Part IX

Maintaining Hyperion Essbase Applications

Part IX describes how to maintain existing Hyperion Essbase OLAP Server applications, including how to use ESSCMD; run Hyperion Essbase, applications, and databases; monitor performance; work with Hyperion Essbase files in cross-platform environments; and back up and recover databases. Part IX contains the following chapters:

Performing Interactive and Batch Operations Using ESSCMD describes how to use ESSCMD's interactive and batch processing modes. It contains detailed script and batch files.
Running Hyperion Essbase, Applications, and Databases describes how to use the Agent to start and stop Hyperion Essbase servers, use the server console, start and stop Hyperion Essbase databases, view a list of users, view a list of available ports, and describes how the Agent handles client/server communications.
Using Diagnostics to Monitor Performance describes how to use diagnostic tools to analyze problems, solve problems, check Hyperion Essbase configuration, and analyze the Hyperion Essbase performance.
Working with Hyperion Essbase Files and Cross-Platform Environments introduces you to the kinds of files that Hyperion Essbase uses, describes operations you can perform on Hyperion Essbase files, and discusses some of the issues you face when working with Hyperion Essbase files on different platforms.
Backing Up Data and Recovering Databases describes when Hyperion Essbase performs commit operations, how to recover a database, how to back up a database, and other ways Hyperion Essbase protects your data.