Introduction to NonStop Operations Management

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Production Management
Overview
This section describes “production management” and provides guidelines to help you
manage the day-to-day support and operations tasks in the production environment. This
section:
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Provides suggestions for monitoring system status
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Provides suggestions on how to control the system efficiently and effectively
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Provides guidelines for tracking system usage
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Describes how generating daily and weekly statistical reports can provide valuable
information on the health of the system
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Describes how to use a production schedule to ensure that day-to-day production
tasks are performed effectively
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Describes management responsibilities in the production environment
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Provides check lists of routine tasks including:
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System startup, system shutdown, processor dump, and processor reload tasks
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Daily, weekly, and month tasks
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Recovery tasks
A check list summarizing the main points of production management is provided at the
end of this section.
What Is Production Management?
Production management involves managing the day-to-day tasks of the production
operations environment while also maximizing the availability and reliability of the
systems, peripherals, networks, and applications as outlined by your service-level
agreements.
To manage an effective, efficient, and reliable production environment, it is important to
have up-to-the-moment status information about the systems and to be able to respond
quickly to any changes or problems that occur. This is best accomplished by taking an
online approach when performing the following activities:
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Monitoring system status
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Controlling the system
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Tracking system usage
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Providing daily and weekly reports to management on the health of the system
Using a daily production schedule can help you manage each day’s tasks, transfer
operations duties from one shift to the next, and ensure that you meet your service-level
agreements.