September 2003


Dear Customer,

 

Congratulations!  You have just received the new HP OpenView Performance Manager 4.0 for UNIX!  The OpenView Performance Manager is the latest product in our family of performance management tools. 

 

The OpenView Performance Manager 4.0 for UNIX is an all new web based analysis & visualization product, which provides administrators and performance specialists a means to analyze performance and usage trends of applications, systems and services.  The product includes several major enhancements, including:

 

§         A consistent web/Java-based interface across HP-UX, Solaris and Windows

§         A consolidated view across multiple data sources, including OV Performance Agents, Operations Agents, Reporter, Internet Services and Smart Plug Ins

§         Predefined templates for common performance graphs with flexibility to create new templates…and much more

 

A detailed list of features and benefits can be found in the accompanying documentation.  In short, the HP OpenView Performance Manager for UNIX provides the flexibility required to manage today's dynamic environments. 

 

The OpenView Performance Manager 4.0 for UNIX is based on a new licensing technology.  As a result, the licensing key used for OpenView Performance Manager 3.x cannot be used.  To activate your new software product, you are required to follow the instructions provided on the enclosed Entitlement certificate.  The product is shipped with an “instant-on” trial license, thus allowing you to begin using it immediately.  However, the trial license will expire within 60 days.  If you have questions, contact your support contract administrator.  Visit the follow URL to locate a contacts administrator in your region: http://hpat962.external.hp.com/contactlist.jsp.  Or contact your HP Sales Representative or HP Authorized Channel Partner.

 

The OpenView Performance Manager, like all other HP OpenView management products target specific management challenges to solve today’s pressing problems.  Delivering swift results as powerful stand-alone applications and as integrated components, our products are the “building blocks” to a complete management solution.  The HP OpenView products support a robust set of multi-vendor OS platforms and is a perfect solution for managing today’s heterogeneous environments.

 

Thank you for your continued interest in our HP OpenView management solutions.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

HP OpenView Business Team