9.2 Installing the Operator Console

This section describes the steps required to install the Operator Console.

To install the Operator Console:

  1. Complete the steps in Understanding the AppManager Pre‑Installation Check.

    After you view the pre-installation check report, click Next to start the installation.

  2. When you reach the User Information window, provide your identification information and click Next.

  3. Select the console programs to install and click Next.

  4. Review the installation settings. When you are ready to install the Operator Console, click Install.

After you install the Operator Console, if you want to enable logging for the Chart Console, you must edit the Chart Console registry keys. For more information about editing the registry keys, see Enabling Logging for the Chart Console.

9.2.1 Enabling Logging for the Chart Console

The Chart Console log files, AMChartCon.log and IExplorer.log, are located in the Users\User_Name\AppData\NetIQ\NetIQ_Debug\Computer_Name folder. Chart Console logging is not automatically enabled. To enable logging, you must edit registry keys.

WARNING:Be careful when editing your Windows registry. If there is an error in your registry, your computer might become nonfunctional. If an error occurs, you can restore the registry to its state when you last successfully started your computer. For more information, see the Help for the Windows Registry Editor.

To enable logging for the Chart Console:

  1. Click Start > Run.

  2. In the Open field, type regedit and then click OK.

  3. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetIQ\Common\AMREPORTS.

  4. In the right pane, double-click DebugHost.

  5. In the Value data field, set the value to 1 and then click OK.

  6. In the left pane of the Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NetIQ\Generic\Tracing.

  7. In the right pane, double-click TraceConsole.

  8. In the Value data field, set the value to 1 and then click OK.