After Management Central has been set up, you can use it to streamline
your server administration tasks.
Working with inventory The System
i Navigator inventory
functions can help you collect and manage various inventories on a regular
basis and to store the data on the system that you selected as your central
system.
Working with systems with partitions
The Systems with Partitions container that is located under Management
Central allows you manage the logical partitions of all of the servers on
the system from the central system.
Running commands with Management Central System
i Navigator enables you to define
an action or a task and then perform that action or task on multiple
endpoint systems or system groups. These are the same commands that
you normally run using the character-based interface.
Packaging and sending objects with Management Central
A bulk data transfer is the process of sending packages,
fixes, PDFs and so on, from a source system to a target system in
a single transfer. This topic discusses package definitions, what
happens when a package is sent, and how to troubleshoot a failed transfer.
Managing users and groups with Management Central System
i Navigator can help you as a
system administrator to keep track of the users, groups, and their
level of privileges on one or more endpoint systems.
Sharing with other users in Management Central
Sharing saves you time, makes system administration
easier, and reduces the number of redundant tasks you need to do. As of V5R4
and later releases, you can share system monitors and system events.
Synchronizing date and time values
Management Central provides a convenient way for you to
synchronize date and time values across your network.
Synchronizing functions
You can synchronize the configuration of key functions, such as
EIM and Kerberos, across a group of endpoint systems.
Scheduling tasks or jobs with Management Central scheduler System
i Navigator provides
two different tools you can use to schedule tasks or jobs: an integrated scheduler
(the Management Central scheduler) and the Advanced Job Scheduler.
Advanced Job Scheduler
The IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i (5770-JS1) licensed
program is a powerful scheduler that allows unattended job processing
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.