Re: Good Bye Polycenter Suite, Hello Cockpit Manager for OpenVMS

From: Bill Johnson (res0xcil_at_verizon.net)
Date: 10/18/03 

Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 01:37:01 GMT

Is this suite another REAL PRODUCT from Hp (i.e. HP Part Number in the
Global Parts list) or is this another project completed after hours by a
small unofficial group? Where does support come from - Colorado Springs? -
Our Platinum guy said he knew nothing of it 8(.

Our sales person does not know how to quote it to us. 8(

anyone have any answers?

"Tom Linden" <tom@kednos.com> wrote in message
news:CIEJLCMNHNNDLLOOGNJICEHBIEAA.tom@kednos.com...
> You can send mail directly to
>
> Gerrit.Woertman@hp.com
> Johan.Michiels@hp.com
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Sean O'Banion [mailto:seanobanion@attbi.com]
> >Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 8:58 AM
> >To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
> >Subject: Re: Good Bye Polycenter Suite, Hello Cockpit Manager for
> >OpenVMS
> >
> >
> >I can't find any costs, purchase or maintenence:
> >is this cheaper than CA's version of the Polycenter suite?
> >
> >
> >Sean
> >
> >
> >Didier Morandi <no@spam.com> wrote in message
> >news:<3f8f9ca8$0$27014$626a54ce@news.free.fr>...
> >> FYI.
> >> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/journal/v1/ns3/mgclus.htm
> >>
> >> Managing Mission-Critical VMSclusters
> >>
> >> Johan Michiels – Nand Staes – Gerrit Woertman – Jan Knol
> >> HP Consulting & Integration
> >>
> >> Abstract
> >>
> >> In this paper we present the VMS cockpit concept. The cockpit is a
> >> dedicated VMS system that centralizes all management operations. The
> >> main task of this cockpit is to monitor the entire OpenVMS production
> >> environment and to take care of event notification in a uniform way.
The
> >> cockpit assists the system manager 24 hours per day and automates
> >> routine tasks.
> >>
> >> Introduction
> >>
> >> The main responsibility of the VMS system manager is to make sure that
> >> his OpenVMS environment always delivers the performance and
availability
> >> levels the business demands. To achieve this, he needs tools that
> >> support and automate his job, and that cover all aspects of the
> >> production environment. In many ways this can be compared with the
> >> cockpit of a plane or boat.
> >>
> >> To build such a cockpit, HP Consulting & Integration has made the
> >> toolkit “CockpitMgr for OpenVMS” available to customers. This toolkit
> >> has a number of unique and valuable features every VMS system manager
> >> needs. The present paper gives a technical overview of those tools.
> >>
> >> The CockpitMgr toolkit has already been deployed at many important
> >> OpenVMS customer sites, where it is well appreciated. CockpitMgr runs
> >> entirely on OpenVMS, provides a solution for the entire production
> >> environment, and substitutes for the well-known POLYCENTER products.
> >>
> >> ../..
> >>
> >> The next version of the CockpitMgr toolkit, to be released early 2003,
> >> will contain its own built-in console management functionality.
> >>
> >> ../..
> >>
> >> D.
> >
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