Getting started for users

Accessing the MVMM Launch Page

1. Open a browser instance. For a list of supported browsers, see Minimum-hardware-and-software-requirements.
   Enter https://hostName:15004. In this URL:
   • hostName is the host name or IP address of the device running the Application Service.
   • portnumber are 15007 or 15004. These default ports used by the MVMM  Application Service. Port 15004 is a secure port and Port 15007 isn't. Entering 15007 redirects you to port 15004 during login to ensure that passwords are transmitted securely.
     
     
2. The MVMM  login page is displayed.
   
   Enter your username and password. The default values are:
   1. User name: SA
   2. Password: BMCSOFTWARE
      
      

3. The MVMM Launch page is displayed:
   
   The following UI features are available on the MVMM  launch page:

   Product feature	Description
   	Clicking this page title redirects you to the BMC Software website
   Monitor Console Administrator Console Deployment Events	For more information, see Using-MVMM-Web-UI.

Accessing and downloading all feature requirements

The following steps describe the procedure you must follow to access and download all necessary components:

1. To access the Monitor Console, click Download Installer to install the standalone version of the Monitor Console, or click Launch to launch the legacy Java Web Start version of the Monitor Console. For further information about which version you should use, see Accessing-the-Monitor-Console.

   The Monitor Console application displays a prompt to run the application. Accepting the prompt launches the Monitor Console login page.

   For further information and troubleshooting, see Accessing-the-Monitor-Console.
   
   

2. To access MainView Middleware Administrator (MVMA), click Administrator Console. You can use the Administrator Console to manage queue managers, queues, and channels.

   The MVMA window is launched in a new browser window or tab.

   Important

   The MVMA User and Admin Consoles are web-based in contrast to the Monitor Console.

   For further information on the functionality available in MVMA, see Working-with-queue-managers-queues-and-channels.
   
   

3. Click Deployments to download MVMM  agents and distribute them to relevant computers.

   For more information about creating, modifying, downloading, and deploying agents and extensions, see Using-Deployments-to-distribute-the-agent-and-extensions-packages.

4. Click on Events to monitor and search events. For more information, see Using-Events.

Introducing the various interfaces to MVMM 

Three main interfaces are used inMVMM : the Monitor Console, MainView Middleware Administrator (MVMA)  and a set of CLI tools.

For more information, see Accessing-and-navigating-the-MainView-Middleware-Monitor-interfaces.

Establishing monitoring policy

MVMM  provides a set of out-of-the-box policies that contain general monitoring recommendations. For more information, see Getting-started-with-policies.
If you need further information on how to tweak and customize these policies, see Policies-and-Event-Packs-overview and Policy-architecture.