3.10 Starting the Configuration Console the First Time

The Configuration Console is a Windows-based application delivered to your desktop using Microsoft ClickOnce publishing and deployment technology. To start the console the first time, launch it from the Operations Console. The initial ClickOnce deployment creates a shortcut in the NetIQ program group.

NOTE:If your environment does not allow ClickOnce installation, you can install the Configuration Console locally on any computer. For more information about installing the Configuration Console locally, see Section 2.8, Installing the Configuration Console Locally.

To launch the Configuration Console from the Operations Console:

  1. If you are logged on to the Web Server computer, on the Start menu, click All Programs > NetIQ > Aegis, and then click NetIQ Aegis Operations Console.

  2. If you are logging on to the Operations Console remotely, complete the following steps:

    1. Start Internet Explorer.

    2. Specify the following URL, where hostcomputer is the name of the Web Server computer:

      http:// hostcomputer /Aegis

  3. On the Operations Console Login window, log on as a member of the Aegis Administrators group.

  4. If you are logging on for the first time after installation, log on with the user account specified during installation.

  5. To ensure the local computer has the prerequisites for installing the Configuration Console, complete the following steps:

    1. Click Configuration Console Prerequisites.

    2. If you need to install the prerequisites, click Install Prerequisites.

    3. Close the NetIQ Aegis Configuration Console Prerequisites window.

  6. Click Launch Configuration Console.

  7. On the Configuration Console Login window, log on as a member of the Aegis Administrators group.