DCE Manager for AIX

Powerful management for the Distributed Computing Environment

The DCE Manager for AIX^(r) provides advanced management capabilities for heterogeneous Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) installations. With the DCE Manager on a RISC System/6000^(r) (RS/6000(tm)) server, you can view and control your entire DCE installation.

Highlights

Through the Netview(tm) for AIX graphical interface, the DCE Manager allows an administrator to dynamically view the configuration and status of all hosts, services and servers in the DCE cells.
Integrated with Netview for AIX, which provides a physical network management view, the DCE Manager integrates a logical submap of DCE servers in the same environment.
The DCE Manager provides automatic and dynamic discovery of all DCE servers in the enterprise, decreased set-up and ongoing maintenance workload.
The DCE Manager allows collection and analysis of management data as input to performance tuning activities or for automation of activities such as start-up or load balancing.

A need for management

Companies are designing and deploying large-scale heterogeneous client/server applications to meet their business needs today.

Many of these companies have chosen the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) technologies as the basis for their programming and network services infrastructure.

Since these new applications are critical to business, it is important that key distributed services such as DCE directory, security and time services are readily available.

The management of a heterogeneous and geographically distributed environment typical of DCE installations has been a complex and difficult task up to this point. With the introduction of the DCE Manager, the job of problem monitoring and problem resolution just became easier.

DCE Manager for AIX at work

The DCE Manager for AIX provides a graphical user interface to monitor all DCE clients and servers in an environment. The application is an integral part of the Netview for AIX program. Netview for AIX will provide the physical level of management and the DCE Manager integrates a submap of the logical view of the DCE clients and servers.

The DCE manager dynamically discovers and places DCE clients into the Netview for AIX topology maps, representing your cell(s). The management tool continuously monitors all DCE servers and gives visual notification of status changes. In addition to this, the DCE Manager provides a facility to collect historical data to aid in performance tuning and load-balancing activities.

The DCE Manager is unique in its ability to provide centralized status information to administrators on the health of their DCE configuration. It is a critical component in the future of distributed management for the enterprise. It is the foundation for DCE system management architecture.

Feature/Benefit

DCE topology map

Provides a consolidated view of all DCE hosts, services and servers in one or multiple DCE cells
Supports heterogeneous DCE servers
Is user-configurable

Dynamic discovery

Provides automatic updates of changes in DCE cell configurations

Management GUI

Enhances ease-of-use through iconic representation of DCE clients and servers
Provides visual notification of status changes

Performance management

Provides flexible data gathering to assist in DCE server load analysis

Netview integration

Combines a physical and logical view of the network for faster problem resolution

SMIT integration

Provides a single operator console for DCE monitoring and AIX administration activities

For more information about the DCE Manager for AIX and the DCE product family, or the RS/6000 and AIX family, call your IBM^(r) mar- keting representative, IBM Business Partner, or IBM Direct: 1 800 IBM-CALL (1 800 426-2255). In Canada call 1 800 363-RISC (1 800 363-7472).

You can also call 1 800 IBM-4FAX (1 800 426-4329), and more information will be faxed immediately to your location.

If you have access to the Internet, you can find additional information on IBM's Worldwide Web server at http://www.ibm.com

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