Single-System Automation Stages
This section introduces the primary techniques of automating system and network management on a single system. These techniques are grouped into seven stages, according to the approximate order that you might implement them.
Figure 1 is the first of several illustrations in this chapter that show the staged introduction of automation to your system or systems. Later illustrations show the expansion of automation to multiple systems.
The first three stages of automating a single system use NetView automation to increase
the speed and accuracy with which operators process information as
follows:
- Suppressing messages and blocking alerts
- Consolidating consoles
- Consolidating commands
The next three stages further reduce the workload of operators by having the NetView program automatically perform the following management tasks:
- Schedule commands
- Respond to messages and MSUs
- Establish coordinated automation
The final stage, improving operator interfaces, adapts your operator interfaces to the new environment and the reduced workload.