HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM): a centralized management tool that provides consistent multisystem management capabilities. Virtualization Manager is tightly integrated with HP SIM; as a result, all of the features available from HP SIM are also readily available when using the VSE management suite.
Central Management Server (CMS): the central server in the management domain that is running the HP SIM and Virtualization Manager software packages. Most of the operations performed by Virtualization Manager are initiated from the CMS.
Management Domain: the set of managed systems that have been placed under the control of HP SIM and Virtualization Manager. Virtualization Manager's management domain is a subset of HP SIM, as Virtualization Manager provides management capabilities for only HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers.
Managed System: a system under the control of HP SIM. Managed systems have trust relationships with the CMS that enable administrators to configure and monitor the managed systems from the CMS.
System List: a set of managed systems that are grouped together for administration purposes. Custom system lists can be created to facilitate system management. Custom system lists may be formed by specifying the set of attributes in a query, such as "all HP-UX servers," or by selecting a specific list of servers, such as "server A, server B, etc."
Workload: a collection of processes within an OS image running on a managed system whose performance is managed as a single unit. Examples include the processes that belong to an application or all processes owned by a specific user.
System Page: a summary page provided by HP SIM that provides information and links for a system in the management domain.
User-Based Security: a feature in HP SIM that enables administrators to delegate management duties by providing granular control over which users can perform which tasks on which systems. Virtualization Manager takes advantage of user-based security so that each administrator can be granted permission to perform management tasks on the systems for which they are responsible.
