the LAN•Can be used with staged fixes

Fix Servers• Install auxiliary software on a machine at the remote site.• Set the auto offload flag to off• Create a fix server process on the global environment for each

remote site• Assign the fix server processes to the appropriate auxiliary machines • Manage the environment as usual

•Allows administrators to control the installation process closely•Streamlines the installation for the XA users•Allows the administrator to predefine the installation values

• Included environments • Folder where Power-Link client components are

installed on users' workstations.• Installation type

•Users can have a turn key install experience•Offline install available for distribution to remote sites•Supports “push” installations using the offline installer

Create Power Link Install

Create Power Link Install

Diagnostics

•Common issues•Missing files, PTF issues, object authority and permissions•Logs archived for environment processes•Client logging can be activated from Link Manager

•By user or workstation•Client logs visible from Link Manager•Save to disk and send to support

Diagnostics

Modify the tracing options to

diagnose intermittent problems

Diagnostics•Activate logging on a users workstation•Review logs in Link Manager•Package logs

QUESTIONS?

Technical InformationTechnical InformationRuth PharrRuth Pharrruth.pharr@cistech.netruth.pharr@cistech.net704-814-0007704-814-0007

Sales InformationSales InformationBen McCormickBen McCormickben.mccormick@cistech.netben.mccormick@cistech.net704-814-0016704-814-0016

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