This page last changed on Aug 12, 2007 by mbartelt.

HQ Administration

Available in HQ Open Source unless marked by * for HQ Enterprise only

This screen allows users to configure their deployment of Hyperic HQ: manage users and roles, monitoring (metrics) defaults and alert-definition defaults (including escalation schemes) for each resource type, manage the HQ server configuration, and view license information for this deployment. Access to this page requires that users are assigned to a role with the "Administer Hyperic HQ Server Configuration" option enabled.

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Tasks Available on This Screen

On this screen, users can do the following tasks:

To view a list of all users:

  • Click List Users and proceed to the "List Users" screen.

To create a new user:

  • Click New User and proceed to the "New User" screen.

To view a list of all roles: *

  • Click List Roles and proceed to the "List Roles" screen.

To create a new role: *

  • Click New Role and proceed to the "New Role" screen.

To manage the HQ server:

To manage monitoring and alerting defaults:

To manage escalation schemes for use in alerts:

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Sections on This Screen

Authentication/Authorization

This section gives users access to all the users and roles defined in the system and allows them to create new ones.

HQ Server Settings

"HQ Server Configuration" allows users to view the current configuration settings for the Hyperic HQ server. "Monitoring Defaults Configuration" allows viewers to view current monitoring defaults for each resource type. And in "Escalation Schemes Configuration," users can define escalation schemes for use in alerts throughout HQ.

HQ License Information*

This section lists the license information for the HQ server:

  • Name: The name on the Hyperic account
  • Expires: The date the license expires
  • Platform Limit: The number of platforms (network boxes) the license allows HQ to manage
  • Current Platform Count: The number of those platforms that are currently being managed

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Navigating via the Masthead Menu

Main screens in Hyperic contain a masthead menu. Users can navigate to the following parts of HQ using this menu:

Dashboard Takes users to the Dashboard, the starting screen in HQ, which displays information about resource health, recent alerts, recently performed auto-discovery scan, and control actions
Browse Resources Takes users to the screen where they can locate and navigate through information about all managed resources
Alert Center Takes users to the Alert Center, where they can look at all alerts triggered across the system
Report Center * Takes users to the Report Center, where they can generate all reports available in HQ.
Administration Takes users (with "Administer Hyperic HQ Server Configuration" permissions) to the Administration screen, where they can manage the system-wide settings
Recent Resources Provides a drop-down list of resources that the user has recently viewed. Selecting one of those resources takes the user to the Current Health screen for the resource.
Help Opens screen-sensitive online help in a secondary window

The masthead also displays the two most recently triggered alerts. Users can click the alert's time to be taken to the alert detail.

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Next Steps

TBD

Related Information

An explanation of HQ users and roles
More information about HQ Server configuration

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