3.1 What is IM Configuration Management?

IM Configuration Management allows you to use a viewer (GUI program) to define a hierarchical configuration for a system. You can also use IM Configuration Management to centrally manage the hierarchical configuration of each host comprising a system.

In this section, we will use IM Configuration Management to define a basic system hierarchy so that events can be centrally managed.

This manual describes how to use IM Configuration Management to define the hierarchy for a basic configuration system for a new installation of JP1/IM - Manager.

The following describes how to define the basic configuration system shown in 2.1 Overview of a basic configuration system.

To define a system hierarchy:

1. Register hosts into IM Configuration Management.

2. Use IM Configuration Management to define the system hierarchy.

Keywords:

GUI, configuration management, configuration, system, IM Configuration Management, monitoring

Organization of this section

• 3.1.1 Registering the hosts into IM Configuration Management

• 3.1.2 Using IM Configuration Management to define the system hierarchy

• 3.1.3 Verifying that the system has been correctly set up by IM Configuration Management

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