Entuity Managed Hosts Module

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Entuity Managed Hosts Module
Entuity Managed Hosts delivers actionable information for proactive maintenance, hardware and software upgrades and
replacement, and software and firmware patchings. The Managed Hosts Module also discovers packages, details inventory,
generates events through polling, and integrates with Entuity’s existing reporting tools.
Highlights
Extends Entuity’s
management reach for
supporting managed hosts
Populates information to
the Entuity Configuration
Management Database
Depth and type of managed
hosts performance and
resource information suits
security control and system
maintenance
Managing Hosts
Discovering Managed Hosts
Entuity Managed Hosts extends Entuity’s
Hosts are discovered as part of Entuity’s standard
management reach to support for Managed Hosts.
Entuity Managed Hosts allows the gathering of
inventory information such as package version and
installation date. They also monitor the dynamic
use of resources, including memory, disk space
and CPU, and in the case of an anomaly generates
real-time events. Entuity Managed Hosts includes
three specific host event types: low disk space,
CPU utilization and memory utilization. These
alert to potential problems in host performance.
discovery process using the same methods as for
other devices, for example, routers and switches.
Once one or more hosts are discovered, Entuity
displays a Managed Hosts folder in Component
Viewer. Until a host is discovered, the folder
remains hidden. All host ports are discovered and
monitored in a similar manner to router ports.
Managed Hosts have one port subfolder within
which discovered ports are detailed.
Integrates managed hosts
with Entuity’s reporting
tools
Generates events via polling
Key performance data available at a glance
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Entuity Managed Hosts Module
Discovering Packages
Entuity Managed Host Events
Host packages have their own separate discovery All events are generated via polling, although you
process, which is inactive by default. Package
discovery may be enabled for one, many or all
hosts through the WebUI’s Threshold Settings.
Once enabled, you can define how many packages
are discovered for each host. Where a device
contains many packages, you may want to limit the
number discovered.
Detailed Inventory of Managed
Hosts
Entuity provides full visibility into the managed
host, automatically identifying and managing a
host’s configuration, for example:
Chassis data, including software, firmware and
hardware version numbers
Resources, specifically memory, CPU
utilization, numbers of users and processes
Packages, including date of installation and
version number
Ports, including inventory, availability and status
details
can include trap based host events using Entuity’s
extensible trap handling system. Threshold based
events are configured with a system-wide default
but can be overridden at the individual host level.
Entuity manages hosts as devices, and device and
port events are raised against hosts, for example,
port unavailability and device congestion. Entuity
also raises events against specific Managed Host
information, including disk space, CPU and
memory utilization.
Reporting on Managed Hosts
Entuity Managed Hosts integrates with Entuity’s
reporting tools, and Managed Hosts are included
in device reports, for example:
Device Inventory and Device Module
Inventory Reports. When run as inventory
change reports they clearly show configuration
changes
SLA, Traffic, Fault and Inventory Interactive
Queries. Entuity’s Drag and Drop custom
Report Builder allows you to create your own
reports
This inventory is maintained in real-time. Also
available are current performance and availability
metrics. All information is available in specific
Reports, or can be used in the custom Report
Builder
Underutilized Server Report helps identification of server consolidation
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Entuity Managed Hosts Module
Detailed Inventory listing all installed packages on the Managed Host
Module Availability
Summary
The Entuity Managed Hosts Module is included
This module extends Entuity’s management
core functionality within Entuity. Entuity runs
on Windows Server 2008 (R2 and SP2)
and Windows Server 2012, 64-bit; Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and Oracle Linux, 64-bit;
Microsoft Hyper-V Server, and VMware ESX/
ESXi Server.
reach to support for managed Hosts. Managed
Hosts information is populated to the Entuity
Configuration Management Database (CMDB),
and is available through the WebUI, Component
Viewer, and both standard reports and the custom
Report Builder. The depth and type of Managed
Hosts performance and resource information
is suitable for security control and system
maintenance.
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