The Options page of the Web-enabled Compaq Survey Utility displays all captured Survey sessions and allows you to control the utility from a browser to perform the following functions:
Use this option to select configuration history files retrieved from other machines for analysis.
NOTE: This option does not appear unless configuration history files have been placed manually in the \COMPAQ\SURVEY\IDIFILES directory. You can copy configuration history files from other machines to the local machine for analysis. Point the browser to the files on the local machine, select alternate configuration history files, and run reports.
Perform the following steps to select different configuration history files:
Click Select different Configuration History Files. The Configuration History Files screen displays the available files.
Select the files to be compared.
Click Done. The Options screen displays a list of sessions from the selected configuration history files.
The Compaq Survey Utility captures data as sessions. A session is defined as an organized group of data describing the configured state of the system at a specific point in time. Each Survey Utility Report can compare two sessions, the Primary session and the Compare session. You can specify the Primary and Compare sessions to be included in the report.
Select the Primary session to be included in the report.
Select the Compare session to be included in the report.
NOTE: If you select View Primary Session Only, no Compare session will be included in the report.
The Configuration History File can be downloaded for local analysis or for mailing to a service provider.
Click the download icon next to the C:\COMPAQ\SURVEY\SURVEY.IDI or SYS: SYSTEM\SURVEY.IDI link to download the Configuration History file from the device to your local machine. The browser prompts you for a location to store SURVEY.IDI.
NOTE: Save the file in the \COMPAQ\SURVEY\IDIFILES directory so that the local Survey Utility can use the file.
Use the list box to select the type of report to view. The types of reports offered are:
Show Only Major Differences - Generates a comparison output showing only information that caused a Checkpoint. A Checkpoint is determined programmatically as an item that was significantly different from the previous session.
Show All Differences - Generates a comparison output showing only information that was different between sessions. In most cases, the information that exists in the sessions is transient in nature (that is, the number and type of processes running and this level of report generation displays these differences in addition to those reported by the Checkpoint level).
Show Standard Detail and Differences - Generates a comparison output showing summary level information. Summary information is most appropriate for configuration management because it shows the system configuration in abbreviated form.
Show More Detail and Differences - Generates a comparison output showing advanced level information (default). Advanced information is considered expert level and is most appropriate for problem resolution because it is considerably more detailed than summary information.
Show All Detail and Differences - Generates a comparison output, showing expert level information. The expert level is the most extensive level of information available. It usually is not necessary to provide this level of information. In some cases, the information contained in this level may not have been interpreted for a lower report level.
Click the New Report button to generate and display a Survey Utility Report based on the selected sessions and report type.
If you installed the Survey Utility through the SmartStart setup process, the utility gathers information every Wednesday at 6:00 A.M. and at every power-on, by default. If you installed the Survey Utility from the Compaq Integration Maintenance Utility or the Compaq Management CD and did not add command line parameters, the utility gathers information every Sunday at midnight and at every power-on, by default. You can change the Compaq Survey Utility data-gathering interval using command line parameters. You can also force a one-time, immediate collection.
To capture a new configuration sample, click the New Configuration Sample button.
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