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Iseries System Management Handbook Front cover Eserver IBM iSeries Systems Management Handbook Get overviews of the latest iSeries management products Learn when to use which product for which environment Get a quick view of the future for each product David Sandifer Ken Brown Joe Burns Susan Crowell Tim Kramer ibm.com/redbooks Redpaper International Technical Support Organization IBM Eserver iSeries Systems Management Handbook November 2005 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page vii. First Edition (November 2005) This edition applies to the following product versions: Version 5, Release 3 of IBM i5/OS Version 5, Release 1 of IBM Director Version 2, Release 1 of Virtualization Engine console © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2005. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . vii Trademarks . viii Preface . ix The team that wrote this Redpaper . ix Become a published author . .x Comments welcome. .x Chapter 1. iSeries systems management products . 1 1.1 Background information . 2 1.2 Systems management tool concepts . 2 1.3 Virtualization and abstraction . 4 1.4 Quick looks at iSeries systems management tools. 4 1.4.1 i5/OS character-based interface . 4 1.4.2 iSeries Navigator. 5 1.4.3 Management Central . 5 1.4.4 IBM Director . 5 1.4.5 Virtualization Engine console . 6 1.4.6 Tivoli products. 6 Chapter 2. iSeries Navigator . 7 2.1 Overview . 8 2.2 iSeries Navigator tasks available on the Web. 9 2.3 iSeries Navigator components . 10 2.3.1 Basic Operations. 10 2.3.2 Work Management . 11 2.3.3 Configuration and Service. 13 2.3.4 Network. 14 2.3.5 Security . 15 2.3.6 Users and Groups. 16 2.3.7 Database. 17 2.3.8 File Systems . 20 2.3.9 Backup . 20 2.3.10 AFP Manager . 21 2.4 Plug-ins . 21 2.5 Use in Virtualization Engine . 22 2.6 Summary. 22 2.7 Future directions . 22 Chapter 3. Management Central . 23 3.1 Management Central overview . 24 3.2 What Management Central does . 25 3.2.1 Tasks and Scheduled Tasks. 25 3.2.2 Task types. 26 3.2.3 View results. 27 3.2.4 Definitions . 30 3.2.5 Monitors . 32 3.3 Use with the Virtualization Engine. 36 3.4 Future directions . 36 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005. All rights reserved. iii Chapter 4. IBM Director . 39 4.1 Functions provided and operating systems supported . 40 4.2 Ways to use IBM Director . 45 4.2.1 General guidelines for use . 45 4.2.2 Use with Virtualization Engine. 46 4.2.3 Use with other systems management products . 46 4.3 Future directions . 46 Chapter 5. Virtualization Engine console . 49 5.1 Overview of IBM Virtualization Engine console. 50 5.2 Health Center . 50 5.3 Overview of console functionality . 51 5.4 Console installed environment . 51 5.5 Topology . 52 5.6 Launch in context and launchpad . 54 5.6.1 Launchpad . 55 5.6.2 Launch in context . 55 5.7 Summary. 57 5.8 Future directions . 57 Chapter 6. Tivoli products . 59 6.1 Tivoli IT Service Management (ITSM). 60 6.2 Tivoli product support . ..
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