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CM_SAFE™ Configuration Manager
Control Your Configuration Information - Control Your Systems
CM_SAFE™ provides tools for monitoring servers and network systems for changes and adding controls for coordinating planned maintenance.
Its proprietary SAFE technology provides the means for you to perform rollbacks and managed commits of server configuration changes.
Implemented with a fully functional version control system, CM_SAFE allows you to integrate the change-control system into the system maintenance process.
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Configuration Management
- Rebuilds a replacement server quickly.
- Creates reproducable quality assurance baselines.
- Allows testing and production state rollbacks to previous known working configuration.
- Allows for replication of disaster-recovery server configuration.
- Allows use of "baseline forward commits" for root-cause analysis of problems.
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Change Control
- Records changes made to the configuration of any server.
- Documents who makes or requests changes.
- Integrate change-control activity in the maintenance process, allowing changes only after Change Control Board approval.
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Disaster Recovery
- Creates Disaster Recovery Kits (DRKs) for recovery to cold recovery site.
- Synchronizes server configuration between a primary site and a secondary site.
- Builds server configuration for damaged server replacements.
- Can facilitate recovery to dissimilar servers.
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| Allows rollback of configuration changes to previous known working states. |
Provides you with the means to implement changes, then roll them back with a minimal effect on production systems. |
| Stores copies of key configuration files and tracks them collectively over time. |
Allows you to find a file with a specific change for future use or restoration. |
| Automatically archives configuration files as they change. |
Allows you to analyze the changes to files and determine when a key change occurs. |
| Allows you to create "change sets" by editing files in advance, putting them in revision control and applying them when needed. |
Allows you to prepare for, test and bundle changes for implementation at a scheduled downtime window. |
| Integrates the change control board function in the change management process. |
Controls changes, allowing only approved changes to be implemented. |
| Mirrors configuration information to remote servers automatically or on demand. |
Allows you to develop disaster recovery plans for valuable configuration information. |
| Easy-to-use command-line and graphic interfaces. |
Reduces training time as well as the time required to make the changes needed to repair problems. |
| Keeps track of the changes made to the configuration information. |
Results in an automatically generated change log, reducing documentation requirements. |
| Keeps track of who made changes to configuration information. |
Creates and enforces accountability for system changes. Allows you to identify the appropriate resources for the team that will fix configuration problems. |
| Allows creation of disaster recovery images for each server, containing its configuration information. |
Allows you to restore a server's configuration information with a single command, substantially reducing recovery time. |
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Virtual Appliance (VAP™) -
The Virtual Appliance concept allows GMx Solutions to create products that provide a higher level of security and scalability while maximizing the use of the computing infrastructure. Each Virtual Appliance is based upon a custom Linux distribution developed by GMx Solutions to provide a rock solid, secure platform from which to host the Virtual Appliances.
The Virtual Appliance concept is a natural extension of the hardware appliance concept – easy to install, simple to operate, and highly reliable
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IBM S/390 under VM
IBM zSeries under z/VM
IBM iSeries under OS/400
GMx Solutions VAPServer™
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S/390 - SuSe, RedHat, TurboLinux
zSeries - SuSe, RedHat, TurboLinux
iSeries - SuSe, RedHat, TurboLinux
UltraSPARC - Solaris 8, Solaris 7, Solaris 2.6, Solaris 2.5.1
Intel - SuSE, NT/2000 Beta, Turbo Linux, RedHat, Debian
PA-RISC4 - HP-UX 11.0, HP-UX 10.20
PowerPC - AIX 5.1, AIX 4.3.x
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Patents pending. CM_SAFE™, Virtual Appliances™, VAP™, VAPServer™ and Orchestrate Your Enterprise™ are trademarks of GMx Solutions, LLC. Other company, product and services names may be trademarks or service marks of others. Some information in this document addresses anticipated future capabilities.
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| Only 15% of midrange data centers
can recover 30% of their functionality in any time frame. |
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| Only 3.8% could recover in the same day. |
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| Only 1 in 40 could recover in four hours. |
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