1.2.2 Issues and the role of the JP1/IM series at the design and build phase
At the design and build phase, you must first consider how to configure the system as a whole. Then you must plan how to deploy and build the resources needed for the processing that the system will perform. To fulfill these tasks, information about the system components needs to be properly managed. This is referred to as system configuration management.
The design and build phase is a repeated process of assessing resources, working out the system configuration, deploying resources, pre-operation testing and debugging.
As the resources in a system grow in number, it becomes harder to keep track of them all. Managing the system configuration becomes ever more complex too.
The following table and figure describe the products that the JP1/IM series provides to support system configuration management.
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Product |
Functionality |
Role |
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JP1/IM - Manager |
IM Configuration Management |
Enables you to centrally manage, from the manager, the system hierarchy managed by JP1/IM (IM configuration) and the settings of the hosts that make up the system. It also supports configuring the system. To use IM Configuration Management, you must set up the IM Configuration Management database. |
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The JP1/IM series provides functionality for collecting all resource information in one location, where it can be organized and managed as the administrator chooses. The JP1/IM programs support system configuration management by facilitating the organization and classification of resource information in ways that the administrator finds easiest to manage. This functionality optimizes configuration management even in systems with huge volumes of resource information.