IBM Licensed Programs: System Management Products, Services
718 iSeries Handbook
System Manager for iSeries provides central site control for:
• Remote iSeries or AS/400 problem management
This includes remote problem analysis, comparison of existing available PTFs, automatic
distribution of selected PTFs, and a single connection to IBM electronic support for new
problem reporting, to IBM or Independent Software Vendor (ISV) for processing.
• Central site packaging of ISV applications for iSeries or AS/400 Licensed Program
management support
This enables ISV applications to receive the same system support as IBM licensed
programs.
• Central site distribution and change management support for remote iSeries servers
using MSS, remote pSeries (RS/6000) systems using NetView DM/6000, remote PS/2
systems using NetView DM/2, and remote Novell NetWare Servers using NVDM for
NetWare
SM permits the central site iSeries server to define, schedule, and track software
distribution (change management) requests sent to iSeries servers with Managed System
Services for iSeries, NetView DM/2, or NetView DM/6000 installed or Novell NetWare.
These change management requests include sending, receiving, and deleting files,
programs, other iSeries objects (libraries, save files, message files, documents, folders,
PTFs), and non-AS/400 (OS/2 and RISC/6000) files, programs and software. The change
management functions support the integrated file system.
iSeries objects can be sent directly to or received from iSeries or AS/400 libraries or through
the local iSeries distribution repository. Non-AS/400 objects can be received into, stored, and
distributed from the AS/400 distribution directory.
The capability for the central site AS/400 to define, schedule, run these change requests one
time or repetitively, and track their status significantly enhances unattended operation of the
remote systems supported by SM.
Sending iSeries commands to remote iSeries or AS/400 servers using MSS without signing
on is intended for unplanned operations to be performed on one or more remote AS/400
systems. For example, deleting a particular file or library that has been found to no longer be
in use. The support is generally equivalent to the NetView Remote Operations Manager MVS
support and works with either NetView Remote Operations Agent/400 or MSS.
SystemView System Manager for iSeries includes a graphical interface for a network operator
to graphically monitor and manage a network of systems. The change management functions
provide support for the Integrated Netfinity Server.
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