Features & Benefits

Server Snapshot Features

Comprehensive Machine Data collected with each Snapshot
Snapshot frequency and data granularity is fully configurable
Snapshots archival for server history
Snaphots enable offline data diagnostics
No-touch server access for troubleshooting and change work preparation
System Administrators can run scripts against snapshot data, avoiding risk commonly introduced by live server scans
Servers can be checked for common fault conditions
Agent-less Machine Data collection
Collected Machine Data can be searched and viewed as though the System Administrator was logged into the physical server.

Compliance Engine Features

Automated comparison of Server Configurations against configurable compliance template
Granular template definition of server conditions and dependencies
PASS/FAIL criteria of various requirement weights e.g. hard requirement, soft requirement.
Automated accumulation of compliance results into estate wide Datacenter Dashboard
Horizontal comparison across application infrastructure can be completed to ensure consistency
A server can fail, meet or exceed minimal requirements

Comparison Engine Features

Current Machine Data can be compared against historical snapshots
Comparison checks allow for a PASS/FAIL status to be defined
PASS/FAIL status can be rolled up to give a macro level view
Server configuration can be compared against known defects/root cause triggers to identify impacted server population
Relationships between servers can be manually defined or automatically discovered.

This allows for:

Server Management Features

Notes and alerts can be attached to a specific server
A comprehensive change log of all Machine Data is kept
A configurable server summary of key information is displayed
I-Insight can be interfaced directly into organisational incident/change systems
Enable preemptive Operational Management
Any unexpected change can be identified
Improved day to day System Administration utilisation
Improve management of large events such as:
- Data center power downs
- Disaster recovery tests

Benefits

Key Differentiators

Complete offline Machine Data
Reduced requirement for day to day server access
Systems Administrator uses O/S native commands – no complicated language to learn
Horizontal integration at the application level
Diagnostics rather than threshold monitoring
Can run diagnostics for complex and cascaded requirements
Macro as well as Micro view of infrastructure
Application and infrastructure overlay