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      readme.txt 
      Web-Based Enterprise Services Version 4.4 
      For Windows(R) 2000, Windows 2003, and Windows XP, HP Tru64 UNIX(R), 
      HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, and HP OpenVMS Systems 
      18 January 2005 
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      Welcome to Web-Based Enterprise Services Version 4.4 for Windows 2000, 
      Windows 2003, and Windows XP, HP Tru64 UNIX(R), HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, and 
      HP OpenVMS systems. The information in this readme is organized as 
      follows: 
        Information and Updates 
        About WEBES 
        WBEM 
        SEA 
        CCAT 

      *** Information and Updates *** 
      Web-Based Enterprise Services (WEBES) is part of Hewlett-Packard's 
      web-based service delivery strategy. WEBES kits and updates can 
      incorporate anything from a major WEBES release down to a minor kit with 
      only rule updates or small functional improvements, and they install 
      without first uninstalling WEBES yourself. Be sure to check the web for 
      the latest WEBES releases. 
      Kits, updates, and documentation for WEBES are available at: 
      http://www.hp.com/services/webes 
      Users within the HP network can go to the URL: 
      http://searay-cxo.cxo.hp.com/service_tools/webes/ 

      *** About WEBES *** 
      WEBES provides core common service tool functionality across 
      Hewlett-Packard product platforms. This core functionality includes the 
      following: 
        Common analysis engine 
        Common cross-operating system information registry 
        Distributed messaging service for interprocess communication between 
        tool services 
        Common interface to managed object information 
      This WEBES release integrates the components and service tools listed 
      below: 
        System Event Analyzer (SEA) 
        Computer Crash Analysis Tool (CCAT) 
        WEBES Common Components (WCC) 
        WEBES Common Components Proxy (WCCProxy) 

      *** WBEM *** 
      WEBES is an extension of industry-leading WBEM technology. WEBM allows 
      administrators to use any web browser to manage disparate systems, 
      networks, and applications. The WBEM standard (originally proposed by 
      Compaq, BMC Software Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Intel(R) Corporation, and 
      Microsoft(R) Corporation) enables the development of tools that reduce the 
      complexity and costs of enterprise management. 

      *** SEA *** 
      SEA is a fault analysis utility designed to provide analysis for single 
      error/fault events, as well as multiple event and complex analysis. SEA 
      provides system analysis that uses other error/fault data sources in 
      addition to the traditional binary error log. 
      SEA provides background automatic analysis by monitoring the active error 
      log and processing events as they occur. The events in the error log file 
      are checked against the analysis rules. If one or more of the events in 
      the error log file meets the conditions specified in the rules, the 
      analysis engine collects the error data and creates a problem report 
      containing a description of the problem and any corrective actions 
      required. Once the problem report is created, it is distributed in 
      accordance with the customer's notification preferences. 

      *** CCAT *** 
      Computer Crash Analysis Tool (CCAT) helps service engineers and system 
      managers analyze operating system failures. CCAT collects data that 
      describes system crashes and matches that data against a set of operating 
      system specific rules. This comparison determines if the footprint of the 
      collected crash data matches any stored footprints for which a solution or 
      corrective action is known. This capability significantly reduces customer 
      downtime because it shortens the time required to analyze system crashes 
      and eliminates the need to go to the customer site. 
      CCAT provides a customizable local analysis rule library that reduces the 
      volume of knowledge stored on customer systems by installing only the 
      rules required for the customer's current operating system version. The 
      architecture supports the implementation of CCAT solely on the customer's 
      system, eliminating the need for a remote connection to a service provider 
      host system in order to apply CCAT rules against a crash footprint. 
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