Change Manager Host Object Types

Change Manager supports three host object types: managed hosts, host groups, and administrative domains. Change Manager can perform operations on managed hosts and host groups.

You can use host groups to create a hierarchy in which to organize managed hosts. Managed hosts can belong to one or more host groups, which enables you to view the same managed hosts from different perspectives.

You can organize the host groups and managed hosts in the following ways:

Group like host types - For example, store all Netra X1 machines in a single host group. Do the same for other hardware types.
Group managed hosts related to a particular service - Create a host group to hold all the managed hosts associated with a particular service. For example, a server farm manages web services. Therefore, create a host group named WebServer. In the WebServer host group, store the managed hosts used in the web server farm.
Group managed hosts by geography - Create a host group to hold all the managed hosts that exist in a city, office suite, building, floor, or rack. For example, your company's Los Angeles office is located on the 6th floor. Therefore, create a host group named 6th floor. In the 6th floor host group, store the managed hosts that are on the 6th floor of your office.
Group managed hosts by administrator - Create a host group to hold all the managed hosts administered by a system administrator. For example, Pat and Chris administer the managed hosts for your company. Therefore, create host groups named pat and chris. In the pat host group, store the managed hosts that are administered by Pat. Store Chris's managed hosts in the chris host group.
Group managed hosts by organization - Create a host group to hold all the managed hosts for each organization. For example, group managed hosts for your marketing and engineering organizations. Therefore, create host groups named marketing and engineering.

Host Group

A host group is a container that holds managed hosts and other host groups. Click a host group name to change into that host group and view its contents.

Perform the following actions from a host group:

Add a host group
Add a managed host
Import multiple managed hosts from a file
Rename a managed host or host group
Move a managed host or host group to another host group
Remove a managed host or host group

Managed Host

A managed host is a host that is managed by the Change Manager. You can perform actions and run jobs on managed hosts.

Managed hosts in the Change Manager topology have a standard set of properties associated with them:

Description

User-supplied string that describes the managed host.

AgentPort

Port number the agent uses to communicate with the Change Manager server.

Note -

If you change the value of this property after installing a managed host, the Change Manager server will no longer be able to communicate with it. To reestablish communication with the server by using the new agent port, you must re-initialize the managed host by performing an initial installation on it.

Owner

Read-only property that names the owner of the managed host.

State

Read-only property that indicates the state of the managed host.

Modify the managed host's configuration by specifying the following:

Ethernet address
Platform group of the hardware
Shared profile to use
Values for archive-specific parameters

Perform the following actions on this managed host:

Rename a managed host
Copy a managed host to another host group
Move the managed host to another host group
Remove the managed host