TWSWebAdmin

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TWS/WebAdmin
The Web Interface to TWS Distributed
Whats New
HORIZONT Software for Datacenters
Garmischer Str. 8 D- 80339 München Tel 49(0)89
/ 540 162 0www.horizont-it.com
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TWS/WebAdmin 2.1 and 3.0

• TWS/WebAdmin 2.1 is the new release for TWS 8.2
  (and older)
• TWS/WebAdmin 3.0 is the new release for TWS 8.3
• GA September 2007

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Whats New

• Improved Menu Structure
• New forms for TWS 8.3
• Netplans
• Miscellaneous

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Improved Menu Structure
Improved menu structureOptions like Event and
Alert configuration are moved from the homepage
to the administration page
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New Forms
New TWS 8.3 elements require new forms, e.g.
Jobstream Options
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Netplans
TWS/WebAdmin has inherited the graphic engine
of TWS/Graph.

• The netplan module can be installed on top of
  existing TWS/WebAdmin 2.0 installations.
• The netplan module uses ActiveX technology,
  therefore Windows Desktops are required. Firefox
  is able to run ActiveX controls after the
  installation of a plugin.
• The netplans are 100 online Data is extracted
  directly from TWS, no pre-processing is needed.
• A separate administration program allows to
  modify the appearance of symbols, line colors etc.

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Netplans

• Select objects

• Click here to request netplan

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Netplans

• Specify netplan properties...

• ...or use additional From to selection...

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Netplans

• The netplan !

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Netplans
Detailed information on mouse click
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Netplans
Specify search criteria
Search function
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Netplans
search results
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Netplans
Mark lines...
...create subnet...
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Netplans
The subnet...
...click here to collapse...
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Netplans
...collapsed cluster, click on to expand again
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Netplans
more functions
e.g. World View for easy navigation
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Netplans
Print function
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Administration Program
Administration program to adapt appearance of
nodes and links
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Miscellaneous

• PHP sessions are used to keep important state
  information in server memory, e.g.
• authentication status
• TWS localopts, globalopts data (used for
  processing)
• user options (cookies where used before)
• TWS cpuinfo, TWS TimeZone status, etc...
• Encrypted passwords in the database connection
  descriptors

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Miscellaneous

• User profiles
• Users reports are stored in users own home
  directory (in TWS/WebAdmin 2 all reports were
  stored in one common directory).
• User can store his option settings into a
  separate file in his home directory. Options are
  loaded during login.
• Error logging
• php errors and warnings are written to a log file
  (more secure) and exception states detected in
  our routines are logged in the webadmin_error.log
  (In TWS/WebAdmin 2 only php fatal errors were
  printed to the web page).

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Whats Coming Next?
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Modify Streams via Netplans
Click here to activate stream menu
then select modify
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Modify Streams via Netplans
Modify Jobstream
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Modify Jobs via Netplans
Click here to activate job menu
then select modify
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Modify Jobs via Netplans
Modify Jobstream
Click here to modify a job
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Notes for all Database Objects
Notes for all database objects, e.g. Prompts
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Notes for all Database Objects
Prompt Notes
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Business Oriented Monitoring
A business oriented structure is used to monitor
groups of streams and jobs. Advantage User does
not need to have any TWS knowledge
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Business Oriented Monitoring
Create actual HTML files displaying stream and
job information. Advantage User needs no access
rights to TWS and TWS/WebAdmin
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Business Oriented ADHOC Submission
TWS/WebAdmin has an option to submit Jobs,
Streams and Tasks, but .
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Business Oriented ADHOC Submission

• there are some disadvantages
• User must have access to TWS
• Many parameters must be specified, which is not
  acceptable for non-TWS users

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Business Oriented ADHOC Submission
Admin defines a Submit unit, which consists of
stream(s) or job(s) that can be submitted by
user(s)
User selects a predefined Submit unit
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TWS/WebAdmin
The Web Interface to TWS Distributed
Thank you very much for your attention!
HORIZONT Software for Datacenters
Garmischer Str. 8 D- 80339 München Tel 49(0)89
/ 540 162 0www.horizont-it.com