README for HP Neoview Release 2.5 (R2.5)

Table of Contents
Introduction............................................................................................................................................7
Release Version Identifier Naming Convention for Hardware Platforms.............................................7
Where to Download Client Software......................................................................................................7
HP Neoview Windows Client Package.............................................................................................7
Where to Find Documentation...............................................................................................................7
Products Removed From Release 2.5......................................................................................................9
New Features in Release 2.5.................................................................................................................10
Neoview Client Software Installation.............................................................................................11
Neoview Client and Platform Compatibility ............................................................................11
Neoview Windows Client Package............................................................................................11
Client Software Enhancements for Release 2.5..........................................................................12
Neoview SQL Database...................................................................................................................12
Neoview Security ............................................................................................................................13
Neoview Transporter ......................................................................................................................14
Neoview ADO.NET Provider..........................................................................................................14
Neoview JDBC Type 4 Driver..........................................................................................................14
Secure Login and Role Selection in the Neoview JDBC Type 4 Driver.....................................14
Logging On as a Database User............................................................................................15
Logging on as a Platform User.............................................................................................16
Specifying the Certificate File Location................................................................................16
Retrieving the User's Current Role.......................................................................................17
For More Information...........................................................................................................17
HP Database Manager (HPDM)......................................................................................................17
Enhanced User Interface............................................................................................................17
Data Source and Connectivity Management.............................................................................18
User- and Role-Management Features.......................................................................................18
Metric Miner Reporting Tool......................................................................................................18
Enhancements to System Offender Workload Details...............................................................18
Support for Stored Procedures in Java (SPJs).............................................................................19
Neoview Performance Analysis Tools (NPAT)...............................................................................19
Neoview Command Interface (NCI)...............................................................................................19
Security Features........................................................................................................................19
Connectivity Features................................................................................................................19
Enhancements............................................................................................................................19
Neoview ODBC Drivers..................................................................................................................20
Unicode Support........................................................................................................................20
Network I/O Compression.........................................................................................................20
Neoview Workload Management Services (WMS).........................................................................20
Query Statistics Aggregation.....................................................................................................20
Benefits of Query Statistics Aggregation..............................................................................20
Configuring Query Statistics Aggregation...........................................................................21
Graceful Cancellation of Queries...............................................................................................21
Neoview Repository........................................................................................................................21
Neoview DB Admin........................................................................................................................21
Neoview RMDR...............................................................................................................................21
Repository Views for BAR Job Status Data................................................................................21
HP_METRICS.BAR_JOB_STATUS_VW1 .............................................................................21
Stored Procedures for Managing BACKUP Jobs.......................................................................25
START_JOB_BACKUP Stored Procedure.............................................................................25
STATUS_JOB_BACKUP Stored Procedure...........................................................................25
STOP_JOB_BACKUP Stored Procedure...............................................................................25
Messages..........................................................................................................................................25
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