HP Neoview Release 2.4 Software - Manual (Page 13)

1 Install and Start HPDM
What is the HP Database Manager?
The HP Database Manager (HPDM) is an integrated graphical client that allows you to connect
to and manage multiple HP Neoview platforms. HPDM provides database-object browsing and
monitoring capabilities that are superior to the current Neoview DB Admin product.
HPDM requires the HP ODBC 2.0 client driver for Windows to connect to an HP Neoview
platform. Download the HP ODBC 2.0 client driver from the HP Software Depot download site
and install it prior to running the HP Database Manager. See
“Resources on the Web” (page 11) .
The HP Database Manager (HPDM) features are:
• Platform Monitoring
— Provides performance monitoring capabilities
— Provides the ability to monitor alerts and alarms.
— Enables the monitoring of offending workloads.
• Database-Object Browsing
— Provides database-object browsing capabilities
— Displays partition information for individual Neoview SQL objects
— Displays a partition summary for groups of objects (for example, all tables in a schema)
— Displays schema size information
— Displays sequence numbers in table columns
— Provides a DDL tool to generate and save the DDL script for a group of Neoview SQL
objects
— Displays table profile and statistics information
— Generates and displays system status messages
• SQL Whiteboard
— Executes DDL/DML statements
— Persists queries across sessions for reuse
— Exports query results to a spreadsheet
— Allows a portion of an SQL statement to be highlighted and executed (syntax
highlighting)
— Cancels an executing query
— Opens/saves query text to a file
• HPDM Framework
— Provides connection management for widgets
— Supports persistence for widget and application data
— Includes menu management
— Implements area management (hide, show, and deploy)
— Exports grid contents to a spreadsheet
— Manages options for an HPDM application as a whole and for individual areas and
widgets
— Launches the Neoview Command Interface (NCI)
— Supports character sets for ISO, SJIS, or Unicode based on a single-client locale (only
one character set can be configured for each install).
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