Changing font type in the Smarts console

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


How to change font type in the Smarts console

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

For UNIX, append the option to the end of your console startup command: Append the following option to the end of your sm_gui console startup command.
<basedir>/SAM/smarts/bin/sm_gui -D com.smarts.font=####### 

For Microsoft Windows, right click on your console shortcut:

In the target window add the following option:
-D com.smarts.font=#######

Where ## is replaced with the font.
Example:
sm_gui -D com.smarts.font=Arial

Restart the console and the font size will change.