Chapter 14 Using the Systems Management Web Console

Monitoring and managing remote systems

To monitor or manage components, log in to the Systems Management tree view as described in "Connecting to the Web console". Expand the Systems Management tree view to see the following folders:

Components by Type - displays all the components by type. For example, if you have three EAServer installations, all three servers, regardless of where they are installed, appear in a folder called EAServer Service.
Components by Host - displays all the components according to where they are installed. For example, if you have the machines, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, you see a folder for each of the machines. Inside each folder is a representation of all the components installed on that host.
All Components - displays all the components that are registered in the CIM Repository.

From each of these folders you can start or stop managed services, and retrieve error logs and other statistical information for each service.

Next to each managed service is an icon that represents the state of the service. A green icon with a check mark indicates that the service is up and running. The red icon with the "X" indicates that the service is stopped, and the blue question mark indicates that the console cannot detect the state of the service.

There are two ways to start, stop, or retrieve logs for any of the listed components:

Select the component in the object tree. The property sheet of the selected component displays in the details view. Click the icon in the details view to start, stop, or retrieve the error log.
If you select the option to retrieve the error log in the details view, the utility returns only 10 lines of the log. If you want to retrieve more lines, print the error log, or copy and paste any portion of the error log to another utility, you must access the error log through the Methods folder located directly beneath the services folder.
Click the plus-sign icon next to the service to expand the folder view. This displays two folders, also in the object view:
- Methods - this folder contains methods (actions and functions) that can be performed on the selected service, such as get error log, start service, or stop service.
  
  Access the error log through this folder if you want to print it, or copy and paste it into another application.
- Settings - this folder displays a list, in the details view, of the available component settings that an administrator can modify, such as the component's installation path.

Methods

The methods that you can execute against an installed service are Java methods. Some methods, such as starting or stopping a service, are executed against the component when you click on the diamond-shaped icon.

Other methods that require parameters display an input screen in the details view. Methods that require one or more parameters have a square-shaped icon.

The details view displays an input field for each required parameter.

When retrieving error logs, the console displays an input field for the number of lines that you want to retrieve from the error log. Enter a numeric value, and click Execute Method to complete the action.

Settings

When you select the Setting icon in the object tree, the object tree expands to show the types of settings that are associated with the selected component, typically:

Installation information - the path to the installation directory.
Configuration information - the configuration properties that display depend on the selected component, and contain parameters such as user name and password used to log in to the selected service, environment variables, paths to the location of error logs, and the URL for TDS connections, and so on.

Changing the settings of a component

Select the setting in the object tree.
In the details view, any settings that are associated with the component display in the column labeled Property. In the corresponding Value column (immediately to the right of the Property column), change the value of the property to the new value.
Click Apply to save the new settings, or click Reset to return the property values to their original state.