Attaching the Global Console to the Global Manager

To attach the
Global Console
to the
Global Manager
:
  1. Start the
    Global Console
    .
    • On a UNIX system, go to the BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory in the
      Service Assurance Manager
      (
      Global Manager
      ) installation area and type:
      sm_gui
      Press
      Enter
      .
      The
      Attach Manager
      dialog box opens.
  2. In the dialog box:
  3. Ensure that the
    VMware Smart Assurance
    Broker for your deployment appears in the
    Broker
    text box.
  4. Click the
    Manager
    list box or the
    Browse
    button to display a list of active (running)
    s, and from that list select the
    Global Manager
    application (for example,
    INCHARGE-SA
    ) in your deployment as the
    to which you want to connect.
  5. Type your login username and password. (For the default administration login, the username value is admin and the password value is changeme.)
  6. Click
    OK
    .
    The
    Notification Log Console
    view of the
    Global Console
    opens as shown in Notification Log Console. In the example, the Notification Log Console is attached to a
    Global Manager
    application named INCHARGE-SA.
    Notification Log Console—example
    The Notification Log Console shown in Notification Log Console, is one of many console views composing the
    Global Console
    . One other console view of particular interest to the discussions that follow is the Map Console, which graphically represents topology in a map format.
    The
    provides detailed information on using the
    Global Console
    .