458 IBM Tivoli Storage Resource Manager: A Practical Introduction
10.1 Introduction to IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager
IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager, Version 4.2, is a solution for controlling software
distribution and asset management inventory in a multiplatform environment. It focuses on
deploying and managing software in complex, distributed enterprise environments. IBM Tivoli
Configuration Manager is a key solution to rapidly and efficiently deploying complex
mission-critical or desktop productivity applications to multiple locations from a central point
and to gather and maintain the inventory information about hardware and software assets,
easily, quickly, and accurately.
Tivoli Configuration Manager consists of the following ma