You can use IBM Director to
manage your systems by performing the following tasks.
Accessing IBM Director Interface
You can access IBM Director functions
using the IBM Director Console graphical
user interface (GUI) or the IBM Director command-line
interface.
Managing Hardware Management Console IBM Director allows
you to discover a Hardware Management Console (HMC) for IBM eServer i5 and
eServer p5 models. You can view the servers and hardware resources that are
managed by the HMC, collect inventory information, perform power control,
and launch management tools.
Monitoring performance
Use the Capacity Manager task to monitor performance across your systems. You can generate reports and graphs for performance data.
Monitoring system availability
You can use the System Availability task to analyze the availability of a managed system or group. You can also use this task to view statistics about managed-system uptime and downtime through reports and graphical representations.
Scheduling tasks
This topic provides information about using the Scheduler task.
Launching external applications
The External Application Launch task allows third party management
software and other programs that function outside of IBM Director to
be integrated with IBM Director.
This new mechanism uses easy-to-create files, called CMDTask files, to add
tasks that can be launched for managed objects. After a task is added, you
can launch the task by opening it or by dragging and dropping it onto a managed
object.
Managing systems with ASF
This topic provides information about managing systems with Alert Standard format (ASF).
Managing asset information
This topic provides information about working with asset information. You can use the Asset ID task to configure asset information for a managed system or a group; then, you can inventory the asset information and use it as a basis for event action plans.
Configuring a BladeCenter unit
This topic provides information about using the BladeCenter Deployment wizard to configure a BladeCenter unit.
Managing events
This topic provides information about working with the event log.
Managing files
You can use the File Transfer task to transfer files from one location to another and to synchronize files, directories, and drives. By default, the File Transfer task uses TCP. If you disable TCP session support on a managed system, the File Transfer task uses User Datagram Protocol (UDP).
Viewing hardware status
This topic provides information about using the Hardware Status task. You can view hardware status for a managed system or hardware-status group; you also can disable hardware-status events for a specific managed system or event type.
Inventorying hardware and software
This topic provides information about using the Inventory task. You can use this task to inventory both hardware and software.
Managing service processors
You can use Management Processor Assistant and the Server Configuration Manager to manage service processors in xSeries and Netfinity servers.
Managing process monitors
This topic provides information about managing process monitors. You can use process monitors to generate events when an application process starts, stops, or fails to start.
Monitoring Microsoft clusters
You can use the Microsoft Cluster Browser task to view the structure, nodes, and resources that are associated with a Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) cluster.
Configuring network settings
This topic provides information about configuring IP addresses for managed systems and for the BladeCenter chassis.
Managing CIM classes and methods
You can use the Common Information Model (CIM) Browser task to find in-depth information for problem determination, or to develop a systems-management application using the CIM layer.
Managing racks
You can use the Rack Manager task to group your xSeries and Netfinity equipment in rack suites, virtual racks, and associate an unrecognized managed system or device with a predefined component of a similar size.
Managing remote systems
You can use the Remote Control task to manage a remote system by displaying the screen image of the managed system on a management console.
Monitoring RAID devices
You can use the ServeRAID Manager task to monitor adapters or controllers that are installed locally or remotely on managed servers.
Managing SNMP devices
This topic describes the SNMP Browser and SNMP devices tasks in IBM Director.
Managing SMI-S storage devices
This topic describes tasks you can perform to manage SMI-S storage
devices that have been discovered by IBM Director.
Managing operating system accounts
The System Accounts task allows you to manage accounts for your operating system with functions such as deleting users, adding groups, and editing group membership.
Distributing software
This topic describes the Software Distribution task in IBM Director.