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Quest Management Xtensions - Operations Manager 2007 Edition

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Native Integration into Operations Manager – Maximize your investment in System Center Operations Manager (Operations Manager) by having the ability to monitor nearly 250 different non-Windows Operating Systems, Applications, Networking Devices, Databases, Storage Devices, Mainframes, Power Devices, Mobile Devices, Virtual Machines and Hardware components natively with Quest Management Xtensions - Operations Manager 2007. See the current list.
Standards Based – Based on the WBEM/CIM standards used in Operations Manager through WMI. Rules for non-Windows systems are configured exactly the same way as with Windows systems.
SSH, RSA Encryption and Public/Private Key Authentication – secures user id/password.



Manage alerts, rules, performance and deliver reports using the same Operations Manager tools as are used for the Windows domain – Minimize complexity and reliance on disparate information from redundant tools.Base OS Instrumentation Packs – Monitor non-Windows OS performance data and generate events specific to CPU, memory consumption, swap utilization/activity, storage and network bandwidth from within Operations Manager.
Remote management requiring nothing to be installed on your hosts Flexibility and Ease of Deployment.Integrated Automation Command Interface – Add automation commands with a few clicks to maximize resources and ensure uptime.
Integration with Microsoft’s Audit Collection Services (ACS) – Ensure your organization meets compliance and security standards.Management Pack  SDK – Use Windows scripting to further extend the non-Windows monitoring and automation rules . Intimate knowledge of *nix scripting not required.
Rule Processing – Provides processing of Operations Manager Rules for non-Windows systems at the host level, enhancing scalability, reliability and TCO.Syslog and Single Line Log File Providers – Each line in syslog or the log file of your choice can be converted into an event to be processed by Operations Manager and/or included in Audit Collection Services (ACS) or InTrust.
Event Collections – Fully supported performance data collections appear side by side with Windows-based agent data.Clone Feature for Instance-Aware Monitoring – Requires only one license per node regardless of number of instances. Use the clone feature to define the same node once for each instance.


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Webcast: Amplify Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: Extend its power to centrally manage your heterogeneous IT environment


 
 






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