In the Spotlight February 2009
In February TKU, we introduced a great deal of new Features, many of which make use of the brand new Foundation 7.2 capabilities.
Highlighted this month are:
- Product LifeCycle Data: providing valuable information regarding when an Operating System or a Software Product is going to cease being supported by its Publisher.
- Hardware Reference Data: providing valuable information regarding physical Server specifications, such as Power Consumption and Heat Output.
- Dynamic DataBase Discovery: this is a brand new Feature available on Foundation 7.2, providing the ability to map a specific Database Structure, and supporting many of the major Databases available on the market.
Product Life Cycle Data
These are Patterns providing End Of Life, End Of Support and End Of Extended Support dates for 177 operating systems versions and 759 software product versions from publishers that include HP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, Sun and more.
You can use Tideway Foundation and Product Life Cycle data to identify OS and Software that:
- are exposed to security / stability risks as they are no longer supported by patch updates
- you may may be paying a premium maintenance subscription for
- are no longer shipping so may increase costs and risks associated with variance
Click here for a list of Operating Systems and a list of Software Products
The image below shows the End Of Life channel in the Tideway Foundation OS Product Lifecycle Analysis dashboard. The dashboard allows you to quickly identify servers with operating systems that have exceeded the published End of Life date. Drill down into the segment of interest to get an actionable report that can be used to drive remediation activity.
The image below shows an example Tideway Foundation Host page view, which is now displaying Product Life Cycle data.
Hardware Reference Data
This is Data providing Rack Size, Power Consumption, Heat Output and Maximum Memory capacity for 897 server model configurations from manufacturers such as Dell, HP, IBM and Sun.
You can use Tideway Foundation Hardware Reference Data to identify:
- servers that can be expanded in situations where space is a constraining factor in the Data Center
- server refresh / rationalization candidates in situations where cooling is a constraining factor in the Data Center
- server refresh / rationalization candidates in situations where power is a constraining factor in the Data Center
Click here for a list of Server Models
The image below shows the Host BTU/h channel in the Tideway Foundation Hardware Reference Data dashboard. The dashboard allows you to quickly identify candidate servers with high Heat Output relative to their size. Drill down into the segment of interest to get an actionable report that can be used to drive remediation activity.
The image below shows an example Tideway Foundation Host page view, which now displays Hardware Reference Data too.
Dynamic Database Discovery
These patterns provide the Out of the Box capability for Foundation to query a specific Database, and immediately view its internal Structure, including Databases, Schema, and Tables. These patterns can also be used as a starting point for site-specific Database Queries.
DataBases currently supported are: Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase ASE.
Sybase ASE DataBase Details in a Visualization
This ScreenShot displays a view of a Sybase ASE DataBase structure. Currently shown are 2 DataBases, along with their Schemas and respective Tables.
Sybase ASE DataBase Details in a Software Instance view
This ScreenShot displays a view of a Sybase ASE Software Instance. The relevant DataBase Details are shown in the SI, and you can easily click through each DataBase in order to access their Schema, and their respective Tables.