An element of network management, configuration management comprises the management of the logical and physical arrangement and interconnection of the components and elements that comprise a given system and network, including software, firmware, hardware, circuits, and channels. At a more detailed level, configuration management includes the processes of load balancing, network optimization, and traffic analysis. See also load balancing, network management, network optimization, and traffic analysis.
configuration management
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The definition of configuration management is a system of making sure that a product or service remains consistent throughout its lifespan.
An example of configuration management is ensuring that a company computer system stays working.
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(1) In a network, a system for gathering current configuration information from all nodes in a LAN.
(2) In software development, a system for keeping track of large projects. Although version control, which maintains a database of revisions, is part of the system, a full-blown software configuration management system (SCM system or CM system) automatically documents all components used to build executable programs. It is able to recreate each build as well as to recreate earlier environments in order to maintain previous versions of a product. It may also be used to prevent unauthorized access to files or to alert the appropriate users when a file has been altered. Increasingly, parts of version control and configuration management are being added to application development systems. Examples of stand-alone configuration management systems are PVCS, CA Harvest and ClearCase. See CSCI and version control.
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