The Infrastructure Management administrator console allows you to modify the BMC TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server and the Integration Service network management areas by adding or deleting device groups, monitored devices, data collection adapters, or changing event management configuration. You can also manage supported infrastructure components and service models. The administrator console also provides access to event management policies, the dynamic data editor, and the services editor.
The Administrator Console has two main tabs:
The Administration tab includes the following subtabs, identified by these icons:
— General Administration
— Event Management Policies
— Dynamic Data Editor
— Infrastructure Management
Menu options change depending upon the subtab you have selected.
The Services Editor tab of the administrator console is used by admnistrators who manually build service models in environments where the Infrastructure Management server is not integrated with the CMDB. Service models are created by organizing service model components into hierarchical relationships that can then be navigated by operators and service managers in the operator console.
From the service model component, IT operations staff can view and manage the underlying events in the operator console. For more information, see Working with Infrastructure Management.
For more information about using the administrator console to view services models, see Getting started with the Infrastructure Management Administrator Console.
Central Monitoring Administration is installed with the BMC TrueSight Presentation Server and is the preferred console for setting up agents and monitoring polices for event management . The following table list the tasks you can perform through the administrator console and through Central Monitoring Administration .
Task | Administrator console | Central Monitoring Administration |
---|---|---|
Configure BMC PATROL monitoring solutions | ||
Configure adapters for external monitors, such as IBM Tivoli, HP Operations Manager, and BMC Portal | ||
Create policies to manage events | ||
Create policies to manage monitor configuration, data and event filtering, server and agent threshold creation, agent configuration, data collection blackout settings, and global thresholds | ||
Create thresholds and set server-side intelligent thresholds |
Installing the Infrastructure Management administrator console on remote computers
Getting started with the Infrastructure Management Administrator Console
Editing Service Model data in the Infrastructure Management Administrator Console