Matthew Stedinger

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SNS Beam Diagnostics Review
Management Software

• Matthew Stedinger

March 18, 2003
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• Outline
• Motivation and Tasks
• Upgrade Software, Inventory, Monitor PC Health
• Software Management System requirements
• All Software, SW Delivery
• Comparisons among Researched Software
• Altiris, Computer Associates, Microsoft, Tivoli
• Recommendations

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• Outline
• Motivation and Tasks
• Software Management System requirements
• Comparisons among Researched Software
• Recommendations

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• Motivation
• In 2006, must manage 400 rackmount PCs
• Software Management System tasks Remotely
• Upgrade System Application Software
• Inventory Hardware Software
• Monitor PC Health Status (Desirable)
• Remote Control (Desirable ?)

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• 1. Upgrading System Application Software
• (SW Delivery)
• Tasks
• Copy LabVIEW VIs and files
• Update Applications
• Upgrade the Operating System

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• 2. Maintaining Hardware and Software Inventory
• (HW/SW inventory)
• Task Readback or query PC for information
• Hardware type of motherboard,
• type of PCI card
• Software operating system version , or LabVIEW
  version

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• 3. Monitoring PC Health Status Desirable
  (Diagnostic Monitoring)
• Why Detect anomalies before become problems
• Monitoring Examples
• Voltage
• Temperature
• Fan speed/status

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• 4. Remote Control (Desirable ?)
• Why Administrator needs to be able to remotely
  operate a rackmount PC
• Example remotely see screen and control mouse
  to troubleshoot problems with PC or instrument
• Note Currently using Timbuktu

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• Outline
• Motivation and Tasks
• Software Management System requirements
• Comparisons among Researched Software
• Recommendations

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• Software Management System Requirements
• Requirements for
• All Software Packages
• Software Delivery

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• Requirements for all Software Packages
• Be Scalable capable of efficiently handling
  anywhere from 20 computers this year to 400
  computers in 2006
• Work with a variety of motherboards
• Compatible with Oracle
• Info stored in Oracle, or
• Script can read from Product Database to Oracle

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• Requirements for Software Delivery
• All Software Delivery Packages must
• Scriptable
• Allow definition of computer groups
• Allow administrator to push software

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• Outline
• Motivation and Tasks
• Software Management System Requirements
• Comparisons among Researched Software
• Recommendations

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• Comparisons Among Researched Software
• Researched in detail 4 companies products
• Altiris Client Management Suite
• Computer Associates Unicenter
• Microsofts Server Management System
• Tivolis Configuration Manager
• Did not pursue Intel, Compaq, DeepMetrix, On
  Demand Software, and Novadigm

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• Comparisons Among Researched Software
• Met all requirements
• Microsofts Server Management System
• Tivolis Configuration Manager
• Not scriptable
• Computer Associates Unicenter
• Not scriptable and Incompatible with Oracle
• Altiris Client Management Suite

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Brief Comparison
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Costs
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More Information
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• Outline
• Motivation and Tasks
• Software Management System requirements
• Comparisons among Researched Software
• Recommendations

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• Recommendations
• Further research and test
• Microsofts Server Management System
• Tivolis Configuration Manager
• At this point, Tivoli most promising
• meets all requirements, low cost, used by Y-12

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