Using other features of Management Central

 

After Management Central has been set up, you can use it to streamline your server administration tasks.

• Working with inventory
  The iSeries Navigator inventory functions can help you collect and manage various inventories on a regular basis and to store the data on the system that you selected as your central system.

• Extreme Support
  System i™ Extreme Support is part of the IBM^® Technical Support Advantage, which is IBM's comprehensive technical service and support for IBM Systems.

• Working with systems with partitions
  The Systems with Partitions container that is located under Management Central lets you manage the logical partitions of all of the servers on the system from the central system.

• Running commands with Management Central
  iSeries Navigator enables you to define an action or a task and then perform that action or task on multiple endpoint systems or system groups. These are the same commands that you normally run using the character-based interface.

• Packaging and sending objects with Management Central
  A bulk data transfer is the process of sending packages, fixes, PDFs and so on, from a source system to a target system in a single transfer. This topic discusses package definitions, what happens when a package is sent, and how to troubleshoot a failed transfer.

• Distributing fixes to multiple systems with iSeries Navigator
  After you have received your i5/OS^® fixes, you can use iSeries Navigator to distribute your fixes to other systems in your network.

• Packaging and distribution considerations
  When working with the packaging function, keep these considerations in mind.

• Managing users and groups with Management Central
  iSeries Navigator can help you as a system administrator to keep track of the users, groups, and their level of privileges on one or more endpoint systems.

• Sharing with other users in Management Central
  Sharing saves you time, makes system administration easier, and reduces the number of redundant tasks do. As of V5R4, you can now share system monitors and system events.

• Synchronizing date and time values
  Management Central provides a convenient way for you to synchronize date and time values across your network.

• Synchronizing functions
  You can synchronize the configuration of key functions, such as EIM and Kerberos, across a group of endpoint systems.

• Scheduling tasks or jobs with Management Central scheduler
  iSeries Navigator provides two different tools you can use to schedule tasks or jobs: an integrated scheduler (the Management Central scheduler) and the Advanced Job Scheduler.

 

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Management Central