Accessing documentation

The Fathom manuals are available in PDF format from both the Fathom menu and the Fathom documentation CD.The CD is readable on both Windows and UNIX systems.

For best results when using the PDF files, install the Acrobat Reader. You can download the Reader from the following location on the Adobe Web site:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html 

If you want full search capability, choose to install the expanded version of the reader. Full search capability allows you to search across the Fathom Management documentation set on either the documentation CD or a local file system.

Begin by reading start.pdf, which should open automatically (if you have autorun enabled) when you insert the Fathom documentation CD into the CD-ROM drive. If you do not have autorun enabled, find the file on the CD and double-click it.

The start.pdf file describes how to do the following:

The names of the Fathom manuals and their corresponding PDF versions appear in Table 2–1.

Table 2–1: Fathom manuals and corresponding PDF files 
Fathom manual
Directory name
PDF filename
Welcome to Progress Fathom Management Standard Edition
\wfm
wfm.pdf
Installation and Configuration Guide
\fin
fin.pdf
Resource Monitoring Guide
\rmg
rmg.pdf
FathomTrendDatabase Guide and Reference
\ftd
ftd.pdf
Alerts Guide and Reference
\far
far.pdf
Database Management Guide
\fdg
fdg.pdf
OpenEdge Server Management Guide
\foe
foe.pdf
Reporting Guide
\frg
frg.pdf
OpenEdge Revealed: Achieving Server Control with Fathom Management
\asc
asc.pdf
OpenEdge Revealed: Mastering the OpenEdge Database with Fathom Management
\mpf
mpf.pdf


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