Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!gkcl!aronb From: aronb@gkcl.ists.ca (Aron Burns) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: System management tools for unix systems? Keywords: unix management Message-ID: <15872@ists.ists.ca> Date: 4 Dec 90 17:37:21 GMT References: Sender: news@ists.ists.ca Reply-To: aronb@gkcl.UUCP (Aron Burns) Organization: y Lines: 36 In article rodgers@clausius.mmwb.ucsf.edu writes: >In simon@odin.pttrnl.nl (Simon van Veen) writes: > >>I am currently investigating the tasks of unix system managers. >>The goal of this investigation is: can ``Artificial Intelligence'' >>be of any help in system management. >>With system management I mean: management of system information, >>management of datacommunication, management of disks, files, tapes, >>printers, processes, users, security etc, etc. > >I shall assume that by "Artificial Intelligence" you mean an expert system. We saw a product called ERSA ( Expert Remote Systems Assurance ) that gathered stats on a unix system, made some intelligent guesses about problems and attempts to make suggestions about how to solve them , at which point it uploads a file to a supervisor machine where a human decides what to do. The product looked at kernel tuning, security violations, disk space, etc. While I haven't seen it run you might call these people to find out more: Don Monroe Elegant Communications Inc. 481 University Avenue Suite 602 Toronto Ont M5G-2E9 (416)595-5425 (416)595-5439 Aaron Burns "Nothing I say on the net is binding aronb@gkcl.ists.ca to our corporation" Toronto, Ontario "Life is a forge, and the purest metal (416)392-4310 comes from the hottest fire"