System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions and Connectors
The System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions enable network administrators to natively manage Unix/Linux systems from Operations Manager 2007. Microsoft's goal for System Center is to give IT managers the ability to manage their entire infrastructure, both physical and virtual, hosted and on premise, with one set of tools,
Benefits
- Improves service levels and visibility with end-to-end management of Microsoft, Unix and Linux platforms
- Enables administrators to more easily identify and resolve issues in a cross-platform environment
- Accelerates incident resolution through expert knowledge of server issues and potential causes
- Improves management efficiency with consolidated, cross-platform performance analysis and reporting
- Reduces IT management complexity by automating routine administration for non-Microsoft platforms
- Leverages open source solutions and open standards to ensure the greatest possible interoperability and extensibility
Core Capabilities
Proactive Monitoring of Unix and Linux Platforms
Operations Manager 2007 with Operations Manager Cross Platform Extensions enable you to quickly validate that your entire IT infrastructure across Microsoft, Unix, and Linux platforms is available and performing as expected. Ops Mgr Cross Plat helps you prevent unplanned outages, avoid performance degradation, and accelerate the time it takes to diagnose problems on non-Microsoft systems. Any incident or anomaly is quickly identified, investigated, and resolved, improving your overall service levels.
Single, Centralized Monitoring
Efficiency can be dramatically improved by using one single monitoring tool across Microsoft, Unix, and Linux platforms. Health and performance data is automatically aggregated across environments to present one clear picture of performance and availability, speeding resolution times for issues and ensuring required service levels.
Increased Efficiency and Control
Ops Mgr Cross Plat automates routine and redundant tasks, and provides intelligent reporting and monitoring that reduces the level of manual effort that traditional monitoring approaches require.
Key Features
Keep Systems Up and Running
Monitors the health of key system attributes, including:
- File systems and network interfaces
- Critical processes (e.g., syslog, cron, and others)
- Key configurations (e.g., resolution of hostname, correct configuration of Web Services Management components)
- Core system attributes (e.g., assure health of system memory and processors)
Proactively Avoid Space and Memory Issues
Delivers detailed monitoring of physical and logical disk space, swap space, and system memory for non-Microsoft platforms.
Monitor System & Application Performance
Helps administrators check for applications or processes that may be causing excessive loads on system resources and degrading performance using:
- Real-time views of key performance attributes
- Detailed reports that identify trends from historical data
Monitored Environments
With Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions Beta (Ops Mgr Cross Plat), organizations can now extend the best-of-breed monitoring capabilities of Operations Manager 2007 to:
- HP-UX 11iv3 (PA-RISC and IA64)
- Sun Solaris 10 (SPARC and x86)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
- Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- IBM AIX 5L V5.3, Technology Level 6, SP5 (PowerPC)
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