Real World Solutions

UNIX to Windows Porting Guide
Backup & Tape Handling Solutions Guide
Connectivity Solutions Guide
Scheduling Solutions Guide
Product Overview & Solutions Guide
AlertCentre Users Guide

UNIX to Windows Porting Guide

The UNIX to Windows Porting Guide discusses the process of porting UNIX applications, scripts, and build environments to Windows. It addresses specific topics such as porting to Windows and how it differs from porting to various UNIX implementations , porting threaded applications, porting X Windows applications, porting shared libraries, and porting UNIX daemons. The Porting Guide also discusses how PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers simplifies the migration of 32-bit and 64-bit UNIX applications to 64-bit Windows enabling customers to deploy their UNIX/Linux applications on both Itanium and Extended Architecture (i.e. AMD-64) Windows platforms.



Backup and Tape Handling Solutions Guide

The PTC MKS Toolkit Backup and Tape Handling Solutions Guide describes how to analyze your backup needs, determine what information you need to backup, and how to properly use the tools you have. This reference discusses when and how often to perform backups, performing backups in a pure Windows environment, and performing backups in a mixed UNIX/Linux and Windows environment. It also discusses different backup tools available, backing up to various devices, and different types of backup-related tasks.



Connectivity Solutions Guide

The PTC MKS Toolkit Connectivity Solutions Guide describes the basic concepts and techniques associated with connectivity, through how to use and configure the connectivity tools in the PTC MKS Toolkit product line, to examples of how you can use those tools in combination with other PTC MKS Toolkit and Windows utilities to perform various system administration and development related tasks.



Scheduling Solutions Guide

In today's busy enterprise, individuals do not usually have the time or the availability to run routine tasks on a regular basis nor do most enterprises desire to have staff dedicated to running such tasks. As a result, there is a strong need to automate repetitive processes so that they can be run without any input from users. At the heart of automating these tasks are scheduling utilities. The PTC MKS Toolkit Scheduling Solutions Guide describes those utilities available in the PTC MKS Toolkit for Interoperability product line as well as many scheduling solutions.



Product Overview & Solutions Guide

The PTC MKS Toolkit Product Overview and Solutions Guide is an introduction to the PTC MKS Toolkit for Interoperability product family including both the System Administration products, as well as AlertCentre, and the Development products. This document outlines practical applications of the individual products as well as solutions to common issues.



AlertCentre Users Guide

MKS AlertCentre is a cost-effective, easy to-use monitoring solution for ensuring the high availability of networks, applications, and Internet / Intranet-based information systems. The MKS AlertCentre User Guide describes AlertCentre and its features, tells you how to get started monitoring, and then goes into more detailed topics that you can refer to as you get more experience in using AlertCentre.