At the center of any COSduty-SSA
environment lies one or more COSduty-SSA Servers. This
manages all the object data (data about duties, managed
systems, access controls, for example) in the COSduty-SSA
environment and performs all the scheduling and allocation of
tasks. If considerations of throughput and resilience indicate
it, more than one COSduty-SSA Server may be installed.
The main characteristics of the COSduty-SSA Server are:
Runs on all major variants of UNIX and Linux
Network capable so that duties may be carried out on any
system across the enterprise from a central point(s)
Configurable communications methods including industry
standards such as SSH and OSM's own encrypted method
OSM Toolset commands for encapsulating routines into a
common GUI
Failover capability so that work may continue in the
event of a server going down by failing over to another
designated server
MS Windows, X Windows, command line and web browser user
interfaces
Support for an unlimited number of duties and managed
servers
Scheduler for duties due to be run according to a
particular calendar
Pre-configured duties for routine security checks for
common variants of UNIX and Linux
Pre-configured duties for requesting privileged use
sessions
Support for different types of managed object e.g.
operating systems, databases, applications or even manual
tasks
Comprehensive access controls
Integrated with BMC PATROL for proactive monitoring
COSduty-SSA Agent
Any UNIX, Linux or Microsoft Windows system
within the enterprise, including the COSduty-SSA
Server, can be managed by the COSduty-SSA Server(s) by
loading a COSduty-SSA Agent in conjunction with some
other form of company standard communications method e.g. SSH.
The main characteristics of the COSduty-SSA Agent are:
Runs on all major variants of UNIX, Linux and Microsoft
Windows operating systems
Supports OSM-specific encrypted communications and SSH
Lightweight, installable from the COSduty-SSA
Server by OSM supplied software and requiring no
host-specific licence key
COSduty-SSA Audit Log Server
All audit trails
and logs generated from COSduty-SSA are immediately
transmitted to an Audit Log Server, normally a low cost
appliance. The main characteristics of the COSduty-SSA
Audit Log Server are:
Runs on all major variants of UNIX and Linux
Holds all audit trails away from privileged users who
are being audited
Audit trails are kept in a relational database format
for easy searching and alerting of sensitive command
sequences.
Other sources of information
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referenced above), white papers, case studies, and Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations from the
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