Tivoli Application Tasks

The following section provides instructions for performing Tivoli tasks.

To View the Sun Management Center-Generated Events

1. Start the Tivoli Enterprise Console.

   For more information about starting the Tivoli Enterprise Console, refer to the Tivoli Enterprise Console User's Guide.

2. Create an event group.

   An event group must be created to view Sun Manangement Center events in the event console.

3. Add the Tivoli administrator that you created in the previous chapter to the event group.

   See Creating an Administrator.

4. Create a filter for this event group to view only events with the source as SunManagementCenter.

5. Double-click inside the Administrator's Event Console.

   The Event Sources window is displayed.

6. Select either the All or SunMC group choices for event viewing.

   The Sun Management Center-generated event window is displayed.

To Start the HostDetails Task

To view or manipulate the attributes and properties associated with the hosts managed by the Sun Management Center software, run a TEC task to launch the console window that contains the host detail information.

1. Select a Sun Management Center-generated event from the event list.

2. For the event you selected in the previous step, choose Selected ⇒ Task Execution for the event.

   The Tasks window is displayed.

3. Select the Execute Task button and then Launch SunMC HostDetails.

4. When prompted for a host name for which you wish the Sun Management Center windows to be displayed, enter the host name, then select Execute.

   A scaled-down version of the Sun Management Center login screen is displayed.

5. To display the HostDetails window, enter a valid Sun Management Center user name and password, then select Login.

   The HostDetails window for the host you selected is displayed.