SCO TechSTREET Newsletter, August 2007 , SCO Mobile HipCheck Server available
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SCO Mobile HipCheck Server now available as customer deployable version

The SCO Group has introduced the SCO Mobile Server to resolve the unique challenges of developing and deploying secure mobile applications. The SCO Mobile Server allows for customers and partners to develop and deploy their own mobile business application. In addition we now have released a complete SCO Mobile based solution  - HipCheck™, for monitoring and managing Windows and UNIX servers from a mobile phone.

The SCO Mobile HipCheck Server provides a customer-deployable version of SCO’s HipCheck Service, which has been available as an on-line service at http://www.hipcheck.sco.com.   

SCO Mobile HipCheck Server - main purpose
HipCheck™ lets you use your Windows Mobile®, Blackberry®, Treo® or other popular smartphone to monitor your Windows®, Solaris® and SCO UNIX® systems, set triggers for real-time event alerts, and then immediately respond to those alerts by viewing critical parameters and executing system commands.

Proactive and preventative system management in real-time lets you:
- Know when something has gone wrong or is about to go wrong
- Respond immediately from any location via your mobile phone
- Keep your users more satisfied than ever
- Lower your system administration costs

Following is a sample of actions supported by HipCheck:
- SMS or email Alert when a system goes down or is unreachable
- Reboot a system
- Alert when a filesystem free space falls below a threshold
- Reset passwords, lock or unlock accounts
- Cancel a print job
- Alert when a log file on a system gets a new entry that matches a pattern

SCO Mobile HipCheck Server Availibility
The software (Media Kit) and System licenses can be ordered from any authorized SCO Distribution Partner. In addition, the software can be downloaded from the SCO Support Download Page. The product is available for the following platforms:
  • SCO OpenServer 6.0, with MP2
  • UnixWare 7.1.4, with MP3
  • Windows Server 2003  R2
Get Started with HipCheck
You can sign up for a Free Trial Account and start using HipCheck for 30 days free of charge. A Reviewers Guide explains step by step what to do in order to start working with HipCheck.
The SCO Group has made some test servers available for monitoring - no need to setup your own servers in order to get a first impression of what HipCheck can do for you. (see the Reviewers Guide for details)

Licensing and Model Numbers
The SCO Mobile HipCheck Server is licensed for a fixed number of users, and to monitor a fixed number of servers. The limit is controlled by a license key that is entered into the HipCheck Server. Each server requires a base license, and can have any number of users or servers added with optional additional licenses. User licenses means additional mobile devices (phones) used for monitoring servers with HipCheck.
The HipCheck Server License is perpetual and includes the first year of software maintenance.

Below are the sample model numbers for the Media Kit, the Base License, additional User and Server licenses and a sample Maintenance License. Additional modelnumbers are available for additional User and Server licenses.

License

License Pack

Web License

HipCheck Server Media Kit

CA305-XX09-1

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HipCheck Server Base (5 users, 10 servers)

LB305-XX10-1

LB305-XX10W-1

10 Additional Servers

LB305-XX01-1

LB305-XX01W-1

Unlimited servers

LB305-XX08-1

LB305-XX08W-1

Additional User Licenses:

 

 

5 Additional Users

LA303-0005-1

LA303-0005W-1

10 Additional Users

LA303-0010-1

LA303-0010W-1

Maintenance License

License Pack

Web License

HipCheck Maintenance, 10  Servers

WU305-XX01-1

WU305-XX01W-1

HipCheck Maintenance  Unlimited servers

WU305-XX08-1

WU305-XX08W-1



SCO MOBILE HipCheck SERVER

SCO Mobile HipCheck  (PDF) Productinformation

HipCheck data sheet

SCO HipCheck Server Overview
HipCheck Reviewers Guide