Changes in System Management Tools at HP-UX 11i Version 2

SAM X-Window-Based Interface

For HP-UX 11i Version 2, some portions within the X-Window-based System Administration Manager (SAM) interface have been replaced by their equivalent, web-based SCM (Servicecontrol Manager) interface. Sections of this document that show details of the SAM interface have not yet been fully updated to reflect this change. However, for help when using the SCM tool, you can select the online help within SCM.

The following functional areas within SAM will launch a web-based tool:

The tools listed above also can be launched independently from the HP-UX command line in addition to being launched from SAM or SCM.

For information on kcweb, the new kernel configuration tool, see its online help and “Reconfiguring the Kernel
(HP-UX 11i Version 2)”.

For information on pdweb, the new peripheral devices tool, see its online help as well as the Interface Card OL* Support Guide. (Note that at 11i v2, the PCI OL* information has been moved from the Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals manual to the Interface Card OL* Support Guide.)

Note also that Partition Manager (parmgr) appears in SAM for both nPartitionable and non-nPartitionable systems. This is normal for HP-UX installations.

For information on Partition Manager, see its online help as well as the HP System Partitions Guide.

SCM Web-Based Interface

SCM is a system management tool that can manage one or more systems simultaneously. Administrators with multiple HP systems running HP-UX or Linux benefit the most from using SCM.

Additionally, SCM uses the WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) protocol, a replacement for SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). As its name implies, SNMP cannot handle complex data and has specific security issues; WBEM resolves these issues. SCM also offers a command-line interface.

For detailed information on SCM, including the WBEM protocol, please see the online help within SCM and the HP Servicecontrol Manager User’s Guide, available at http://docs.hp.com.

Some functional areas can be launched from either SAM or SCM:

The following functional areas can be launched only from SAM:

SCR and DMI Replaced by New SIM Tool at 11i v2

For HP-UX 11i Version 2, the System Configuration Repository (SCR) and Desktop Management Interface (DMI) were replaced by the new Systems Inventory Manager (SIM) tool. You can download SIM and information about SIM from http://software.hp.com.

Distributed Systems Administration Utilities

HP Distributed Systems Administration Utilities (DSAU) improve both multi-system and Serviceguard cluster management. The utilities provide:

These utilities help simplify the management of groups of systems and of Serviceguard clusters.

Configuration synchronization provides policy-based configuration management for groups of systems and for Serviceguard clusters.

With configuration synchronization, you specify a specific server as your configuration master; all your other systems are defined as clients. The configuration master retains copies of all files that you want synchronized across your clients. For example, synchronization actions can include:

Log consolidation provides centralized logging and advanced log filtering features. In a Serviceguard environment, the administrator can create a highly available log consolidation server.

With log consolidation, logs from all systems you manage, whether in a cluster or not, send their logs (system, package, cluster) to a single location from which they are easily monitored. All systems must be in a cluster or connected by a network to use consolidated logging.

Command fan-out provides high performance tools for executing shell commands and distributing files across groups of systems and Serviceguard clusters.

With command fan-out, you can efficiently send the same command to all systems in your configuration in a single action.