HP-UX Host Intrusion Detection System Version 4.3 administrator guide

4 Using the System Manager Screen
This chapter describes the tasks you can perform using the HP-UX HIDS System Manager screen.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
• “Starting the HP-UX HIDS System Manager” (page 49)
• “Stopping the HP-UX HIDS System Manager” (page 49)
• “System Manager Components” (page 49)
• “Getting the Status of Agent Hosts” (page 51)
• “Resynchronizing Agent Hosts” (page 52)
• “Activating Schedules on Agent Hosts” (page 53)
• “Stopping Schedules on Agent Hosts” (page 53)
• “Starting HP-UX HIDS Agents” (page 51)
• “Halting HP-UX HIDS Agents” (page 54)
• “Accessing Other Screens” (page 55)
— “Schedule Manager Screen” (page 55)
— “Host Manager Screen” (page 55)
— “Network Node Screen” (page 56)
— “Preferences Screen” (page 56)
— “Returning to the System Manager Screen” (page 56)
From the System Manager screen, you control and monitor the activities of surveillance schedules
on agent host systems. Using this screen you can:
• Start and stop surveillance schedules
• Poll agents
• Resynchronize alerts with agent hosts
• Move to other screens, where you can:
— Specify agent hosts
— Create and modify schedules
— View the alert and error logs for each agent host
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