Launching the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console on Solaris and  Linux

Perform the following procedure to start the administration console on Solaris or Linux.

To launch the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console on Solaris or Linux

1. On the computer where the BMC ProactiveNet Server is installed, from a command line, enter:
   pw admin

   
   

   Warning

   Note

   To use the BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console from a remote computer, source the profile using the .tmcsh script located in the /usr/pw/pronto/bin directory before entering the pw admin command.

2. Specify the following information:
   
   • Name or IP Address of the BMC ProactiveNet Server that you want to connect to. 
   • User name with access rights to the BMC ProactiveNet Server. The default is admin. 
   • Password corresponding to the user name. The default is admin.
     
      To change the password from the default, see Changing-your-BMC-ProactiveNet-Administration-Console-password. 
   • The type of connection to connect to the BMC ProactiveNet Server is a direct connection.
     
      For details about the connection types, see Connection protocols used to access the BMC ProactiveNet Server.
3. Click OK.
   
   The BMC ProactiveNet Administration Console is displayed as shown in the following figure: