Compaq Survey Utility Introduction

The Compaq Survey Utility is an online information-gathering agent that runs on Compaq servers. It gathers critical hardware and software information from various sources and saves it as a history of multiple sessions in a single configuration history file. This utility was developed to allow resolution of problems without taking the server off-line, and to assist in maximizing server availability.

The Compaq Survey Utility includes a Web browser interface in addition to the command-line interface. This enables remote control of the utility and facilitates easy transfer of Survey information from remote machines to a service provider.

Information the utility gathers is accessible from two locations:

Locally at the host server console (SURVEY.TXT)
Remotely or locally from a browser

You can use the Compaq Survey Utility to perform the following functions:

View the hardware and software configuration of the machine
Compare historical configurations of the machine
Capture a new configuration sample
Download the Configuration History file (SURVEY.IDI) from the device to your local machine (for mailing to a service provider)
Analyze a configuration file from another machine.

The Compaq Survey Utility is normally installed to run at boot-up and at specified time intervals. This helps to ensure that the latest information and change history are always recorded and available when needed. You can modify the data-gathering interval by modifying the command line parameters.