About the OpsCenter Server
The OpsCenter Server, the core of the architecture, is a Web application that normalizes backup data that it collects from various applications. This normalized data is used for reporting on backup-related information.
OpsCenter Server is supported on Windows and UNIX platforms.
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You must install OpsCenter Server, Agent, and View Builder of the same versions. For example, OpsCenter Server 7.7 is compatible only with Agent 7.7 and View Builder 7.7.
The OpsCenter Server comprises the following components:
OpsCenter database | A Sybase SQL Anywhere database management system containing data related to back up service usage and expenditure, cost metrics and chargeback formulas, and alerts. |
OpsCenter AT | A set of common authentication runtime libraries and processes that enable users to log on once to access multiple products. OpsCenter AT validates identities based on external name spaces. Examples of name spaces are Active Directory or other LDAP servers, UNIX identities based on password files, NIS/NIS+ repositories, or any identities that can be authenticated through PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module). It also provides a private user repository for service identities. See About OpsCenter AT. |
Alert Manager | A component that provides policy-based alert management, including notification, custom actions, and SNMP management capabilities.
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Web Server and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) | A common web server (that uses Java Server Pages) and JRE to serve the OpsCenter console. |
Veritas Licensing Manager | A common Veritas Licensing Module and API used to add, change, and remove Veritas product license keys. |
Veritas Private Branch Exchange | A common component that uses socket passing to reduce the number of ports that are required to be open across a firewall. Veritas Private Branch Exchange uses a paradigm similar to the paradigm of a telephone switchboard. Calls placed to a switchboard are redirected to a known extension. In the PBX exchange, client connections that are sent to the exchange's port are redirected to an extension that is associated with the OpsCenter Server. |
Figure: OpsCenter Server architecture shows the architecture of the OpsCenter Server.
