An entity that is managed by one or more management systems, which can be either Element Management Systems, Subnetwork or Network Management Systems, or any other management systems.

A managed system is a system that is monitored and managed by the IT Assistant management station. The management station monitors various hardware components for information such as temperature, electrical readings, and system configuration. This information is provided by various management agents that are installed on the managed system.

a system that is managed by operators at the central site

A client or server that requests services from the Tivoli Storage Manager server.