Choose a console for types of users

VMware Smart Assurance
consoles have different capabilities. For each type of user and their equipment, determine which console is most appropriate:
  • Global Console
    can provide all functions and all views to operators. Administrators can restrict console operations so that operators have only the specific functionality that they require.
  • Web Console can also provide all functions and all views that are available from the
    Global Console
    , except for the Topology Browser Console. As with the
    Global Console
    , most console operations can be restricted.
  • Business Dashboard provides access to the results of
    VMware Smart Assurance
    analysis through one or more Dashboard viewlets implemented as Java applets. A Dashboard viewlet is a Java application that shows a particular aspect of Service Assurance information such as notifications, containment, or maps. Dashboard viewlets provide operational functions, but no administrative functions.
    A
    Global Console
    , a Web Console, and a Business Dashboard (on a single browser using one Java Virtual Machine) showing similar content, all use the same resources. This is regardless of the number of viewlets displayed by the Business Dashboard.