Chapter 14 Using the Systems Management Web Console

Requirements and Limitations

Installations that are to be managed by the Web console must all use the same CIM Repository, and each installation requires a local agent manager. To configure a federation of managed installations, choose one machine to host the CIM Repository and the EAServer installation that hosts Systems Management. Make sure the Systems Management and Agent Manager options are selected for this EAServer installation. For subsequent installations, change the CIM Repository host and port to the address on the systems management machine, and make sure the Agent Manager install option is selected for EAServer.

Each machine that hosts installations managed by the Web console must have a local agent manager running to enable shutdown and restart of managed services.

Since the systems management software is itself an EAServer application, you cannot use the Web console to start or restart the server that is hosting the systems management application. Similarly, you cannot use the Web console to shut down or restart services that are critical to the management architecture, such as the CIM repository.

Running the agent manager

The agent manager allows the Web console to stop and restart managed services such as EAServer. An agent manager must be running on each machine that hosts Sybase software managed by the Web console.

Running the agent manager on Windows platforms

On Windows platforms, the agent runs as a Windows service and starts automatically when you boot the machine. You can also start and stop the agent manually.

1. If using Windows NT, select Start | Settings | Control Panel | Services.
   
   If using Windows 2000, select Start | Settings | Control Panel | Administrative Services | Services.
2. Locate "Sybase EP Management Agent."
3. Click Stop to stop the agent or Start to restart it.

Alternatively, you can start and stop the Agent Manger by running these batch files located in AgentManager-3_0_0\bin subdirectory of your EAServer suite installation directory:

• am_start.bat starts the agent manager.
• am_stop.bat stops the agent manager.

Running the agent manager on UNIX platforms

1. Change to the AgentManager-3_0_0/bin subdirectory in your EAServer suite installation directory.
2. To start the agent manager, run am_start.sh.
   
   To stop the agent manager, run am_stop.sh.

Running the CIM Repository

The CIM Repository must be running when you connect to the Web console. When you start the agent manager that is in the same installation as the CIM Repository, the agent manager starts the CIM Repository if it is not already running. You can manually start and stop the service with the commands described below.

Manually running the CIM Repository on Windows platforms

1. Locate the CIMRepository-3_0_0\bin directory in your EAServer suite installation directory.
2. To stop the CIM Repository, run stoprepository.bat.
   
   To start the CIM Repository, run repository.bat.

Manually running the CIM Repository on UNIX platforms

1. Locate the CIMRepository-3_0_0/bin directory in your EAServer suite installation directory.
2. To stop the CIM Repository, run stoprepository.sh.
   
   To start the CIM Repository, run repository.sh.

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