| Feature | Description |
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| System Discovery | Quest Management Xtensions - Configuration Manager 2007 Edition (QMX for Configuration Manager) automatically discovers Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems and adds them to the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Configuration Manager) Systems Inventory and default collections. |
| Hardware Inventory | QMX for Configuration Manager enables administrators to transparently access hardware inventory for Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems within Configuration Manager. Configuration Manager automatically displays system information for non-Windows systems within the Resource Explorer and standard eports. Advanced hardware inventory captures additional data, not collected by default. |
| Software Inventory | Software inventory for non-Windows systems is integrated into Configuration Manager by QMX for Configuration Manager, including: file collection, file details, and product detail collections. Unix, Linux, VMWare, and Mac OS X system software packages appear automatically within Add/Remove Programs. Directory and file wildcards provide flexibility to gather additional select files. Advanced software inventory captures additional data, not collected by default. |
| Software Metering | QMX for Configuration Manager collects information on files and applications. Used together with inventory and reporting, administrators can track which applications are used, by who and for what duration. This allows software license compliance to be managed proactively, providing data for use in determining if additional / fewer licenses are required. |
| Software and Patch Distribution | QMX for Configuration Manager provides "full-coverage" software distribution, as well as patch distribution to non-Windows systems that may otherwise go without critical updates. Administrators can create single system collections "on the fly" and distribute software to sub-collections. |
| Software Distribution Wizard | QMX for Configuration Manager automatically guides users through the process of configuring software distribution packages, programs, and advertisements. The wizard provides Unix-specific software distribution parameters and supports the necessary software delivery mechanisms provided natively on Unix, Linux, VMWare, and Mac OS X systems. Generic distribution capabilities for script-based distributions provide optimal flexibility. |
| Vintela Authentications Services (VAS) integration | QMX for Configuration Manager integrates with the Quest Vintela Authentication Services (VAS) offering, enabling administrators to discover VAS-enabled non-Windows systems that have been joined to the Active Directory Domain. QMX also provides partial VAS functionality for joining Unix and Linux clients to the Active Directory Domain. |
| Remote Tools | Administrators can configure VAS-enabled remote tools by launching native Unix and Linux remote tools and utilities—such as Red Hat Logviewer or Gnome System Monitor—from within the Configuration Manager console. The Virtual Network Computer (VNC) software (another default tool) allows administrators to remote control Mac desktops and view them in the Configuration Manager console. |
| Reporting | QMX for Configuration Manager provides access to resource reports for Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems within the standard Configuration Manager reporting paradigm. Because QMX lfor Configuration Manager everages the Configuration Manager database, administrators can leverage existing reports or create new reports for non-Windows systems. |
| Collections | QMX for Configuration Manager provides many pre-defined collections for Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems for supported platforms, architectures and versions which can be selected and installed to speed task execution. These non-Windows collections are installed next to Windows collections for better heterogeneous task management. The non-Windows collections can be modified or new ones created as desired. |
| Queries | QMX for Configuration Manager provides many pre-defined collections for Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems for supported platforms, architectures and versions which can be selected and installed to provide quick access to a set of systems. These queries can be modified or new ones created as desired. |
| Resource Explorer | QMX for Configuration Manager displays non-Windows hardware and software inventory information for Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems within the standard Configuration Manager Resource Explorer—no modification required. |
| Client Installation and Configuration | From a Windows System, the QMX for Configuration Manager client push installer allows an administrator to remotely install the QMX for Configuration Manager agent to Unix, Linux, VMWare and Mac OS X systems. |
| Cross-Platform Support | Extended support for: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux - AS/ES/WS | 2.1, 3, 4* and 5* (i386) | | VMware ESX Server | 2.5.3, 3.0.1+, and 3.5 | | SUSE Linux Standard Server | 8 (i386) | | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server | 8, 9*, 10* | | SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop | 10* | | Asianux | 2.0 | | Novell Linux Desktop | 9 (i386) | | Sun Solaris | 8 (sparc); 9 and 10* (sparc & x86) | | Hewlett Packard HP-UX | 11i v1 (11.11); v2 (11.23) and v3 (11.31) (PA-RISC & Itanium) | | IBM AIX | 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 (ppc) | | Mac OS X | 10.3 (ppc); 10.4 and 10.5 (ppc & Intel) |
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