Article View: comp.sys.mac.apps
Article #11934Server Manager (AppleShare Admin Replacement)
From: Peter Haase
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:42
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:42
122 lines
5178 bytes
5178 bytes
Just thought I would post this for all users that are interested in remote
AppleShare File Server Management.
APPLESHARE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SHIPS
Contact:
Philip Zarboulas
Santorini
2147 Union Street
Upper Level
San Francisco, CA 94123
Voice: (415) 563-6398
Fax: (415) 563-0332
AppleLink: SANTORINI
America Online: SANTORINI
CompuServe: 72420,3453
Internet: SANTORINI@applelink.apple.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA-- 25 JAN 93
Santorini Consulting & Design, Inc. today shipped Server Managerª, network
management software that for the first time allows administrators to
simultaneously monitor, control, and administrate all their AppleShare 3.0
file
servers from the comfort of their own desk. No longer will administrators
be
obligated to run around frantically to manage their far-flung servers, nor
will
they be blind as to the performance and status of their servers.
At an average cost of $75 per server for larger sites, Server Manager is
uniquely affordable and can greatly maximize everyoneÕs AppleShare
investment.
Server Manager consists of server agent software that runs on AppleShare
3.0
file servers, and a console application that runs on the network
administratorÕs Macintosh. The agents and the console application
communicate
with each other over the network. The console may be run in the background
so
that administrators can go about their usual work with minimal intrusion.
Server Manager provides the following functionality:
I. MONITORING
¥ Problem Detection
Server Manager tracks and pinpoints nine of the most common and major
problems that plague servers including: back up failures, network clock
synchronization problems, excessive server and user activity usage
levels,
impending disk space shortages, too many idle users, etc. Once a
problem has been detected, Server Manager uses a rich set of functions
to
notify the administrator and respond accordingly. This includes sound,
voice, dialog, and pager notifications, event logging, and even
corrective
actions (such as automatically disconnecting idle users, or
synchronizing
the serverÕs clock when it is incorrect).
¥ Performance and Accounting Functions
Server Manager records and logs server usage levels over extended
periods
of time, as well as user log-on and log-off times, allowing network
administrators to make intelligent decisions about AppleShare resource
allocation, and providing them with the information necessary to
restructure their networks for better performance.
II. CONTROL
Server Manager allows network administrators to control the vital
aspects
of their servers. For example, administrators can start and stop
servers,
disconnect users, unmount volumes, and edit vital server setup
information,
all from the comfort of their own desks and using their own Macs.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Server Manager allows network administrators to configure the users and
groups of any AppleShare file server. Administrators can add, remove,
or
change user and group information for any file server from their own
desks
and their own Macs, and even share user and group configurations
between
file servers.
Server Manager is available now at the following prices:
1 Server Pack $395.00
5 Server Pack $695.00
10 ServerPack $995.00
20 Server Pack $1495.00
Site licenses are available for more than 20 servers.
Santorini is a California corporation founded in 1990. Santorini is the
developer of network management software that includes Farallon Computing,
Inc.Õs TrafficWatchª II, and Dayna Communications, Inc.Õs two network
management products, NetScope Consoleª and Network Vital Signsª. Network
Vital
Signs is an 1993 Eddy Award Finalist. Santorini co-developed DaynaÕs
NetScope
Probeª remote network traffic monitor. Santorini developed the prototype
and
concept of Fifth Generaton SystemÕs best-selling AutoDoubler utility.
Santorini recently disclosed its Attach mobile computing software, slated
for
release at the end of the first quarter of 1993.
<==================================+==================================>
Peter Haase + Internet: haase@meediv.lanl.gov
Network Manager/MEE-Division + Applelink: HAASE
Los Alamos National Laboratory + Phone: 505-667-2684
"The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of Los Alamos National Laboratory"
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<haase-240193214020@mac_dialin1.meediv.lanl.gov>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!lanl!mac_dialin1.meediv.lanl.gov!userShow Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.protocols.appletalk,comp.sys.mac.comm Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!lanl!mac_dialin1.meediv.lanl.gov!user From: haase@meediv.lanl.gov (Peter Haase) Subject: Server Manager (AppleShare Admin Replacement) Message-ID: <haase-240193214020@mac_dialin1.meediv.lanl.gov> Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.apps Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:42:43 GMT Lines: 122