128 Introduction to the New Mainframe: Large-Scale Commercial Computing
7.1 Introduction to systems management
Systems management is a general term that is widely used, and whose meaning
is dependent on the context. In some cases systems management means the
operator interface, while in others, it means provisioning capacity.
In a large-scale commercial system, systems management usually is considered
to be “A collection of disciplines aimed to monitor and control a system’s
behavior.” The disciplines usually included in systems management are:
Configuration management The techniques, resources, and tools used to
maintain an accurate inventory of the hardware
and software (system and application).
Workload management Techniques, resources, and ...