IBM SG24-4576-00 manual NetFinity Manager, ∙ Remote Systems Manager

It also supports Novell NetWare. This means that there is a version of NetFinity Services which installs as a NetWare NLM on the file server and allows the server to be managed by a NetFinity Manager station.

NetFinity Services can also be installed on a Windows NT server and used to manage this platform as well.

NetFinity Services can be configured in three client modes of operation:

∙Stand-alone client

Stand-alone mode allows an individual user, who is not connected to a network, to effectively manage or monitor their own system including hardware, resources and performance.

∙Passive client

With the passive client installed on a LAN workstation, a NetFinity Manager is able to fully manage and monitor the resources and configuration setting of the workstation. However, with the passive mode installed, that same client is not able to perform its own management task locally. This mode is most effective for LAN administrators who do not want individual users to have management capability on an individual basis.

∙Active client

The active client allows the NetFinity Manager to manage and monitor the resources and configuration setting of the workstation. In comparison to the passive client mode, the active client mode allows local users to perform their own subset of local system management tasks.

1.9.3.2 NetFinity Manager

The NetFinity Manager is the set of applications that is installed on the managing platform. It automates the collection of data from managed clients and archives it into a database, which maintains specific, unique workstation data and configuration settings. NetFinity also supports database exports into Lotus Notes or DB2/2.

In addition to logging the information in a database, an administrator may dynamically monitor performance on client workstations. An administrator may also identify resource parameters to monitor and maintain.

NetFinity Manager has the ability to discover LAN-attached NetFinity client workstations automatically. For example, if a new NetFinity client appears on the LAN, it will be sensed by the manager services and, from that point on, will be automatically included as a managed device within the profile.

A profile is a set of managed devices grouped by a set of unique attributes such as system processor types, operating systems, installed transport protocols, and administrator defined keywords. The keywords can be descriptors of systems, users or profiles. These NetFinity profiles can be dynamically declared, reset and maintained on an as needed basis by the administrator.

NetFinity Manager includes the following functions:

∙Remote Systems Manager

This allows managers to access remote NetFinity-managed machines on a LAN, WAN, or a serial link. The manager can access the NetFinity services as if the manager was at that machine.

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