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Systems Management

Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications. The most known systems management systems are IBM Tivoli Framework, Microsoft Systems Management Server, HP OpenView, LANDesk, Novell ZENworks and CA Unicenter.

Functions

Functional groups are provided according to ITU-T X.700 standard.

Configuration management

Hardware and software inventory
Provisioning, software deployment and package management

Security management

Identity management
Policy management

Fault management

Troubleshooting, error logging and data recovery

Performance management

Software metering and event monitoring

Accounting management

Billing and statistics gathering

Standards

DMTF
Common Information Model (CIM), Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), Directory enabled networking (DEN)
IETF
SNMP
ITU-T
X.700, X.701, etc.
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List of systems management systems

This is a list of systems management systems (in alphabetical order):

Alitiris Management Suite
BMC PATROL
CA Unicenter
HP OpenView
IBM Tivoli Framework
LANDesk Management Suite
ManageSoft
Microsoft Systems Management Server
Nagios
Novell ZENworks
Oracle Enterprise Manager
TeamQuest Performance Software
Vector Networks PC-Duo

Related Concepts

Network management
System administration

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