erik@unislc.uucp (Erik Sean Nolte) (05/31/91)
I'm looking for pointers to information on multi-host (distributed,
networked host) administration. I realize there is little prior art
and few working systems. So far I've see papers on the following:
Moira (MIT)
SAT (Univ of Kentucky)
Watcher (Univ of New Mexico)
System Administration Daemons (Convex Corp)
Tracker (AT&T)
rdist, yp, NFS (BSD & Sun)
meager IEEE 1003.7 status reports (Posix Sys Admin Standards Group)
The results of this study are driving the development of my own administration
system (which I'm proposing for a Master's Thesis).
I also need pointers to what tools adminstrators are using and what they would
like to see available. There was some discussion on this point 3+ monthes
ago, but I never saw a summary or resolution.
PLEASE mail me:
1. any pointers to existing systems or administrative techniques for
managing multi-host sites
2. anything you would like to see in the "ultimate" administration tool
3. whether you would be interested in my findings and any tools which
are developed from my thesis.
Thanks!!!
- Erik Univ. of Utah Grad Student (CS) & Unisys UNIX Administrator
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