Browsing and Managing Resources

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 Resource > Administration Console. 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 View > Open > Administration Console. 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, select Navigation > Browse in the left pane. Expand an object type by clicking its arrow icon.
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.
Note: Message rows in the right pane are placeholders for:
- Failed requests – to retry, select the message row and click the drop-down arrow that appears to the right. Select Retry.
- Slow-responding requests – SCC replaces these rows with real data as soon as it arrives.
- Large result sets – to display, select the message row and click the drop-down arrow that appears to the right. Select Expand. The results might take a minute to appear.
Hover the mouse over a message row to see a tooltip with more information.
(Optional) To create an object of the type now selected, click Folder > Create or Folder > New.
(Optional) To refresh the view, select Folder > Refresh.
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.