I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
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