INFORMATION
- scVENUS Flyer (pdf)
- New in scVENUS 2.4 (pdf)
- scVENUS Features (Feature list, pdf)
- scVENUS for Windows Networks (pdf)
- scVENUS as employed by NEC Electronics Europe (Case Story, pdf)
- scVENUS as employed by Nissan Diesel (Case Story, pdf)
- scVENUS (Case Story, pdf)
- scVENUS Whitepaper (Technical Whitepaper, pdf)
- scVENUS Quick Reference (Summary of Commands, pdf)
- scVENUS Webportal
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scVENUS 2.4 - Feature overview
General
- uniform administration of heterogeneous networks
- broad spectrum of supported platforms, including Windows
- adaptable to existing network environments and administration structures
- scales from small to profoundly distributed networks
- combination of modules
- integrated access to the functionality of other modules
- central point of administration
- integrated logging and documentation
- parallel administration through multiple system administrators at the same time
- administration via secure network communication
- administration either by using GUI, browser or via command line
- auditing all administrative activities in the GUI module Job Log Browser
- automated activation using command line tools
- ITIL oriented
Client installation
- installs and configures the basic operating system and additional software
- automatically updates systems to a defined software status
- minimizes the effort for disaster recovery and installation replication
- allows optional adaptations with complete scVENUS functionality
- integrates OS specific installation tools for Windows, Linux and Unix variants
Configuration management
- automates recurring administration steps
- a central depot gathers available administrative knowledge
- new with 2.4: granularly granting permissions also for methods
- divides computer environments according to architectures and arbitrary groups
- methods concepts separate functionality from implementation
- allows generalizations when possible, specializations when necessary
- flexibly expandable in different script languages
- new with 2.4: a multitude of functions help to easily create methods for Windows clients
- allows parallel execution of administrative tasks on multiple hosts
- saves administrative steps for temporarily unavailable clients
- integrates Wake on LAN function for the maintenance of not reachable clients
- integrates remote administration functionalities allowing a uniform access to cluster nodes
- synchronous administration of LDAP/Active Directory and NIS
- integrated maintenance of DNS data is possible
Software distribution
- uniform package format for all supported platforms
- parallel installation of different versions of the same software
- easy creation of your own packages
- directly checking-in MSI packages for Windows clients into the software depot
- integrated patch management for Windows clients
- new with 2.4: integrated administration of Windows update files (msu)
- requires low central and disk space during the installation of large packages
- efficient distribution via multicast and replicated depots
- new with 2.4: replication of depots also possible on Windows clients
- offline replication via removable media possible
- automated package distribution via configuration management possible
- adaptations via installation scripts and host specific variables possible
User administration
- uniform user administration for Linux/Unix and Windows
- allows application of system-wide password policies
- administrates user and project file systems, optionally as single system image
- can transparantly transport user and project data between server
- configures diverse network files systems (NFS, SMB/CIFS)
- configures diverse automounters (amd, autofs, DFS)
- administrates configuration and user data in NIS and LDAP
- administrates user data in Active Directory
Monitoring
- monitors current system events (Events)
- registers permanent changes in the system status (Reports)
- assesses events, enables automatic reactions
- flexible adaptations via scripts
- graphic evaluation in GUI or browser
- enables commenting of events
- overviews configurable by user
- efficient data storage and transfer
- possible links via multiple inbetween nodes into protected networks
- broad spectrum of delivered agents (for CPU-load, network, protocol files, disk space, processes ...)
- new with 2.4: integrated access to protocol files of licence daemons
Inventory
- automatically collects data about hardware and software
- allows optional levels of details
- expandable via script-based data collection modules
- can be queried via GUI or command line programs
- comparison of target and actual data possible