Systems management

Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications. The most known systems management systems are IBM Tivoli Framework, Microsoft Systems Management Server, HP OpenView, LANDesk, Novell ZENworks, BMC Patrol and CA Unicenter.

Functions

Functional groups are provided according to ITU-T X.700 standard. This framework is also known as FCAPS.

Fault management

• Troubleshooting, error logging and data recovery

Configuration management

• Hardware and software inventory
• Provisioning, software deployment and package management

Accounting management

• Billing and statistics gathering

Performance management

• Software metering and event monitoring

Security management

• Identity management
• Policy management

However this standard should not be treated as comprehensive, there are obvious omissions. Some are recently emerging sectors, some are implied and some are just not listed. The primary ones are Real-time Application Relationship Discovery which supports Configuration Management, Security Information and Event Management functions (known as SIEM), Workload Scheduling, Business Impact functions (also known as Business Systems Management) and Capacity Management. Performance Management functions can also be split into end-to-end performance measuring and infrastructure component measuring functions.

Standards

DMTF

CIM, WBEM, WS-Management, DEN

IETF

SNMP, NETCONF

ISO and ITU-T

TMN, CMIP, GDMO

OGC and ISO

ITIL

JCP

JMX

See also

• List of systems management systems
• Network management
• System administration
• Computer Measurement Group

External links

• Standards for Automated Resource Management
• Open Management Consortium