2.1 Starting the Control Center Console

As a Control Center administrator, you can start the Control Center console. To enable other users to access Control Center, configure Control Center security. For information about configuring user access to Control Center, see the Administrator Guide for AppManager, available on the AppManager Documentation page.

To start the Control Center console:

  1. On a computer where you installed the Control Center console, click the Start button, then Programs > NetIQ > AppManager > AppManager Control Center.

  2. Log on to the CCDB. (When you start other AppManager programs, such as the Chart Console, you will log on to a particular QDB.) If you are not sure what to enter in any field or have problems logging on, see your AppManager administrator.

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    Server Name

    Type the name of the SQL server that manages the CCDB. When specifying a computer name, you can enter the Windows computer name or the IP address. At this time, AppManager only supports v4 IP addresses. For example, to specify a named SQL Server instance, you can enter 10.1.10.43\INST1.

    Repository

    Type the name of the CCDB.

    If the repository uses the default name, NQCCDB, you do not have to complete this field.

    Use Windows Authentication

    Select this option to specify that SQL Server uses the Windows user information to validate the user before granting access to the CCDB. The Control Center console computer must be part of a Windows domain or workgroup.

    If you do not select the Use Windows Authentication option, SQL Server uses the standard SQL Server security validation. This is the default when SQL Server is configured to use both SQL Server and Windows authentication. You need to add the login name to SQL Server before a user can log in. If you enable FIPS-compliant security for the Control Center console, you cannot log in using SQL credentials. For more information about FIPS-compliant security, see the Administrator Guide for AppManager, available on the AppManager Documentation page.

    User name

    To use the standard SQL Server security validation to grant access to the CCDB, type the user name of the SQL Server login account used to access the CCDB.

    Password

    To use the standard SQL Server security validation to grant access to the CCDB, type the password for the SQL Server login account.

    Sign me in automatically

    Select this option to save the Windows or SQL Server credentials used to log on to the console. The Control Center console no longer prompts for credentials if you log on using the same credentials.

  3. Click OK.

    Now that you are logged in to the CCDB, the Control Center console displays information dynamically.

NOTE:

  • By running separate instances of the Control Center console, different users can access the same CCDB from the same console computer.

  • If you are running the Control Center console on Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, you cannot start the console with different logon credentials using the Run As command.

Your AppManager environment should have the same version of the core components (QDB and management server) and Control Center components (CCDB, command queue service, and console). If you are upgrading Control Center from an earlier version, upgrade your core components to the current version as soon as possible. You cannot perform some AppManager tasks while your core components are still on an earlier version. For more information, see the Upgrade and Migration Guide for AppManager, available on the AppManager Documentation page.