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Introduction
Managing an eBusiness infrastructure is an ongoing
challenge, particularly in distributed computing environments. The
biggest problem facing every IT department is how to ensure smooth IT
operations in the face of increasingly heterogeneous, complex,
geographically dispersed, and rapidly changing computing technology.
One significant aspect of this challenge comes from the need to manage
multiple system consoles. These consoles receive vital system messages,
and must be used by operations personnel to control and reboot systems
when necessary. Traditionally, this means having a terminal connected to
each system. To control a system or see key messages, IT staff must go
to the terminal in person. In today's distributed environments, where
these computers can be in different rooms, buildings, towns or even
countries, this creates a real problem.
With RoboCentral, you can bring all the consoles together onto a single
screen in any location. Whether across the street or across the world,
RoboCentral brings your system's consoles to your desktop.
To see a larger view of the Management Console & Event
Monitor, click on the thumbnail above
RoboCentral is remote console
management software designed to provide centralized, agentless monitoring
and management of eBusiness infrastructure components. RoboCentral allows
organizations to use a single Microsoft® Windows NT® or Windows® 2000
server as the system console to remotely manage hundreds of Unix/Linux®
and OpenVMS™ systems, as well as any device that communicates via a serial
port, including bridges, switches, and routers.
Benefits
In Unix/Linux and OpenVMS
terms, a system console is a device that displays vital messages regarding
the state of the system and enables an operator to issue commands in order
to respond to system problems.
RoboCentral consolidates the consoles for each and every computer system
you connect to it. RoboCentral enables you to monitor and control all your
systems from a single location, regardless of where the computers are
located. Once connected, RoboCentral offers four major features:
• Consolidates all system consoles, providing full control of all
systems from any location
• Time-stamps and logs all system messages sent to the console port,
creating local system logs on your Windows NT or Windows 2000 server
• Identifies messages of importance using advanced text searching
algorithms
• Notifies users of important messages using a wide range of mechanisms
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