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Subject:      DEC FullSail - Press Release - FYI 1

                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

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                                        From:     Ellen Minter @MRO
                                                  MINTER.ELLEN
                                        Dept:     Education MBU
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Subject: DEC FullSail - Press Release - FYI



David Price
UNIX Systems Software
(603) 884-3467





         DIGITAL DELIVERS DISTRIBUTED UNIX SYSTEM MANAGEMENT



MAYNARD, Mass. -- August 18, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation
today announced DEC FullSail software, the first comprehensive
application on the market for managing distributed UNIX systems.
The product incorporates an easy-to-use Motif-based graphical user
interface that simplifies day-to-day system management of user
accounts, filesystems and system performance.
     "DEC FullSail software is designed for systems personnel to
manage systems more efficiently," said Matt Kochan, manager of
Digital's UNIX software marketing.  "For example, by automating
management chores they can cut the time ordinarily required for
system setup tasks."
     With the DEC FullSail application, system managers can be
proactive in identifying and preventing potential system problems
affecting end users.
     System managers can conveniently access any of the DEC FullSail
component functions from any workstation or X-terminal on the
network.  The application maintains a database of management and
configuration information that is used for batch process management
requests, preventing configuration errors and adding new systems to
a network.




     A fully-customizable front end groups the systems in a network
into management sets according to criteria and policies determined
by the system manager.  Systems can be grouped arbitrarily by
functional area, system type, or location.  For example, a group
might contain all systems on the second floor, or all systems in the
design department, or all diskless workstations.  The DEC FullSail
database mirrors actual computer resource utilization for an easy
fit into existing environments.  The front end also provides
security mechanisms that permit system managers to control access to
the management sets and management functions.
     The DEC FullSail Account Manager module enables system managers
to easily add, modify, delete, and review individual user accounts
and groups of accounts.  The module is used to set up or modify user
disk quotas, login shells, home directories, and group memberships.
If one or more machines in a management set is down, the account
manager updates the database immediately and automatically updates
other machines as they come back online.  Custom routines can be
executed when adding users, and large numbers of users can be added
using DEC FullSail's batch capabilities.  Also supported are NFS
mounted home directories, local password files, Network Information
Service, and the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND)/Hesiod
service.
     The Filesystem Manager module is designed to configure and
manage filesystems easily.  New disks can be accessed quickly by
many workstations.  Space problems are avoided because every
filesystem on the network can be monitored in an operator-friendly
display.




     The Performance Manager module provides comprehensive,
interactive screen displays and management report data for
monitoring activity on one or more machines.  Performance factors
that can be monitored include load average, swap rate, free memory,
memory usage, disk throughput, buffer cache utilization, and NFS
statistics and error rates.  Data may be monitored graphically in
real time or archived for export to spreadsheets and other analysis
tools.  Customized actions can be invoked and alarms can be set to
notify the system manager to take action when specified conditions
occur.
     DEC FullSail software incorporates a client-server architecture
and utilizes standard communications protocols, including TCP/IP and
remote procedure call (RPC) mechanisms.  The DEC FullSail product is
a member of the Digital family of POLYCENTER solutions that provide
industry-leading integrated management capabilities which improve
productivity and lower costs in the heterogeneous enterprise
environment.  These products and services increase functionality and
customer choice, through a broad range of Enterprise Management
Architecture (EMA) compliant solutions.
     DEC FullSail software requires the ULTRIX operating system
Version 4.2 or later and can be ordered now for shipments starting
in September.  Pricing is $300 per client license, $6000 per server
for the database license, and $2000 per server for the application
modules license.




     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and
leads the industry in interactive, distributed multivendor
computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the
best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - in open
information environments.
                             ####


Note to Editors:  ULTRIX, POLYCENTER and DEC FullSail are trademarks
                  of Digital Equipment Corporation.

                  UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System
                  Laboratories, Inc.

                  NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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