AIX/HP-UX Interoperability Guide

AIX/HP-UX Interoperability Guide (continued)
[Last Chapter: Appendix B]

A Quick Comparison of SMIT and SAM

SMIT and SAM perform many of the same functions, but there are differences. The following provides a quick comparison of the two programs.

Task SMIT SAM

Install software Yes No, done through update command

Add/remove disks, tape drives, cdroms Yes Yes

Manage ttys Yes No

User and group management Yes Yes

Change passwords Yes Yes

Diskless workstation management ^[11] Yes Yes

Manage file systems Yes Yes

Manage swap/paging space Yes Yes

Disk space recovery No Yes

Kernel configuration No ^[12] Yes

Sendmail start and stop No Yes

NCS management No Yes

bootp management Yes Yes

UUCP management No Yes

Remote administration ^[13] No Yes

Setting up a trusted system No Yes

NIC configuration Yes Yes

Set hostname Yes Yes

Manage routing tables Yes Yes, but only for default gateway

Edit /etc/resolv.conf Yes No

Edit /etc/services Yes Yes

Edit /etc/hosts.equiv Yes Yes

Edit /etc/ftpusers Yes Yes

Manage syslogd Yes No

Manage routed Yes No

Manage gated Yes No

Manage named Yes No

Manage rwhod Yes No

Manage timed Yes No

Configure NFS Yes Yes

Configure NIS Yes No

Printer management Yes Yes

Manage print requests Yes Yes

Hardware diagnostics Yes No

Process management Yes Yes

Performance monitoring Yes No

Schedule at jobs Yes No

Schedule cron jobs No Yes

Backup and restore operations Yes Yes

Footnotes:
[11]: AIX 3.2.5 and HP-UX 9.0x approaches to diskless workstations differ but configuration can be done through the respective system administration tools.

[12]: SMIT does not offer this because ODM precludes kernel configuration in AIX.

[13]: IBM provides a remote administration tool called Distributed System Management Interface Tool (DSMIT) that can be used to administer both AIX and non-AIX machines. This product is a separate purchase.

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A Quick Comparison of SMIT and SAM

[Table of Contents] [Outline] [Index] (Updated 09 MAR 97)

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`Task`	`SMIT`	`SAM`
`Install software`	`Yes`	`No, done through update command`
`Add/remove disks, tape drives, cdroms`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Manage ttys`	`Yes`	`No`
`User and group management`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Change passwords`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Diskless workstation management` ^[11]	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Manage file systems`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Manage swap/paging space`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Disk space recovery`	`No`	`Yes`
`Kernel configuration`	`No` ^[12]	`Yes`
`Sendmail start and stop`	`No`	`Yes`
`NCS management`	`No`	`Yes`
`bootp management`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`UUCP management`	`No`	`Yes`
`Remote administration` ^[13]	`No`	`Yes`
`Setting up a trusted system`	`No`	`Yes`
`NIC configuration`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Set hostname`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Manage routing tables`	`Yes`	`Yes, but only for default gateway`
`Edit /etc/resolv.conf`	`Yes`	`No`
`Edit /etc/services`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Edit /etc/hosts.equiv`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Edit /etc/ftpusers`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Manage syslogd`	`Yes`	`No`
`Manage routed`	`Yes`	`No`
`Manage gated`	`Yes`	`No`
`Manage named`	`Yes`	`No`
`Manage rwhod`	`Yes`	`No`
`Manage timed`	`Yes`	`No`
`Configure NFS`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Configure NIS`	`Yes`	`No`
`Printer management`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Manage print requests`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Hardware diagnostics`	`Yes`	`No`
`Process management`	`Yes`	`Yes`
`Performance monitoring`	`Yes`	`No`
`Schedule at jobs`	`Yes`	`No`
`Schedule cron jobs`	`No`	`Yes`
`Backup and restore operations`	`Yes`	`Yes`