Create new resources or browse and manage existing resources.
Prerequisites
If you want to view or manage existing resources, register at least one resource and add it to a perspective.
Task
The Administration Console enables you to view and manage both servers and resources below the server level, such as processes, databases, and devices.
- Launch the Administration Console.
- To populate the Administration Console with information on one or more
resources: in the Perspective Resources view, select the resources and select . This method is the most efficient because it displays only
selected resources.
- To populate the Administration Console with information on all the resources
in the current perspective: from the main menu bar, select . If you are monitoring a large number of resources, the
Administration Console may take a few minutes to load.
- To explore the hierarchy of
object
types in
the left pane,
click an
arrow to expand
an
object.
- Select an
object
type (any
server
type, for example) in the hierarchy.
In the
right pane,
the
Administration Console displays a list of resources of that type.
- (Optional) To create an object of the type now selected, click or .
- (Optional)
To refresh the view, select .
- In either the right or the left pane, select an object.
A dropdown arrow appears to the right of the name. If
the selected object is in the right pane, the Resource
menu becomes active.
- Click the dropdown arrow to display a menu of actions you can
perform on that object. If the selected object is in the right pane, use the
Resource menu to display the same actions.
Note: Some managed objects have no actions.