System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.

The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
administrators and application developers.

Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
anything you might have forgotten.

Major differences with the previous release are:
- navigation
additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
- OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
- configuration data
many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
process
- Volume Management
filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
heading Volume Management

The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
"standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.

Siem Korteweg
__________________________________________________ _______
Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
__________________________________________________ _______

I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

sol

The web site did not say aix was supported
sol

Siem Korteweg wrote:
>
> System Configuration Collector (SCC) is GPL software that collects much
> configuration data from Unix and Windows systems in snapshots. Consecutive
> snapshots are compared and differences are added to a logbook. The snapshot
> and logbook can be transferred automatically to a SCC-server. The server
> uses a web-interface to enable access to summaries and search the data.
> Screenshots of the web-interface can be found at
> http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/scc...emo/index.html. The home-page of
> SCC can be found at http://www.open-challenge.nl/scc/index.html.
>
> The logbook is a starting point in case a system "suddenly" does not work
> correctly and the administrator is wondering what he/she has changed in the
> last weeks or months. As most of us know by experience, changes in the
> configuration can have accidental side-effects on (other) systems. By
> examining the entries in the logbooks and considering the consequences, the
> cause of an actual problem might be found more easily than by just trying to
> remember the changes that were performed. Even the absence of changes in the
> logbooks are usefull. They can be used to settle disputes between system
> administrators and application developers.
>
> Because of the classification of the data in the snapshots, the snapshots
> can also be used to compare the configuration of systems. Imagine that two
> systems, that are supposed to be identical, but behave differently.
> Comparing parts of the snapshots of the two systems can indicate the cause
> of the difference in behavior. The snapshots can also be used to recover a
> system after a crash. A regular backup does not contain the sizes of
> filesystems or firmware and boot settings. This data is part of the
> snapshots. Compare the snapshots before and after recovery to find out
> anything you might have forgotten.
>
> Major differences with the previous release are:
> - navigation
> additional links reduce the usage of the BACK button
> - OpenView Operations Manager (for Unix)
> much of the contents of the OpC database is incorporated in the snapshot
> - configuration data
> many configuration files and comamnds have been added to the collection
> process
> - Volume Management
> filesystem data and LVM, VxVM and SDS data have been grouped under the
> heading Volume Management
>
> The client part of SCC is available for Unix/Linux and Windows systems. The
> server part of SCC is only available on Unix/Linux systems. All software is
> available in the native system install-formats (HP-UX, Solaris, Linux and
> Windows) and in source tar-balls. SCC (client and server) is free software
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Copyright (©) 2001 - 2003
> Open Challenge B.V. The Unix/Linux software has a minimal footprint. Only
> "standard" tools are used to collect and manipulate data. On Windows clients
> WMI and WSH are required to collect configuration data.
>
> Siem Korteweg
> __________________________________________________ _______
> Siem Korteweg Siem.Korteweg@Open-Challenge.nl
> Open Challenge www.open-challenge.nl
> Havenweg 24A telefoon: 0347 324 130
> 4131 NM Vianen fax : 0347 324 120
> __________________________________________________ _______

On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 13:15:52 -0500, sol gongola <sol@adldata.com> wrote:
>I saw no mention of AIX support at the web sites!

Merciful $DEITY. 8 copies of this message, all top posted, and none
trimmed...except for the one copy that didn't have any added text at all,
but wasn't trimmed.

Sol, I strongly suggest you learn how to post on Usenet before trying again.