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Launching MainView Explorer

You can launch MainView Explorer in one of the following ways:

  • (PTF BQY1939 applied) Perform a one-time download of a stand-alone package, which can be deployed locally or remotely, and is easily configurable to create one or more MainView Explorer sessions.
  • Use Java Web Start from any web browser to launch individual MainView Explorer sessions that are then saved as shortcuts to your desktop.

Note

Regardless of the method you choose, before you launch MainView Explorer you must ensure that the MainView host server is running. For more information, see Starting-and-stopping-the-MainView-host-server.

To launch MainView Explorer from the stand-alone package (PTF BQY1939 applied)

  1. Open any browser and enter the URL: http://host:port/mveload to download the stand-alone package.
    • For host, use the IP address or name of the system on which the MainView host server is running.
    • For port, use the value specified for the PORT parameter in the host server startup procedure. For more information, see Creating-the-MainView-host-server-startup-procedure.
  2. Press Enter.
    The MainView Explorer download page appears.
  3. Click Download to begin downloading the stand-alone package, mveimage.exe.
  4. Save the file to the directory from which you want to run MainView Explorer:
    • If prompted to Run or Save the file, click the arrow next to Save and select Save As. Browse to the location you want and click Save.
    • If the file is saved automatically, open your Downloads folder and move the file to the desired location.
  5. Double-click the file to extract the mveimage folder and its contents.
  6. From within the mveimage folder, open the runmve.txt file for editing.
  7. Edit the last line of the file as needed:
    bin\javaw -Xmx1024m -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1 -m com.bmc.mve   %host %port expref=?
    • If you want to show console messages, change javaw (the default) to java.
    • For %host and  %port, enter the IP address or system name and port number of the server to which you want to connect.
    • If the host server uses TLS protocol, use expref=s. If not, use expref=n or delete the parameter.
    • Add any of the additional parameters listed in the file as desired.
  8. Locate the  Save As  option in your editor, change the TXT extension to BAT, and click Save .
    Use this method to create as many different MainView Explorer session files as you require.
  9. Double-click the new BAT file.
    A command prompt opens and initializes the connection. The MainView Explorer logon screen appears and prompts you to log on. To start your MainView Explorer session, see Logging-on-to-MainView-Explorer.

Tips

  • You can download the stand-alone package to a shared network drive, perform steps 1-8 of the above procedure, and have your users launch MainView Explorer from that location. Launch options include:
    • Providing users with a path to the shared BAT file that they can enter in a command prompt. For example,
      z:\mveimage\runmve.
    • Providing users with their own BAT file containing a simple path (see the previous bullet) or a path with parameters that they can tailor to fit their needs. For example,
      z:\mveimage\bin\javaw -Xmx1024m -Dsun.java2d.uiScale=1 -m com.bmc.mve   sysa 3940.
  • In the future, you can continue to launch MainView Explorer from the BAT file in the mveimage folder or you can create a desktop shortcut to the file instead. For information on how to create a desktop shortcut with parameters that you can modify on the fly, see the createShortcut.txt file in the mveimage folder.

To launch MainView Explorer using Java Web Start

  1. Open any browser and enter the URL: http://host:port/mve.
    • For host, use the IP address or name of the system on which the MainView host server is running.
    • For port, use the value specified for the PORT parameter in the host server startup procedure. For more information, see Creating-the-MainView-host-server-startup-procedure.
  2. Press Enter.
    A web page appears with two launch buttons: one for MainView Explorer and one for MainView Explorer Viewer.
  3. Click the launch button for MainView Explorer.
    A new window opens and prompts you to log on. To start your MainView Explorer session, see Logging-on-to-MainView-Explorer.

Tip

After you launch MainView Explorer using Java Web Start, a shortcut appears on your desktop that you can use to launch MainView Explorer in the future.

If running MainView Explorer in IE with TLS

You can run MainView Explorer in secure mode (https) using Transport Layer Security (TLS) in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). You define the security parameters for TLS in the MainView host server startup procedure. (For more information, see Creating-the-MainView-host-server-startup-procedure.) However, when using security and running MainView Explorerin IE, you might experience problems if your organization changes from secure mode to unsecure mode. For example, MainView Explorer might fail to connect to the host server if the TLS parameters in the host server startup procedure were originally defined as either SSL=Y or TLS=Y (security is enabled) and are later changed to SSL=N or TLS=N (security is disabled). If this occurs:

  1. Delete the IE browser history.
  2. Close and relaunch IE.
  3. Reconnect to the MainView Explorer host server.


Tip

Another option is not to delete the IE browser history and instead connect to a different host server (change the port variable), where TLS security is still enabled.


Related topics

Logging-on-to-MainView-Explorer

Setting-a-context-in-MainView-Explorer

Starting-a-MainView-Explorer-session

 

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