Preface

The System Reliability Manager for Sun Management Center 3.0 Software User's Guide provides instructions on how to use the modules that are part of the System Reliability Manager. These add-on packages relate to system administration and management.

Audience

This document is intended for users familiar with the Sun Management Center product; hence, many terms and concepts specific to the Sun Management Center are not explained here. For more information about the Sun Management Center, refer to the Sun Management Center User's Guide.

Contents in this Manual

This document describes the System Reliability Manager (SysRM). The SysRM contains five modules. These modules run on the Solaris^TM 2.5.1, Solaris 2.6, Solaris 7, Solaris 8 operating environments; on all the platforms on which the Sun Management Center agent can run; and are supported by Sun Management Center 3.0.

This document describes the five modules that are part of the System Reliability Manager:

OS Crash Dump Analyzer enables you to detect operating system crash dumps and analyze the data contained in them. File Watcher enables you to monitor a list of files for record additions, deletions, and modifications. Patch Management produces alarms on suggested patches. Script Repository and Script Launcher enable you to run scripts on agents.

Sun Management Center users can install the add-on modules, load the modules, and manage the alarm events generated by those modules. For information on Sun Management Center, refer to the Sun Management Center 3.0 User's Guide and related material.

Access to Latest Information on the Sun Management Center

For the latest information on the Sun Management Center 3.0 software and the System Reliability Manager (SysRM) Add-on product, refer to the following site:
http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter/

http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter/

Using UNIX Commands

This document does not contain information on basic UNIX® commands and procedures, such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See one or more of the following for this information:

Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals
AnswerBook^TM online documentation for the Solaris operating environment
Other software documentation that you received with your system

Shell Prompts

Shell
Prompt

C shell

machine_name`%`

C shell superuser

machine_name`#`

Bourne shell and Korn shell

`$`

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser

`#`

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine_name`%`
C shell superuser	machine_name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Typographic ConventionsTABLE P-1 Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail. AaBbCc123 What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output % su Password: <abc> or <abc> These are both acceptable formats that define variables. They are only pertinent to this document and do not denote Sun's standard usage. <abc> <abc> AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type rm filename.

**TABLE P-1** Typographic Conventions
Typeface	Meaning	Examples
`AaBbCc123`	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your `.login` file. Use `ls -a` to list all files. `% You have mail`.
`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
`<abc>` or `<`abc`>`	These are both acceptable formats that define variables. They are only pertinent to this document and do not denote Sun's standard usage.	`<abc>` <abc`>`
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized Command-line variable; replace with a real name or value	Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type `rm` filename.

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