Changes between Version 26 and Version 27 of WikiStart

Timestamp:

10/15/06 15:30:32 (17 years ago)

Author:

dclark

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-Bcfg2 is the fifth generation of configuration management tools
-developed in the [http://www.mcs.anl.gov Mathematics and Computer Science Division] of
-[http://www.anl.gov Argonne National Laboratory.]
+Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks. It is the fifth generation of configuration management tools
+developed in the [http://www.mcs.anl.gov Mathematics and Computer Science Division] of [http://www.anl.gov Argonne National Laboratory].
 
-It is based on a unique operational model where the bcfg2
-specification can be used to validate the states of clients (as all
-tools do), but can also be used to assess it's own completeness. Bcfg2
-provides an objective measure of how good a job an administrator has
-done in specifying the configuration of client systems. 
+It is based on an operational model in which the specification can be used to validate and optionally change the state of clients, but in a feature unique to bcfg2 the client's response to the specification can also be used to assess the completeness of the specification. Using this feature, bcfg2 provides an objective measure of how good a job an administrator has done in specifying the configuration of client systems. Bcfg2 is therefore built to help administrators construct an accurate, comprehensive specification.
 
-Bcfg2 has been designed from the ground up to support gentle
-reconciliation between the specification and current client
-states. Due to the rapid pace of updates on modern networks, client
-systems are constantly changing; Bcfg2 enables the construction of
-complex change management and deployment strategies. 
+Bcfg2 has been designed from the ground up to support gentle reconciliation between the specification and current client states. It is designed to gracefully cope with manual system modifications.
 
-Finally, Bcfg2 is designed to gracefully cope with manual system
-modifications, and a number of tools are available to aid in this
-process. Bcfg2 is built to help administrators construct an accurate,
-comprehensive specification.
+Finally, due to the rapid pace of updates on modern networks, client systems are constantly changing; if required in your environment, Bcfg2 can enable the construction of complex change management and deployment strategies. 
 
 Bcfg2 is fairly portable. It has been successfully run on:
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-Bcfg2 helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducable, and 
-verifible description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting 
-tools to aid in day-to-day administrative tasks.
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