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Main View Menu

After starting up the Peer Management Center Client, the following menu and toolbar actions are available:

File Menu

New

Selecting this option will present you with a list of installed Peerlets types from which you can create a new job. The options are based on which Peer Management Center solution is installed. For example, if you installed the File Collaboration solution, then clicking the New menu item will provide you with an option to create a new file collaboration job. The New action is available in the toolbar as well.

Save/Save All

This button will be enabled if any of the open jobs have been modified.  Selecting Save will result in the currently open and selected job to be saved to disk. Save All saves all open and modified jobs to disk.

Exit

Selecting this option will exit the Peer Management Center Client application. Note that as long as the Peer Management Center Service remains running, all running jobs will continue to operate.

Window Menu

Open Perspective

Open a predefined layout of views geared towards a specific purpose.  For example, one perspective is for job creation and management, while another is for managing Peer Agents.

Reset Perspective...

Selecting this option will reset all current windows, views, and editors to their default size and layout.

View Dashboard

Shows the Dashboard Summary view, which displays metrics and key performance indicators from all running File Collaboration Jobs, File Synchronization Jobs, and Agents.

View Agent Details Summary

The Peer Agent Detail Summary is a panel that displays a list of all known Peer Agents deployed and their detailed status information, which can be used to assess the health of the environment.

View Alerts

Opens the Alerts view, which displays Peer Management Center alerts such as Peer Agent connection status changes.

View Job Alerts

Opens the Job Alerts view, which displays alerts such as job restarts.

Assign Tags

Opens the Assign Tags dialog where resources can be viewed and assigned to tags or categories. Tagging resources helps when managing large number of resources.

Preferences

Opens the Preferences dialog, allowing the user to configure settings for the Peer Management Center, as well as global settings for File Collaboration and Cloud Sync jobs.

View Progress

Opens the Progress view, which displays information pertaining to any running background tasks within the Peer Management Center.

Refresh

Refreshes all current views and tabs.

Help Menu

User Guide

Selecting this option will open this help system.

Download Peer Agent Installer

This operation takes you to our website where you can download the Peer Agent installer compatible with this version of the Peer Management Center.

Retrieve Hub/Agent Logs

This operation will collect and retrieve all useful log files for specified Peer Agents, the Peer Management Center, and all configured jobs. All of this information will be assembled into a single encrypted zip file that can optionally be uploaded to our technical support team. The collection and retrieval of the log and support files will be performed in the background, which might take awhile depending on content size and network speed. Upon completion, you will be notified and will be able to view the zip file yourself.

Retrieve Broker Statistics

This will display detailed statistical information about all messaging that has transpired for all connections (Peer Agents and the Peer Management Center) to the Peer Management Broker.

Thread Dump

Gives options to generate a thread dump of the running Peer Management Center Client and Service, as well as the running Peer Management Broker service. Both of these can be used by our technical support to debug certain issues.

Generate Memory Dump File

This will generate a memory dump of the running Peer Management Center Client and Service, which can be used by our technical support to debug certain issues.

Compress DB on Restart

Check this option in cases where the database consumes a large amount of disk space. This option will compress the database upon restart of the Peer Management Center Service.

About Peer Management Center

Displays version information about the Peer Management Center along with which components are installed.