Managing Administrator Accounts in SMH

The administrator package allows the user to manage the current set of administrators for the SMH product on the selected host machine.

Before you consider using any of the functionality of the administrator's facility, check Defining New Administrators.

The following administrator functions are described in this section:


Display Installed Products

After initial logging on, a screen similar to the one below is displayed.

Start of instruction setTo display the list of products currently installed on the host machine

  1. Expand the appropriate local host (for example, VMD.eur.ad.sag as displayed on the screen capture) in the navigation frame.

    The products that can be administered using the System Management Hub are displayed in the navigation frame. Additional details on those products are also displayed in the content frame.

  2. Alternatively, expand Administrators in the navigation frame. The actual contents of this display vary depending on your local installation.

    This displays the installed products in the navigation frame.

Display Administrators

Start of instruction setTo display a list of administrators for a product

  1. Expand the product in the navigation frame. A list of administrators for that product is displayed below it in the same frame and in the content frame.

  2. In the navigation frame, select an administrator to display in the content frame a list of all the products for which that administrator is registered.

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Add Administrator

Start of instruction setTo add a new Administrator

  1. In the navigation frame, expand the product to which you wish to add an administrator, select Administrators and open the context menu.

    From the context menu choose Add Administrator.

  2. Check the selection box in the Administrator column next to each product for which the new name is to have administrator status. Enter the new administrator's name in the space provided under User Name in the content frame.

    Note:
    The SNMP is a built-in internal feature. To use external products, the user must be registered for SNMP. Some Software AG products, such as EntireX, require specific administration rights to be enabled in order to perform SNMP administrative operations.

  3. Press OK to confirm or Cancel to make changes.

    All the newly added administrators appear under the product in the Administrators context menu:

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Delete Administrator

Start of instruction setTo delete an administrator

  1. Expand the product from which an administrator is to be deleted.

  2. Select the administrator to be deleted from the list displayed below the selected product in the navigation frame.

    With the administrator to be deleted selected in the navigation frame, open the context menu and choose Delete Administrator.

  3. In the content frame, select the product or products from which the administrator is to be deleted.

  4. Press OK to confirm or Cancel to make changes.

    Wait for a confirmation, such as the following one:

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