York Version 1.5.0 manual

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Copyright (c)2002 TECSys Development Inc. Printed in the United States of America. TEC Sys De velopm ent Inc. (TD i) make s no repr esenta tions o r warr anties with res pect to the con tents h ereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpos e . Fur- ther more, TDi re serve s the ri gh[...]

Table of Contents 1.T hi s G ui de .................................................................................................................. .............................1 1- 1.P urp ose ................................................................................................................... .............................1 1- 2.I [...]

App e nd ix 1— Pr of il e Ru le s a n d E xa m pl es ......................................................................................... .. 23 App e nd ix 2— HT ML Di re c t or y Ed i ts .............................................................................................. ........ 2 5 App e nd ix 2— Di re ct o ry Li s ti n g ..[...]

1. This Guide 1-1. Pu rpos e This guide describes how to install and configure Console Works on a host using Windows NT version 4.0 with Service Pack 3 or later or Windows 2000 operat ing system. 1-2. Intended Audience This guide is written for sys t em administrators and managers installing and conf iguring the Console Works appli- cation on a Win[...]

1-9. Customer Support TDi customer su pport is offered through several venues: internet website, email , phone and fax. When re- questing customer suppo rt , an active Service Agreement and the following information will be needed f r om the customer : • Name and Contact Information • Company Name • Custom er I D • Model of hos t running Co[...]

2. Introduction and Overview 2-1. Introduction t o Cons ole Works Consol e Wo rk s is an application built to monitor c onsole port text or SYSLOG mess ages and to direc tly manage any device suppo rt ing console port connections. It runs o n OpenVMS, Unix and NT/2000 platforms. In addi- tion , Consol e Works can manage devices indirectly by us ing[...]

and op tion ally, • adding Console Work s to t he system st art up, • editing templates to customize event and user templates, and • importing existing Users, Co n soles, Scans, Events and/or Databases. ♦ note: T echnically, Console Works has created an invocation after this stage of installation is completed. However, the invocation has no[...]

Distribution Kit or Packag e A Distribution Kit or Package is a file or files that enable a person to install the Console Works application. Each operating sy stem (Windows NT/200 OpenVMS , Tru64, Linux, HP UX and Solaris) uses a unique distribu- tion kit. Events Events are conditions o ccurring on devices which cause the devices to po st st atus m[...]

Solaris A host running SUN Solaris 7.0 (or later) as its o perat ing system. SPARC A host running a SUN SP ARC processo r a s its primary CPU. TCP/IP or Tr ansmission Co ntrol Proto col/ Intern et Pr otocol por t The Transmis sion Control Protocol/ Internet Pro t ocol port( s) each host c ontrols. Each invo cation is assigned a specific TCP/IP port[...]

Configuration Configuration is t he period after Installation involvi ng cre- ating and configu ring consoles, profiles, and user ac- counts. Invocations are in a default mode after installa- tion and are not fully functional until configur ed . Con- figuration operations are performed using a web browser and are described in the Console Works Admi[...]

Installation Tips and Recommendations Consol e Wo rk s supports customizing an invo cation's templates. Each i nvocation has its own direc tory and subdirectories. The original templates crea t ed during installatio n are located in the Config subdirectory under the installation directory specified during the installation proces s. For Windows[...]

3. Pre-Insta llation This section co nt ains information on the fundamentals requ ired for installation. Note: 1) When installing the Co nsole Works Server on Windows an error will be displayed if you try to instal l V1.5 when a previous version is installed. You m ust uninstall the previous version before attempting to ins tall V1. 5. 2) the Conso[...]

ments Systems targeted for running a Console Works invocation are required to su pport t he minimum disk space re- quirements shown in Table 4. RAM requirements A minimum of 128MB ytes of operating system RAM is recommended. R AM requirements are installation type dependent. Requirements are affected by quantity and activi t y level of devices mo n[...]

4. Installation This section co nt ains information on the first stage of the installation procedure. The second stage of the instal- lation procedure uses a web browser and is discu ssed in the Console Work s Administrator and User Guide. Note: I f C o n s o l e Works is being installed as an update to Version 1.4-0, a new direct ory stru ct ure w[...]

When the user launches Con soleWork sserver.exe, the InstallShield Wizard pro gress box will appear. After the initial sy stems c hecks are completed the following Welcome panel will appear. The local sy stem is now checked for previous versions that might be incompatible wit h this version. If such a version is cu rrent ly installed, the following[...]

When all checks are completed succes sfully, the following panel will be di splayed. Depress the Next> button to continue. The installation process will now disp lay the License Agreement . Select t he I accept the te rms in the licens e agreement it em and press Next>. The Customer Information panel will be displayed. Fill in the blanks and [...]

The installation type panel will be dis played. Under normal circumstances, s elect t he Complete installation and pres s Next>. If C ons ole Wo rks is to be installed in a non-standard directory, select Custom and follow the direction panels. 14[...]

When the Ready to Install the Program panel is pres ent ed select Install. The installation progress panel will be displayed. 15[...]

When the installation is complete, the following panel will be displayed. Press the Finish bu tt on to exit the installation. 4-3. State of Installation after Completion When the Console Works installation is completed a new directory structure has been creat ed in either the De- fault Installation Directory or in the Directory specified during the[...]

4-5. Starting the Console Works Server To start the Cons ole Works server access the Services Control Panel and start each executable, 1) Console Wo rk s LMF Server • note: if you would like to make certain all of your licenses loaded properly, you may check the contents of the following file: C:Pro gram F ilesTEC Sys Dev elopm ent, Inc Conso [...]

and click on 'Stop.' Then select Console Work s LMF Server Service and click on 'S t op.' It is recommended that the licensing service be shutdown when the Console Works Server Servi ce is sh utdown . 4-9. Adding functionality Import existing s can defi nitions Consol e Wo rk s comes with several scans. The scans can be imported[...]

corresponding template file is used for the help file. When Help ( ? ) is selected in the web browser the contents of the applicable template file are display ed. Once the Event , Co nsole or User is modified, a separate *.info (where * is the name of the Event, Conso le or User) file is created for that specific Event, Conso le or User and is stor[...]

help window will be the text contained in t he CONS OLE.TE MPLA TE file. The t ext in the file can be modif ied or completely replaced. If HTML t ags are included, they are display e d only as the raw HTML tags and are not in- terpreted in the window. The file is used in a text bo x in a w eb browser environment. User Template Files Consol e Wo rk [...]

5. Software Update This section pro vides informat ion regarding an Update of the Console Work s soft ware. Note: If Console Wo rk s is being installed as an update to V ersi on 1.4-0, a new directory structure will be created. Save exist- ing te mplate fi les, ac tion routin es, etc . prior to the in stallati on and move the m to th e proper direc[...]

A nd if shou ld loo k sim ilar t o the follo wing: %CONWRKS-S-LI CLOA D , License loaded for TECSYS-DEVELOPMENT/CONWRKS-DB-HSG %CONWRKS-S-LI CLOA D , License loaded for TECSYS-DEVELOPMENT/CONWRKS-DB-HSX %CONWRKS-S-LICLOAD, License loaded for TECSYS-DEVELOPMENT/CONWRKS-SYSLOG %CONWRKS-S-LICLO A D, Li cense loaded for TECSYS-DEVELOPMENT/CONWRKS-DEMO [...]

Appendices Appendix 1: Profile Rules and Examples Appendix 2: HTML Directory Edits Appendix 3: Directory Listing - of a defau lt Console Wo rks inst allation on Windows NT/2000 Appendix 4: Console Works Version 1.4-0 to V ersion 1.5-0 Direct ory Cross-Re ference. 23[...]

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Appendix 1: Profile Rules and Examples Profile Rules rule 1: each profile has only one set of privileges per console port, rule 2: each profile may have access to one or more console ports, rule 3: each user may have only one active profile at a time, rule 4: mo re t han one user may have access to and use a profile, and rule 5: privileges t o a co[...]

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Appendix 2: HTML Directory Edits The Cons ole Works HTML directory contains static HTML files used by the Console Works web ser ver. These files are NOT intended to be modified by Console Works customers. If these files are m odified, the result s may be unpredictable and are not suppo rt ed by TDi customer support. Replacement of the files with th[...]

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Appendix 3: Directory Listing - of a default Console Works installation on Windows NT/2000 Below is an example directory listing for a C onsole Works installation on Windo w s NT/2000. Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 1380-0FE3 Directory of C:Program FilesTECSys Development, Inc 08/20/2001 01:42p <DIR> . 08/20/2001 01[...]

10/24/2001 01:40p 1,299 AUTOLOGIN.BAT 07/15/2001 11:10p 915 BROADCAST.BAT 3 File(s) 3,584 bytes Directory of C:Program FilesTECSys Development, IncConsoleWorks ServerActionsPurge 11/28/2001 02:38p <DIR> . 11/28/2001 02:38p <DIR> .. 07/15/2001 11:10p 1,370 AUTOCANCEL.BAT 07/15/2001 11:10p 915 BROADCAST.BAT 2 File(s) 2,285 bytes Dire[...]

10/24/2001 01:40p 402 CPYCOLBUTTON.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 389 CPYROWBUTTON.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 6,781 CW_LOGIN.GIF 09/28/2001 03:31p 19,688 DATE-PICKER.JS 10/24/2001 01:40p 76 DISABLED.GIF 09/28/2001 03:31p 753 EDITCONTROL.HTML 09/28/2001 03:31p 6,213 EDITFRAMES.HTML 09/28/2001 03:31p 78 EDITMESSAGES.HTML 10/24/2001 01:40p 3,249 FRAME.CLASS 09/28/2[...]

09/28/2001 03:32p 15,049 TFSHOW.JS 10/24/2001 01:40p 13,283 TPROX.CAB 10/24/2001 01:40p 8,925 TPROX.CLASS 10/24/2001 01:40p 15,917 TPROX.JAR 10/24/2001 01:40p 860 TRIDOWN.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 863 TRIRIGHT.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 870 X.GIF 105 File(s) 726,852 bytes Directory of C:Program FilesTECSys Development, IncConsoleWorks ServerDefaultHTML[...]

10/24/2001 01:40p 387 BLANKBUTTON.GIF 09/28/2001 03:31p 69 BLANKINDEX.HTML 10/24/2001 01:40p 90 BLUE-I.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 1,712 BUTTON.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 668 CANCELBUTTON.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 400 CLRCELBUTTON.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 402 CLRCOLBUTTON.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 389 CLRROWBUTTON.GIF 09/28/2001 03:31p 5,610 CONMONSETUP.HTML 10/24/2001 [...]

10/24/2001 01:40p 118 SICK.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 47 SITEBG.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 1,428 STATUSFRAME.CLASS 10/24/2001 01:40p 943 TDICACERT.CRT 10/24/2001 01:40p 15,360 TDIOCT-50.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 1,628 TDI_MINI.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 1,536 TDI_MINI_PVT.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 807 TDOT-1.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 818 TDOT.GIF 10/24/2001 01:40p 57,897 TEL[...]

Directory of C:Program FilesTECSys Development, IncConsoleWorks ServerLMFTDI_Licenses 11/28/2001 02:38p <DIR> . 11/28/2001 02:38p <DIR> .. 08/06/2001 11:23a 285 CONWRKS-DB-HSG.lic 08/06/2001 11:23a 285 CONWRKS-DB-HSX.lic 08/06/2001 11:23a 283 CONWRKS-SYSLOG.lic 08/06/2001 11:23a 283 CONWRKS-SYSLOG-6.lic 08/08/2001 12:00p 308 demo.l[...]

Directory of C:Program FilesTECSys Development, IncConsoleWorks ServerConfig 11/28/2001 02:38p <DIR> . 11/28/2001 02:38p <DIR> .. 09/28/2001 03:33p 245 CONSOLE.TEMPLATE 09/26/2001 04:55p 1,020 EVENT.TEMPLATE 09/26/2001 04:55p 1,067 EVENT_COMMON.TEMPLATE 10/24/2001 01:40p 888 EVENT_CONWRKS-AUTHFAIL.INFO 09/28/2001 03:33p 664 EVENT_CO[...]

Appendix 4: Console Works Version 1.4-0 to Version 1.5-0 Directory Cross-Reference This section pro vides a guide to locating files from earlier versions of Console Works on Window s NT/2 000. Console Works Version 1.4-0 Console Works Version 1.5-0 Description C: C: Cwks Program Files TECSys Development, Inc ConsoleWorks Server Actions Actio[...]

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