OpenView Network Node Manager: Designing and Implementing an Enterprise Solution

Who Performs System Administration?

The operating system on which NNM runs is either Solaris, HP-UX, or Windows NT. The client systems may be any system running X-Windows emulation or a Java-capable web browser. All these systems require system administration. Large companies may have an organization dedicated to providing client and server system administration for the rest of the company. In smaller companies, the NNM application administrator wears the hat of the system administrator as well.

UNIX system administrators may have a special issue with the root account. They would like to limit access to root but this can seriously limit how much the NNM application administrator can do. Therefore, a close relationship based on trust and mutual ...