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Chapter 2. Planning and preparation
In this chapter we discuss many important topics that provide the background to any
transformation of an existing IBM Cluster Systems Management for AIX cluster to IBM
Systems Director. As with any major project, planning is key and the information provided in
this chapter should be a good reference for the administrator.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Comparison
Ter minology
Agent Manager considerations
Product prerequisites
Licensing
Extendibility
Features not directly available in IBM Systems Director
Features and functions not available in CSM
Database
Transformation as a project and future impacts
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