Server Manager (AppleShare Admin Replacement)
Peter Haase
AppleShare File Server Management.
APPLESHARE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SHIPS
Contact:
Philip Zarboulas
Santorini
2147 Union Street
Upper Level
San Francisco, CA 94123
Voice: (415) 563-6398
Fax: (415) 563-0332
AppleLink: SANTORINI
America Online: SANTORINI
CompuServe: 72420,3453
Internet: SANT...@applelink.apple.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CA-- 25 JAN 93
Santorini Consulting & Design, Inc. today shipped Server Managerª, network
management software that for the first time allows administrators to
simultaneously monitor, control, and administrate all their AppleShare 3.0
file
servers from the comfort of their own desk. No longer will administrators
be
obligated to run around frantically to manage their far-flung servers, nor
will
they be blind as to the performance and status of their servers.
At an average cost of $75 per server for larger sites, Server Manager is
uniquely affordable and can greatly maximize everyoneÕs AppleShare
investment.
Server Manager consists of server agent software that runs on AppleShare
3.0
file servers, and a console application that runs on the network
administratorÕs Macintosh. The agents and the console application
communicate
with each other over the network. The console may be run in the background
so
that administrators can go about their usual work with minimal intrusion.
Server Manager provides the following functionality:
I. MONITORING
¥ Problem Detection
Server Manager tracks and pinpoints nine of the most common and major
problems that plague servers including: back up failures, network clock
synchronization problems, excessive server and user activity usage
levels,
impending disk space shortages, too many idle users, etc. Once a
problem has been detected, Server Manager uses a rich set of functions
to
notify the administrator and respond accordingly. This includes sound,
voice, dialog, and pager notifications, event logging, and even
corrective
actions (such as automatically disconnecting idle users, or
synchronizing
the serverÕs clock when it is incorrect).
¥ Performance and Accounting Functions
Server Manager records and logs server usage levels over extended
periods
of time, as well as user log-on and log-off times, allowing network
administrators to make intelligent decisions about AppleShare resource
allocation, and providing them with the information necessary to
restructure their networks for better performance.
II. CONTROL
Server Manager allows network administrators to control the vital
aspects
of their servers. For example, administrators can start and stop
servers,
disconnect users, unmount volumes, and edit vital server setup
information,
all from the comfort of their own desks and using their own Macs.
III. ADMINISTRATION
Server Manager allows network administrators to configure the users and
groups of any AppleShare file server. Administrators can add, remove,
or
change user and group information for any file server from their own
desks
and their own Macs, and even share user and group configurations
between
file servers.
Server Manager is available now at the following prices:
1 Server Pack $395.00
5 Server Pack $695.00
10 ServerPack $995.00
20 Server Pack $1495.00
Site licenses are available for more than 20 servers.
Santorini is a California corporation founded in 1990. Santorini is the
developer of network management software that includes Farallon Computing,
Inc.Õs TrafficWatchª II, and Dayna Communications, Inc.Õs two network
management products, NetScope Consoleª and Network Vital Signsª. Network
Vital
Signs is an 1993 Eddy Award Finalist. Santorini co-developed DaynaÕs
NetScope
Probeª remote network traffic monitor. Santorini developed the prototype
and
concept of Fifth Generaton SystemÕs best-selling AutoDoubler utility.
Santorini recently disclosed its AttachŽ mobile computing software, slated
for
release at the end of the first quarter of 1993.
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Peter Haase + Internet: ha...@meediv.lanl.gov
Network Manager/MEE-Division + Applelink: HAASE
Los Alamos National Laboratory + Phone: 505-667-2684
"The opinions expressed in this message are my own and do not necessarily
reflect those of Los Alamos National Laboratory"
John Alan Dunning
I told you to ignore this, dammit! 8-)
John Alan Dunning
that I can use filesharing to transfer ~100 megs of stuff between
them.
On both machines I'm running System 7.0.1, Network Control Panel 3.0,
AppleShare init 7.0, AppleTalk v58.0, and Sharing Setup 7.0.
For the LocalTalk connection I've tried both PowerUser LocalTalk
connectors from MacConnection and PhoneNet-type connectors (obviously
I didn't try to combine the two types of connectors). I've plugged
the connetors into the Printer ports on both computers (I've also
tried the Modem port, but that shouldn't work, right?).
I've turned on filesharing on both computers and shared both hard
disks. Then I open the Chooser and click on the AppleShare icon,
which should display all the fileservers on the network. Nothing
shows up.
I've read the comp.sys.mac.comm faq and the Mac manual, neither of which go
into much detail about setting up a LocalTalk network.
I've been able to connect both computers to the campus-wide AppleTalk
network we have here, so I don't think there's anything wrong with the
Printer port. And apparently I've got all the necessary software
because I can share my computer across the campus net.
What am I doing wrong? I consider myself an experienced Mac user,
but this AppleTalk thing has me completely baffled. It seems like it
should be easy to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
John
Pete Kelly
From: Peter Haase, ha...@meediv.lanl.gov
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:42:43 GMT
In article <haase-240193214020@mac_dialin1.meediv.lanl.gov>
Peter Haase, ha...@meediv.lanl.gov writes:
>Just thought I would post this for all users that are
interested in remote
>AppleShare File Server Management.
>
>APPLESHARE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SHIPS
We appreciate this information but did you have to blast it
across to every group EXCEPT the one where it belongs:
comp.sys.mac.announce.
Chad Jones
jdun...@chagall.Princeton.EDU writes:
>For the LocalTalk connection I've tried both PowerUser LocalTalk
>connectors from MacConnection and PhoneNet-type connectors (obviously
>I didn't try to combine the two types of connectors). I've plugged
>the connetors into the Printer ports on both computers (I've also
>tried the Modem port, but that shouldn't work, right?).
Did you terminate the extra port on each PhnoNet connector? You should
have gotten an RJ-11 plug with a 120 ohm resistor across two of the
contacts that you use as a terminator.
Also, make sure you have LocalTalk selected in the network control panel.
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Chad Jones | Do I need someone here to scold me or do I
Network Manager | need someone who'll grab and pull me out of
UCLA Physiological Science | this four poster dull torpor pulling
cjo...@physci.ucla. | downward? -- 10,000 Maniacs
Sven Nielsen
> For the LocalTalk connection I've tried both PowerUser LocalTalk
> connectors from MacConnection and PhoneNet-type connectors (obviously
> I didn't try to combine the two types of connectors). I've plugged
> the connetors into the Printer ports on both computers (I've also
> tried the Modem port, but that shouldn't work, right?).
Did you remember to insert the termination plugs in the unused jack of
the localtalk boxes?
> I've turned on filesharing on both computers and shared both hard
> disks. Then I open the Chooser and click on the AppleShare icon,
> which should display all the fileservers on the network. Nothing
> shows up.
Did you remember to name both Macs? Did you install File Sharing software
with the Apple Installer? The system needs special system resources that
the Installer puts in before it can use filesharing.
Is AppleTalk turned on? Did you wait at least 60 seconds for file sharing
to start up before you tried to choose a server?
Sometimes, the simple things are what get you. Good luck;
--Dalvenjah FoxFire
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