Server Tasks

Server Manager provides powerful distribution and task scheduling capabilities that allow administrators to perform many time-intensive activities on any number of NetWare and Linux servers. This timesaving feature can be used to automate critical server maintenance tasks such as:

• Copying/loading NLMs
• Modifying server SET parameters
• Copying software/files (copying files from local machine directory to selected server(s) or from selected server(s) to local machine directory)
• Cleaning up/purging/salvaging deleted files
• Executing console commands
• Distributing changes in text and configuration files
• Synchronizing time across multiple servers
• Clearing connections

For each of the above tasks, administrators can specify the exact time and frequency of its execution (once, daily, weekly, monthly, when idle, at system startup, at logon)

Config.

With its powerful capabilities of comparing configurations, Server Manager provides an intuitive way to enforce consistent configuration states, quickly detect configuration conflicts or non-standard configurations, and tune a large number of servers.

For example, users can compare the configurations of multiple servers (including SET parameters, configuration files, NLMs, and search paths), or within a single server after changes like new software or patch installation. In the case of migration or an update, they can export a template of the current configuration base server to an XML, HTML or comma delimited files. It’s possible to compare it with the configuration of the other server after changes and ensure that the migration was successful. Administrators can also distribute SET parameters from a base server - or from any previously saved configuration template – to any number of servers. The bottom line is that administrators can easily establish a detailed reference system that will help them to enforce consistency throughout the entire server farm.

Scripts

Server Manager provides the facility to record and play sequences of keystrokes on a NetWare server console, and to create complex keyboard macros that can replace frequently used command sequences. This way, administrators can define and execute script files that automatically perform sophisticated tasks without the administrator's input.