Preface

This manual provides an overview and describes the functionality and system design of Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager and Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - View.

In this manual, Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management is abbreviated to JP1, and Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager and Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - View are generically referred to as JP1/Integrated Management or JP1/IM.

The JP1/IM series includes a number of other program products, which are mentioned in this manual as outlined in the table below. For further details, see the documentation accompanying the product.

Product name	Contents covered in this manual
JP1/Integrated Management - Rule Operation	The role of JP1/Integrated Management - Rule Operation within the JP1/IM series An overview of the JP1/IM - Rule Operation linkage function
JP1/Integrated Management - Service Support	The role of JP1/Integrated Management - Service Support within the JP1/IM series
JP1/Integrated Management - TELstaff	The role of JP1/Integrated Management - TELstaff within the JP1/IM series
JP1/Integrated Management - Event Gateway for Network Node Manager i	The role of JP1/Integrated Management - Event Gateway for Network Node Manager i within the JP1/IM series
JP1/Integrated Management - Message Optimizer	The role of JP1/Integrated Management - Message Optimizer within the JP1/IM series
JP1/Integrated Management - Navigation Platform	The role of JP1/Integrated Management - Navigation Platform within the JP1/IM series An overview of the JP1/Integrated Management - Navigation Platform linkage function

Organization of this preface

Intended readers
Organization of this manual
Manual suite
Conventions: Diagrams
Conventions: Fonts and symbols
Conventions: Installation folders for the Windows version of JP1/IM and JP1/Base
Conventions: Meaning of "Administrator permissions" in this manual
Conventions: Version numbers
Online manual

■ Intended readers

This manual is intended for professionals who are considering introducing JP1/IM to manage open platform systems. More specifically, it is intended for:

System administrators who are considering introducing JP1/IM to centrally monitor events that occur in the system

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■ Organization of this manual

This manual is organized into the following parts:

PART 1: Overview: This part provides an overview of the JP1/IM series and JP1/IM - Manager.
PART 2: Functionality: This part describes the functionality of JP1/IM.
PART 3: Design: This part describes the requirements for the monitoring tasks supported by JP1/IM and the system requirements for achieving those objectives.

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■ Manual suite

JP1/IM manuals provide necessary information according to the phases in the system life cycle, which include planning and design, configuration, and operation.

The following figure explains which phases the JP1/IM manuals provide information for.

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■ Conventions: Diagrams

This manual uses the following conventions in diagrams:

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■ Conventions: Fonts and symbols

Font and symbol conventions are classified as:

General font conventions
Conventions in syntax explanations

These conventions are described below.

General font conventions

The following table lists the general font conventions:

Font	Convention
Bold	Bold type indicates text on a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example, bold is used in sentences such as the following: From the File menu, choose Open. Click the Cancel button. In the Enter name entry box, type your name.
Italics	Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text provided by the user or system. Italics are also used for emphasis. For example: Write the command as follows: `copy` `source-file` `target-file` Do not delete the configuration file.
`Code` `font`	A code font indicates text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example: At the prompt, enter `dir`. Use the `send` command to send mail. The following message is displayed: `The` `password` `is` `incorrect.`

Font

Convention

Bold

Bold type indicates text on a window, other than the window title. Such text includes menus, menu options, buttons, radio box options, or explanatory labels. For example, bold is used in sentences such as the following:

From the File menu, choose Open.
Click the Cancel button.
In the Enter name entry box, type your name.

Italics

Italics are used to indicate a placeholder for some actual text provided by the user or system. Italics are also used for emphasis. For example:

Write the command as follows:

copy source-file target-file
Do not delete the configuration file.

Code font

A code font indicates text that the user enters without change, or text (such as messages) output by the system. For example:

At the prompt, enter dir.
Use the send command to send mail.
The following message is displayed:

The password is incorrect.

Examples of coding and messages appear as follows (although there may be some exceptions, such as when coding is included in a diagram):

MakeDatabase

...

StoreDatabase temp DB32

In examples of coding, an ellipsis (...) indicates that one or more lines of coding are not shown for purposes of brevity.

Conventions in syntax explanations

Syntax definitions appear as follows:

StoreDatabase [temp|perm] (database-name ...)

The following table lists the conventions used in syntax explanations:

Example font or symbol	Convention
`StoreDatabase`	Code-font characters must be entered exactly as shown.
`database-name`	This font style marks a placeholder that indicates where appropriate characters are to be entered in an actual command.
`SD`	Bold code-font characters indicate the abbreviation for a command.
`perm`	Underlined characters indicate the default value.
`[ ]`	Square brackets enclose an item or set of items whose specification is optional.
\|	Only one of the options separated by a vertical bar can be specified at the same time.
`...`	An ellipsis (...) indicates that the item or items enclosed in ( ) or [ ] immediately preceding the ellipsis may be specified as many times as necessary.
`()`	Parentheses indicate the range of items to which the vertical bar (\|) or ellipsis (...) is applicable.
`{ }`	One of the items enclosed in curly brackets and separated by a vertical bar must be specified.

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■ Conventions: Installation folders for the Windows version of JP1/IM and JP1/Base

In this manual, the default installation folders of JP1/IM and JP1/Base for Windows are represented as follows:

Product name	Installation folder notation	Default installation folder^#
JP1/IM - View	`view-path`	`system-drive:\Program Files\Hitachi\JP1CoView`
JP1/IM - Manager	`manager-path`	`system-drive:\Program Files\Hitachi\JP1IMM`
	`console-path`	`system-drive:\Program Files\Hitachi\JP1Cons`
	`scope-path`	`system-drive:\Program Files\Hitachi\JP1Scope`
JP1/Base	`base-path`	`system-drive:\Program Files\Hitachi\JP1Base`

#: Represents the installation folder when the product is installed in the default location.

For Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Vista, the location represented by system-drive:\Program Files is determined at installation by an OS environment variable and might differ depending on the environment.

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■ Conventions: Meaning of "Administrator permissions" in this manual

In this manual, Administrator permissions refers to Administrator permissions for the local PC. The local user, domain user, or user of the Active Directory environment can perform tasks requiring Administrator permissions if granted Administrator permissions for the local PC.

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■ Conventions: Version numbers

The version numbers of Hitachi program products are usually written as two sets of two digits each, separated by a hyphen. For example:

Version 1.00 (or 1.0) is written as 01-00.
Version 2.05 is written as 02-05.
Version 2.50 (or 2.5) is written as 02-50.
Version 12.25 is written as 12-25.

The version number might be shown on the spine of a manual as Ver. 2.00, but the same version number would be written in the program as 02-00.

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■ Online manual

JP1/IM comes with an HTML manual that you can read in a web browser.

The HTML manual has the same contents as this manual.

To view the HTML manual:

In JP1/IM - View, choose Help and then Help Contents.

Note:

Depending on the OS settings, the HTML manual might appear in the active window when opened from the Start menu.

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