Smarts SAM: How do you generate a generic console within a Web console in Smarts SAM?

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


How do you generate a generic console within a Web Console in Smarts SAM?

When the Web Console/Business Dashboard is started, it appears with a basic console format

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

To generate a generic console similar to the console generated from the sm_gui -c generic command, you need to edit the globalConsoleWithMaps.html and globalConsoleApp.jnlp files as described in the following sections of this Fix statement. 

Setting up the HTML connection for a generic console
To set up the HTML connection for a generic console, do the following:

1. Open the globalConsoleWithMaps.html file for editing using an appropriate HTML editor. This file is located in the following directory:
   
   <BASEDIR>/SAM/smarts/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16/webapps/webconsole/
   
    
2. In this file, change all instances of the following class:
   
   com.smarts.consolidation.SmConsNotificationsApp.class
   
   to the following class:
    
   com.smarts.standard.SmStandardApp.class
   
    
3. Save and close the globalConsoleWithMaps.html file.

Setting up the JNLP connection for a generic console
To set up a Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) connection for a generic console, do the following:

1. Open the globalConsoleApp.jnlp file for editing using an appropriate editor. This file is located in the following directory:
   
   <BASEDIR>/SAM/smarts/jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16/webapps/webconsole/
   
    
2. In this file, change the following:
   
   <application-desc main-class="com.smarts.consolidation.SmConsNotificationsApp" >
   
   to the following:
   
   <application-desc main-class="com.smarts.standard.SmStandardApp" >
   
    
3. Save and close the globalConsoleApp.jnlp file.