Working with grids

A grid is a logical collection of peers, usually located on multiple physical host computers. The peers run a J2SE Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and a minimal set of BMC Atrium Orchestrator components.

The peers on the grid can communicate with each other and work as a group. They communicate concurrently to every other peer in the group, and can detect which peers are running and the load on those peers.

The roles associated with your logon ID determine which Grid Manager functions you can access and which tabs are displayed on the screen.

If the Grids list is empty, the Grids tab is the default tab available when you click the Manage tab. You might need to select the Manage tab and then select the Grids tab to access the grid list.