Xerox Xerox CentreWare Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Support & Software Betriebsanweisung
CentreWare Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager
59
Glossary
Actions pane: lists the tasks used to manage Xerox printers.
Administration view: top-level view used for configuration management with SCOM 2007.
alert: a message that indicates a failure or problem with a printing device.
Authoring pane: a SCOM feature that allows you to modify existing rules
device discovery: the method used to find networked Xerox devices and adds discovered devices to the
System Center Operations Center for 2007 (SCOM) database.
System Center Operations Center for 2007 (SCOM) database.
Discovery wizard: the utility within SCOM that leads you through the device discovery procedure.
Health Explorer: a tool that helps you define and diagnose failures in managed Xerox printers. It lets you
view and take action on alerts, state changes, and other issues generated by monitoring network printers.
view and take action on alerts, state changes, and other issues generated by monitoring network printers.
Importing management packs: the act of adding a management pack to the existing SCOM 2007
database.
database.
management pack objects: rules, knowledge (such as vendor-specific information), and views.
management packs: a collection of rules, knowledge, and public views that make it possible to get a
wide range of information from different sources. Management packs are used to determine how a SCOM
2007server collects, handles, and responds to data.
wide range of information from different sources. Management packs are used to determine how a SCOM
2007server collects, handles, and responds to data.
Monitoring pane: shows the status of network Xerox devices.
Multi-function device: Xerox multi-function printers are also sometimes referred to as multi-function
devices or MFDs.
devices or MFDs.
rule: a set of criteria for logging a specific event. You can modify rules in the Authoring pane.
state change: a change in the status of a networked device. Some state changes cause an alert to be
sent.
sent.
task: a utility to manage a Xerox printer or network device, such as Ping Xerox Device.
network device
: within the context of Xerox printer management pack, it’s a discovered device that will
be monitored and managed within SCOM 2007.
SA or system administrator: a user with complete rights to the server, which allows them to make
changes to the server as necessary.
changes to the server as necessary.
Usage counters: indicates that the number of sheets printed.