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Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Network Information System (NIS)

The Network Information System (NIS) works by distributing administrative databases, referred to as maps, throughout a network. Each domain has at least one map. These maps identify resources throughout the network and establish the resources' level of accessibility.

With the NFS application class, you can determine which servers store NIS maps. You also can view which users and groups are available via NIS.

The NFS tasks that relate to NIS are described in detail on the following pages:
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BMC PATROL for UNIX and Linux 9.13