Thanks to Lillian Hull, Product Manager for Operations Manager on Linux for providing the background information and customer quotes for this blog post.
- Peter

HP Operations Manager has long had the ability to monitor Linux servers. We are now getting ready to release a version of Operations Manager that runs on Linux. This complements our existing Operations Manager on Windows (OMW) and Operations Manager on Unix (OMU).

At HP Software Universe in June 2009, HP disclosed that Operations Manager on Linux was in external pre-release review (many software companies call this a beta program). Here is some of the feedback we received:

• “This is the smoothest installation I’ve ever done.” 
• “We downloaded OMU 8 polices and uploaded to OM Linux and verified they were viewable and editable in the new Administration UI.  These steps went without any problems.”
• “For everything we tried, OM Linux is rock solid.”

Customers are moving to Linux for several reasons. The key drivers include: desire to standardize on a single platform, cost reduction, find an alternative to Windows, and leverage open source solutions including customizing them to meet specific domain-specific needs.

Giving customers the ability to run Operations Manager on Linux will complement HP’s support of Linux on HP Integrity servers and HP Proliant servers.

We have now successfully completed the external pre-release review phase of this program and are actively working towards general availability of this exciting new offering.

For HP Operations Center, Peter Spielvogel.

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