Gerenciamento de ambientes computacionais heterogêneos via web

Abstract

The public organizations' computational environment existing in Brazil are singular because they are usually spread over large geographic areas, do not have specialized staff to provide local support, deal with a diversity of operating systems, which some times are interconnected by different technologies.When these machines are interconnected by the Internet using different providers, they require different security policies that make a tool interaction with devices managed more difficult.In this work we propose a tool for assist in network management for big enviroments from governments, taking into account several of the features and peculiarities of this environment.Currently the tools available for management of such networks have limitations that hamper its deployment and use in that kind of environment. Some tools that could provide the required funcionalities are expensive and require qualified staff to manipulate and customize the system to meet the needs of this type of customer.Comparing with other tools available this work presents a set of contributions that allow the goals of the system are met. It has open code, allow a minimum of initial configuration of units so the system can operate without intervention of the local users of the machines in the environment managed and the ability to answer thousands of machines simultaneously. The system developed is in operation in about one hundred Minas Gerais schools participants of the program Escolas em Rede from Secretary of Education of Minas Gerais. Near its completion we will be monitoring four thounsand schools. In this environment the tool has behaved as expected offering the possibility of centralized management of these schools.