About managing the hosts from Management Server

The current version of Veritas Operations Manager lets you manage hosts from Management Server. To perform the management tasks on the hosts, you must have the Admin role.

The following table lists the differences between the current and the previous versions of Veritas Operations Manager:

Table: Managing hosts - Differences between the current and the previous versions of Veritas Operations Manager

Current Veritas Operations Manager version

Previous Veritas Operations Manager versions

The DNS server must be able to resolve the host name of Management Server, but not the managed host.

The DNS server must be able to resolve the host names of both Management Server and the managed host.

You must log in to Management Server to perform the management tasks on the hosts. Make sure that you can ping the managed host from Management Server.

You must log in to each managed host to perform the management tasks.

You can use the current release of Veritas Operations Manager to perform the following host management tasks:

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Viewing the details of the managed hosts associated with Management Server

Adding the managed hosts to Management Server using the Web Console

Refreshing the details of the managed host

Removing the managed hosts from Management Server