Working with BMC Client Management console

The BMC Client Management console is the most important part of BMC Client Management. All the tools necessary for managing your clients on a day-to-day basis can be found in the console. The most important aspect of the console is its capability to manage any of the object types supplied by BMC Client Management and execute all types of action on these.

This topic includes:

• • Launching the console
  • Logging on to the console
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Launching the console

The console is a Java application and can thus be launched using the generally available startup options provided by Java, such as -Xmxn to extend the maximum size of the memory allocation (n must be a multiple of 1024, for example, Xmx80m or Xmx81920k ). By default the anti-aliasing option is used for the console. To switch it off, open the console shortcut's Properties window and modify the -Dswing.aatext option from true to false . To launch the console with its standard options proceed as follows, depending on the operating system on which your console is installed:

Logging on to the console

In the the Login window, enter the required information and click Login.

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