KARDINIA AVAILABILITY REPORTER

Product Description	Key benefits
Hardware and Software prerequisites	Software distribution and installation
Licensing

Product Description

Kardinia Availability Reporter produces reports on the availability of network nodes and their interfaces, in a network managed by HP OpenView or IBM Tivoli NetView. It determines and reports percentage availability, total up time, and the frequency of outages.

Kardinia Availability Reporter is a client-server application. Two versions are available, Kardinia Availability Reporter for HP OpenView, and Kardinia Availability Reporter for Tivoli NetView. Furthermore, each version is available in two Editions, Standard Edition and Advanced Edition. As the name suggests, the Advanced Edition provides additional features, such as more detailed reports. Specific information on these additional features can be found in the product documentation (manual, readme, help files).

Kardinia Availability Reporter for HP OpenView is closely integrated with HP OpenView Network Node Manager. The server component is installed as processes that run under the control of the NNM process manager and that make use of the NNM databases and APIs. It reads the list of nodes that NNM has discovered and calculates Availability Statistics from NNM data.

Kardinia Availability Reporter for Tivoli NetView is closely integrated with Tivoli NetView. The server component is installed as processes that the NetView process manager controls and that make use of the NetView databases and APIs. It reads the list of nodes that NetView has discovered and calculates Availability Statistics from NetView data.

Kardinia Availability Reporter is installed as one or more Report Clients and one or more Report Servers.

A Report Client runs on a Windows XP/2000 platform and integrates with a copy of Microsoft Excel running on the same platform. The client provides the desktop graphical user interface for defining, scheduling, viewing and printing reports. The reports are produced in Excel and can be displayed and saved as either Excel files or as HTML files for publishing on the web.

A Report Server for Kardinia Availability Reporter for HP OpenView runs on a Windows XP/2003/2000 or Solaris platform and integrates with a copy of HP OpenView Network Node Manager running on the same platform

A Report Server for Kardinia Availability Reporter for Tivoli NetView runs on a Windows XP/2003/2000 or Solaris platform and integrates with a copy of Tivoli NetView running on the same platform

Key Benefits

• The close integration with HP OpenView Network Node Manager and Tivoli NetView means that you can produce reports of network and interface availability with a minimum of effort in defining the required reports.
• Reports can be set up for regular automatic production.
• Reports can be saved in HTML format, and network managers can place them on a Web server for viewing by different user groups.
• The generation of reports in Excel means that users can easily carry out further ad hoc analysis. In addition, all of the Microsoft Office family of products can be used in presenting and publishing network and system availability reports.
• The modular design means network managers can purchase an entry level version of the product and generate reports for a small network or for the core devices in a larger network, with a low investment cost.

Hardware and Software Prerequisites

A Kardinia Availability Reporter installation consists of at least one Report Client and one Report Server.

The Report Client requires the following:

• Windows XP/2000
• Microsoft Office
• A TCP/IP connection to a Report Server

The Report Server requires ONE of the following:

• HP OpenView v6.X or v7.x on Windows XP or 2003 or 2000
• HP OpenView v6.X or v7.x on Solaris v2.6, v2.7, v8 or v9
• Tivoli NetView v7 on Windows XP, 2003 or 2000
• Tivoli NetView v7 on Solaris v2.6, v2.7, v8 or v9
• Tivoli NetView v7 on AIX v4.2, v4.3, v5.1 or v5.2

Distribution and Installation

Kardinia Availability Reporter Client and Servers can be obtained from the Download Kardinia Availability Reporter page on this site. After download, licensing must be effected as explained below.

Licensing

To use this product, you will need to obtain a licence by completing and submitting a licence request form. A free 30 day trial licence may be obtained using this form. This can be converted to a permanent licence on paying to Kardinia Software the licence fee for the product.