HP-UX 11i June 2003 Release Notes

HP-UX 11i Version 1.0 Operating Environment Applications
HP-UX 11i Foundation Operating Environment
Chapter 6
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Servicecontrol Manager (SCM)
HP Servicecontrol Manager (SCM) provides a convenient multi-system management
solution for HP-UX and Linux systems. You can access SCM using a web-enabled
graphical user interface or a command line interface. SCM enables you to execute
HP-UX and Linux manageability tools including custom tools and scripts across multiple
systems simultaneously.
updated for June
2003
SCM 3.0 provides the following new features:
• Linux-based central management server
• Certified HP ProLiant Linux agents
• XML file format
• Web-browser-based tools
• Improved user interface and ease-of-use
• Increased number of administration roles
• Increased security through HTTP and SSL
See also “MySQL” on page 114.
Compatibility
SCM 3.0 supports the following operating systems:
• For the central management server:
— HP-UX 11.0
— HP-UX 11i v1
— HP-UX 11i v2
— Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional
— Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional
— SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional
• For a managed node:
— HP-UX 11.0
— HP-UX 11i v1
— HP-UX 11i v2
— Red Hat Linux 7.2 Professional
— Red Hat Linux 7.3 Professional
— SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional
SCM 3.0 agents are only compatible with an SCM 3.0 central management server
(CMS). Therefore, if you have an existing SCM 2.5 management domain, you need to
upgrade these systems from SCM 2.5 to 3.0 before they can manage or be managed by a
system running SCM 3.0.
Documentation
Documentation for SCM is available at http://software.hp.com/products/SCMGR/ or
http://docs.hp.com.
NOTE For documentation about Servicecontrol Manager in previous releases of HP-UX 11i v1,
see HP-UX 11i March 2003 Release Notes, available at http://docs.hp.com.