Operations Sentinel Features

• Integrates operational control of multiple heterogeneous mainframes and distributed systems. 
• Total or direct control of local and remote servers and systems.
  • Replicated console windows (for legacy OS 2200, UNIX, and other systems)
  • Remote operator display sessions to MCP systems
  • Direct console access for OS 2200 partitions in the ClearPath Plus Server Dorado Series
  • Remote desktops to control workstations and servers that run Microsoft Windows OS
  • Message and event communications with managed systems
  • Partition desktop for UNIX and Windows partitions in ClearPath Plus or ES7000 servers
  • Terminal emulation and Secure Shell (SSH) sessions
• High-level graphic displays provide a single view of diverse systems with a single click.
• Built-in self-healing. For example, agents automatically redirect communications and Operations Sentinel services recover themselves and the Dorado console so operations continue seamlessly – without administrator intervention.
• Automation facilities extend self-healing capabilities with prescribed solutions, functional samples, and capabilities for tailoring.
  • Actions ranging from a simple alert to a powerful sequence involving multiple systems.
  • Correlation for events and messages include easy-to-use conditional logic that doesn’t require programming expertise.
  • Integrated toolset for change management and offline verification tests.
• Alert notification via cell phone pages, e-mail, serial devices such as an LED wall panel display or a PC running a voice messaging package.
• Audit trail of messages and events with search and filter capabilities for quick isolation of specific information, and a consolidation function to correlate information involving multiple systems.
• Resource monitoring for OS 2200, MCP and UNIX systems that tracks 30 to 40 different attributes for each system.
• Integrates with a wide range of systems and network management products, including:
  • Unisys Server Sentinel
  • HP OpenView
  • NetIQ AppManager
  • Service-led integration with job schedulers, media management, problem management, and performance management products from Unisys and other vendors.
  • Event Server API for tightly coupled integration and management customization
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap service plus a predefined database of traps and corresponding Operations Sentinel events for immediate results.
• Easily customized to meet needs of various users—operators, managers, help desk attendants, support personnel, and other data center staff.
  • Display text, icons, window backgrounds
  • Online help enhanced with your operations knowledge base
  • Contextual notepads that support shift communications
• Graphical application for customized monitoring of hardware objects, such as disk and tape drives, and software objects, such as processes, on managed systems.