Operations Sentinel enables an operator to monitor and control the following systems and servers:
ClearPath Dorado Enterprise systems
These servers consist of OS 2200, UNIX, Linux, and Windows partitions.
ClearPath Libra Enterprise systems, ClearPath LX Series, FS Series of MCP servers, and MCP Software Series.
These servers consist of MCP, UNIX, Linux, and Windows partitions or systems.
Windows systems
These include systems running Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Server 2012 R2.
Note: Only Complete Server versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 and later is supported; the Server Core version is not supported. Server Core is a minimal server installation option for Windows Server, which provides a low maintenance server environment with limited functionality starting with Windows Server 2012. No component of the Operations Sentinel (such as WRM) is supported on the Server Core Version.
UNIX systems
Linux systems
Other systems compliant with ANSI X3.64 display protocol
Operations Sentinel also provides interfaces to Server Management Control.
Windows server on which the Operations Sentinel server software resides is called the Operations Sentinel server. The Operations Sentinel server software provides remote control and automation, supports integration with other management applications, responds to alert notification, and monitors important system resources.
Each Windows system where the Operations Sentinel client applications are installed is called an Operations Sentinel workstation. Client applications include Operations Sentinel Console, OS 2200 Console View, OS 2200 Console Manager, Operations Sentinel Log Viewer, and Operations Sentinel Autoaction Database Manager. Although not recommended, the Operations Sentinel server can be used as an Operations Sentinel workstation if performance is not a concern.
OS 2200 consoles in a ClearPath Dorado Enterprise System are hosted on an Operations server. The OS 2200 Console View application provides console windows through which operators can operate the OS 2200 partitions in a ClearPath Enterprise System. The operator can remotely perform all console functions from an Operations Sentinel workstation. The operator can also automate responses to OS 2200 messages and log OS 2200 console traffic.
After you have configured MCP systems, the operator using Operations Sentinel Console can remotely control the system using a remote operator display terminal (ODT) through INFOConnect or Web Enabler. Using SP-AMS, you can configure the automatic submission of a user code and password when the operator opens a remote ODT session.
After you have configured Windows systems for use of a remote control product, the operator can access remote desktops to these systems. The remote desktop window is a video image of the desktop of the managed system. The operator can perform the same functions on a remote desktop that the operator performs on a local desktop.
After you have configured UNIX/Linux systems, the operator using Operations Sentinel Console can access console windows to these system. The UNIX Console for Operations Sentinel is a Windows based application that allows you to view console messages and enter console commands. Each UNIX Console can have one or more views associated with it. Each view is a saved set of console configuration properties, such as size, font, and color.
Operations Sentinel uses a CP-AMS autoaction database associated with each OS 2200 console and an SP-AMS autoaction database associated with managed UNIX, MCP, and Linux partitions to identify system messages and automatically execute actions. These actions can include raising alerts that are displayed in the Alerts window of Operations Sentinel Console. In addition to displaying alerts, you can create rules to activate external paging devices when an alert is raised, acknowledged, or cleared. Actions can also include cross-system commands sent to another managed system.