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4.6 Integrating NSM Data to CA MICS

NSM provides end-to-end enterprise management encompassing
areas such as security management, storage management,
service/help desk, output management, performance and
accounting, network management, database and application
management, and workload management.  If you are not a NSM
client but would like to learn more, visit the CA website at
www.ca.com for more information, including how to reach a NSM
representative.

CA MICS processes data from:

o  NSM Performance Trend

   NSM Performance Trend is one of a suite of NSM Systems
   Performance graphical applications that collect
   performance data from your distributed systems and present
   it in a spreadsheet format, making it possible to see
   trends that have occurred over long periods of time and to
   compare one machine with another.

   The processing of NSM Performance Trend data is supported
   by MTI (CA MICS NSM Integration).  Chapter 8 of the System
   Modification Guide describes MTI in detail and provides
   instructions for modifying your installation to implement
   this powerful utility.

o  NT Resource Accounting

   NT Resource Accounting is a service of the NSM Chargeback
   component of NSM Systems Performance.  The service is also
   called NSM Resource Accounting Data Collection Service for
   NT.  As its name suggests, NT Resource Accounting collects
   resource accounting data from your NT servers.

   For more information on how CA MICS processes NT Resource
   Accounting data, refer to Chapter 4 of the CA MICS
   Accounting and Chargeback Guide.

o  NSM Asset Management Option (AMO)

   The NSM Asset Management Option provides hardware and
   software inventory functions, configuration control
   functions, software metering functions, and more for
   various platforms including DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95,
   Windows NT, OS/2, Macintosh, UNIX, NetWare, and VMS.

   For more information on how CA MICS processes NSM AMO
   data, refer to Chapter 4 of the CA MICS Accounting and
   Chargeback Guide.

CA MICS Data Transfer is the utility which facilitates the
transfer and integration of data from NSM data into CA MICS.
Instructions for installing this utility are provided in the
Section 4.7 of this manual.

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   | References:  Section 4.7, CA MICS Data Transfer        |
   |              System Modification Guide                 |
   |                Chapter 8, CA MICS NSM                  |
   |                Integration (MTI)                       |
   |              CA MICS Accounting and Chargeback Guide   |
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