Peer Management Center is a management interface for configuring and deploying jobs, as well as view summary and runtime information for jobs. It offers two graphical user interface options:
•A rich client installed and run on the server running Peer Management Center.
•A web client that, when configured, can be accessed from remote systems via a web browser. You can manage and monitor jobs via the robust Peer Management Center web client. Unlike many other web management consoles, Peer Management Center's web client is very responsive and is built to mirror the functionality of the rich client (which is included with the Peer Management Center installer for use by system administrators). When properly configured, the web client allows for the management of Peer Management Center from remote clients without the need to directly log into the Peer Management Center server.
The interface can be divided into four quadrants: each quadrant displays information in panels called views. A view can contain one or more tabs. See Views for more information about the views.
Description of Quadrants
The quadrants are described in the following table.
Quadrant |
Description |
|---|---|
Upper right |
Contains one view, the Jobs view, which displays a list of all jobs, grouped by job type. The toolbar in this view allows you to start and stop jobs. |
Bottom right |
Contains one view, the Agents view. The Agents view displays a list of known Peer Agents and connection status for each. Individual Peer Agents can be updated and restarted from this view as well by right-clicking on one or more items and selecting the appropriate item from the pop-up menu. |
Upper right |
Several types of views are displayed in this area, including: •A dashboard that provides metrics and key performance indicators. •Summaries of jobs by job type. •An Agent Summary view, which displays a list of all known Peer Agents deployed and detailed status information that can be used to assess the health of the environment. |
Lower left |
Contains a variety of views, including: •The Alerts view, which displays a list of Peer Management Center alerts that have occurred with detailed information about each alert. Alerts relating to Peer Agent connection status changes are reported here. •The Jobs Alerts view, which displays a list of job-specific alerts that have occurred. Alerts relating to the automatic stopping and restarting of jobs are displayed here. |
For information about other aspects of the user interface, see:
•Main Window Menus and Toolbar