The next table shows the typical tasks that a system administrator might do. They include normal system administration, setting up system alerts so that an administrator is notified when something on the server needs attention, and acting in response to alerts or errors.
Table 37: System Administrator Tasks
Administer | • | Monitoring system status |
| • | Tracking system history |
| • | Managing system assets |
Alert | • | Configure sensor thresholds |
| • | Configure alert actions |
| • Respond to alerts received from the managed server | |
| • Configure Predictive Failure Notification | |
Act | • | Restoration |
| • | Diagnosis |
| • | Updating the system |
| • | Configuration |
| • | Repair |
The tools used for the various server management tasks are described below, under Server Management Tools. See Management Consoles later in this chapter for a description of the available management consoles. The different methods for communicating with a managed server are described in Connecting to a Remote Server.
Server Management Tools
There are several tools available for server management, each for a different purpose or for use in a different condition. Tools are sometimes used together, or in sequence, to perform server management tasks.
The available tools for remote server management, described in the following paragraphs, include:
Platform Instrumentation Control
Direct Platform Control
Client System Setup Utility
The Service Partition
Remote Diagnostics
DMI Explorer
Platform Instrumentation Control
Platform Instrumentation Control (PIC) works with Microsoft Windows NT, NetWare, and UnixWare server systems, and provides
ISC installs Platform Instrumentation on the managed server and console software on a client workstation. On a Windows NT network, it is possible to install both parts
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