Server Contexts

The highest-level building block for the organization of management information is the server context. Each Sun Management Center server provides only one server context. Each server context might have one or more managed systems that report to the server context. A managed system can report to only one server context.

Communication between server contexts is typically restricted, and management events are not forwarded between servers. The use of server contexts should parallel the structure of the groups within the organization using Sun Management Center. Server contexts should also parallel the responsibilities of these groups with respect to systems management. The administrative group that owns the server also owns the management data within the server. This group controls all access to all system and network resources managed by the Sun Management Center server.