Using the Remote Web Console Tool

Another extremely useful tool that is provided with ZENworks for Server Web-based management is the Remote Web Console Tool. The Remote Web Console tool enables you to monitor and maintain the distribution agent, subscriber agent, and policy/package agent from a Web browser. This enables you to view configurations, distributions, schedules, events, and so forth about the agents from one easy-to-access location.

You access the Remote Web Console in the Web-based management tool in one of two ways. The first is to click on the Remote Web Console option under the ZFS Management section from the main page. The second is to select a TED object and click the Remote Web Console button that is shown in some of the other Web-based management tool pages.

When you click on Remote Web Console option under ZFS Management, you are prompted to enter the name of the object or use the object selector to specify the TED or Policy/Package agent you want to monitor.

The following sections discuss using the ZENworks for Servers 3 Remote Web Console tool to monitor Policy/Package Agents and TED Agents.

Monitoring Policy/Package Agents from the Remote Web Console

The Remote Web Console tool is an easily accessible and extremely useful tool for quickly viewing configuration and schedule information for policies and software packages in your tree.

The following sections discuss the type of policy/package information that you can monitor from the Remote Web Console.

Configuration

The Configuration tab, shown in Figure 14.11, of a policy/package agent in the Remote Web Console view displays the configuration information (such as the version, events registered, console level and variables) about the agent that was selected.

Figure 14.11. Configuration document for a policy/package in the Remote Web Console tool in iManage.

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Policies

The Policies tab of a policy/package agent in the Remote Web Console view displays all policies that are associated with the agent and enables you to enforce, refresh, and reschedule them. This page also displays a list of scheduled policies, including their schedules and a list of enforcers for the agent.

Software Packages

The Software Packages tab of a policy/package agent in the Remote Web Console view displays a list of the package name, install date, status, and available actions for all software packages managed by the agent. It also enables you add a software package.

Schedule

The Schedule tab of a policy/package agent in the Remote Web Console view (see Figure 14.12) displays the schedule classes and times for the agent. It also displays the name, type, parameters, repeats, time, and actions for each time a schedule is run. You can also add a Java class, script, or executable to the agent's schedule from this page.

Figure 14.12. Schedule document for a policy package in the Remote Web Console tool in iManage.

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Actions

The Actions tab of a policy/package agent in the Remote Web Console view gives you the option to perform down and refresh actions on the server that the agent is running.

Monitoring Tiered Electronic Distribution Agents from the Remote Web Console

The Remote Web Console also enables you to monitor and maintain the TED distribution and subscriber agents that are running on your network. From the Tiered Electronic Distribution Agents view in the Remote Web Console you can quickly see the configuration and status of distributors and subscribers, distributions, channels, and security, as well as events for both successful and unsuccessful distributions that are occurring in your distribution channel.

The following sections discuss the type of policy/package information that you can monitor from the Remote Web Console.

Configuration

The Configuration tab of a TED agent in the Remote Web Console view displays the configuration information about the distributor or subscriber that was selected. The following is a list of pages under the Configuration tab for a TED agent:

  • Configuration. Shows the object name, object revision, current working directory, distribution timeout, concurrent distributions, console messaging level, logging level, log file path, I/O rates, schedule, variables, and so on for a distributor or subscriber agent's server. This is a very fast way to view the entire configuration for a distributor or subscriber.

  • Subordinate Configuration. Shows the object name, object revision, current working directory, distribution timeout, concurrent distributions, console messaging level, logging level, log file path, I/O rates, schedule, variables, and so on for a subordinate subscriber agent's server.

  • Threads. Displays TED thread information on the agent's server.

  • Route to Subscriber (distributor only). Shows the routing hierarchy to subscriber servers.

  • Database (distributor only). Displays information about the ZENworks for Servers database used by the distributor agent.

  • Refresh Distributor (distributor only). Enables you to force the distributor to refresh the configuration information it holds (distributor, subscribers, channels, and so forth). Remember that this causes Run Immediately distributions to occur.

Distributions

The Distributions tab of a TED agent in the Remote Web Console view displays the distribution information about the distributor or subscriber that was selected. The following is a list pages under the Distributions tab for a TED agent:

  • Received Distributions. Displays a list of all distributions that this agent has received. You have the option of selecting a distribution from that list and view the status.

  • Active Distributions. Displays a list of the ingoing and a list of the outgoing distributions for the agent. From this page, shown in Figure 14.13, you can view the IP address of the agent that is sending or receiving the distribution, whether the distribution is currently active, its priority, the version number, distribution, channel, bytes sent or received, total size, heartbeat status, and actions.

    Figure 14.13. Active distributions document for TED in the Remote Web Console tool in iManage.

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  • Distribution Information (distributor only). Enables you to view information about any distribution on the agent.

  • Build Distribution (distributor only). Enables you to rebuild on the distributor and create a new version, if required.

Channels

The Channels tab of a TED agent in the Remote Web Console view displays the channel information for distributions on a distributor agent that was selected. The following is a list pages under the Channels tab for a TED distributor agent:

  • Channel Information. Enables you to view the configuration of the channel for distributions on the agent.

  • Distribute Channel. Enables you to select a distribution object and start distribution.

Events

The Events tab of a TED agent in the Remote Web Console view displays the distribution events on the subscriber or distributor agent that was selected. The following is a list of pages under the Events tab for a TED agent:

  • Scheduled Events. Displays a list of events that are scheduled on the TED Agent.

  • Subscriber Event Log. Displays a list, including severity, time, and message, for all events that have occurred on the subscriber, as shown in Figure 14.14.

    Figure 14.14. Subscriber Events document for a policy package in the Remote Web Console tool in iManage.

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  • Distributor Event Log. Displays a list, including severity, time, and message, for all events that have occurred on the distributor.

Security

The Security tab of a TED agent in the Remote Web Console displays the certificates for distributions on the subscriber or distributor agent that was selected. The following is a list pages under the Security tab for a TED agent:

  • Show Certificates. Displays the data for all certificates on the agent, including who issued the certificate, the subject, the date/time created, and the date/time that it expires.

  • Sign CSR (distributor only). Enables you to have the distributor agent sign a Certificate Signing Request (CSR).



Novell's ZENworks for Servers 3. Administrator's Handbook
Novell's ZENworks for Servers 3. Administrator's Handbook
ISBN: 789729865
EAN: N/A
Year: 2003
Pages: 137

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