Launch/Status Manager Controls
The Launch/Status Manager controls the monitoring processes for Vantage-managed resources. It also enables resource, group and event definition on local and remote Vantage hosts.
The Launch/Status Manager allows access to the consoles of resources connected to other Vantage hosts as well as providing the ability to stop and start the monitoring processes of resources on other Vantage hosts.
The dialog also includes the Options and Admin menus, which enable performing specialized functions. The Options menu enables Starting Consoles from Lists , Recovering Resources , and enables you to send passwords to Lantronix resources automatically. The dialog also enables setting Launch/Status Manager dialog preferences. The following figures show the menu and dialog.
Launch/Status Manager Options Menu
Click Options then click your choice from the menu. The Recover All Consoles item will change the label of the Recover One button to Recover All. To change the label back, select Recover One Console. Click on the word Preferences to display the Preferences dialog box. This dialog is shown and explained in the following text.
Launch/Status Manager Preferences Menu
This dialog enables setting preferences for mouse actions on the Launch/Status Manager dialog. Settings can be made for the action to be taken when double clicking on resources in the inactive or active resource list. Drag and drop action is also supported. You can drag an active resource to the inactive list to stop the resource.
The Admin menu enables administrators to modify the .vhost files of remote users. A click of the right mouse button on an active or inactive resource will display options to start, stop, recover, get a shared console or get the properties of the resource.
To start the Launch-Status Manager click the Launcher icon on the front panel. The figure below is the Launch-Status Manager dialog.
The information displayed and the actions taken by the Launch/Status Manager are dependent upon which host name has been selected in the Vantage Host control. To show the resources currently active on a Vantage host named predator, for example, click the host name predator in the Vantage Host control.
A double click of the left mouse button will start or stop the resource as defined in the Options Preferences menu. The drag and drop function can also be used to start or stop the resource.
Refer to Using Vantage Dialogs to learn about Vantage dialogs. Each control on the dialog is explained in the text that follows.
Launch/Status Manager Controls
Broker Indicator:
This control indicates whether the Broker is active (running) or inactive (not running) on the selected Vantage host.
Monitor(s) Indicator:
This control indicates how many of the configured resources are currently being monitored on the selected Vantage host.
Current Time is:
This control displays the time that the last check of Broker and Monitor status occurred.
Catwalk
This control shows the status of Catwalk 3.0 hardware. To check the hardware status click a resource name in the Inactive or Active Resource List. For details on these new controls refer to Catwalk Status on Launch/Status Manager.
Vantage Host:
This control contains a list of the Registered Vantage Hosts on the network. The default is the local host. To display information about another host click the host name in the Vantage Host control. When a host name is clicked, information displayed and actions taken by the dialog will take affect on the selected host.
Workspace List:
This control lists the workspaces configured on the local Vantage host and allows selection of a workspace in which to start consoles.
Active Resource List:
This is a list of the currently active resources on the selected Vantage host. These are resources for which monitor and console processes are running and which are currently being managed by Vantage.
Inactive Resource List:
The InActive resource list shows resources that are configured on the Vantage host but which do not currently have monitor and console processes running. This list may also contain any resources for which one or more of the expected Vantage processes is not running. These resource names are preceded by two question marks (??) Click the right mouse button and select Health to open an informational dialog that will indicate what is wrong. Once the problem is corrected the resource can be recovered and monitoring re-started.
Stop Console:
Click this button to stop monitoring the resource highlighted in the Active Resource List control. A dialog will be displayed asking you to confirm your intention to stop monitoring the resource.
Stop All Cons:
Click this button to stop monitoring all resources in the Active Resource List control. A dialog will be displayed asking you to confirm your intention to stop monitoring resources. See Starting Consoles from Lists for information on how to stop consoles using a list of resource names.
Shared Console:
Click this button to open a shared console of the resource highlighted in the Active Resource List control. The shared console is displayed in the workspace highlighted in the Workspace List control. A configured amount of the resource's console activity is displayed when the shared console connection is established. To close the shared console press and hold the Shift and CTRL keys then press the | key. On PC style keyboards press and hold the CTRL key then press the | key.
Monitor Status:
Click this button to display the Status dialog of the resource highlighted in the Active Resource List control. A sample status dialog and an explanation of its controls are contained in The Monitor section of this document.
Shared NED:
Click this button to start and display a shared copy of the NED window of the host highlighted in the Vantage Host control. To close the shared NED window, click the word File in the upper left corner of the window and click Quit.
Message Mgr:
Click this button to start the Message Manager dialog. If there are no messages to be displayed the window will close shortly after starting. If messages are queued, the newest message will be displayed.
Start Console:
Click this button to start monitoring the resource highlighted in the InActive Resource List control. The console will be displayed in the workspace highlighted in the Workspace List control.
Start All Cons:
Click this button to start monitoring all resources in the InActive Resource List control. Consoles will be displayed in the workspace highlighted in the Workspace List control. A dialog will be displayed asking you to confirm your intention to start monitoring resources. Refer to Starting Consoles from Lists for information on how to start consoles using a list of resource names.
Start Broker:
Click this button to explicitly start the Broker process. The Broker and the NED window are started automatically when either Start Console or Start All Cons is selected.
Stop Broker:
Click this button to stop the Broker and NED processes. The broker can be stopped only if there are no resources in the Active Resource List.
Broker Status:
Click this button to display the Broker Status dialog. A sample status dialog and an explanation of its controls are shown in the Broker section.
Recover One:
Click this button to recover all Vantage processes for the resource selected in the Active or Inactive Resource List. If Recover All is selected clicking this button has the same effect as clicking Stop All Cons and Stop Broker--all Vantage monitoring will be stopped. Refer to Recovering Resources for more information on recovering resources. Call Vantage Technical Support if unable to start resource monitoring following a Vantage system crash.
Resources:
Click this button to start the Resource Definition dialog for the Vantage host highlighted in the Vantage Host control.
Groups:
Click this button to start the Group Definition dialog for the Vantage host highlighted in the Vantage Host control.
Events:
Click this button to start the Event Definition dialog for the Vantage host highlighted in the Vantage Host control.
See also Starting Consoles from Lists , Modifying Remote users Files, The NED Window , The Broker , The Monitor , The Console , The Message Manager and Vantage-to-Vantage Operation
Resource lists can be created to enable starting specific resource consoles in specific workspaces on the Vantage workstation. Resources can be grouped by list. These lists can then be used to start or stop groups of resources. Format of the start-up files is resource name followed by a space and an optional workspace name. Files can be commented by placing a semicolon (;) in column one.
Lists must reside in the users/vantage/startup_files directory. A file called Defaults is provided and can be used to start or stop a default list of resources. Open a terminal window as vanmgr and use an editor of your choice to either edit the Defaults file or create your own start-up file.
The format of a start-up file is the resource name beginning in column one followed by a space and an optional workspace name. Enter one resource name per line. If no workspace name is entered or the workspace is not valid, the console will be started in the workspace highlighted in the Workspace List control of the Launch/Status Manager.
The Options menu allows selection of how resources are started. To display the Options menu click the word Options in the upper left corner of the Launch/Status Manager dialog.
Start/Stop All Consoles is the default. Start/Stop Default Consoles starts/stops consoles listed in the Defaults file. Start/Stop Consoles by List starts/stops consoles using a list of your choice.
The titles of the Stop All Consoles and Start All Consoles buttons are changed based on the selection made on the Options menu. Selecting Start/Stop Default Consoles will change the buttons to Start Default Consoles and Stop Default Consoles. When the buttons are clicked a dialog will be displayed asking you to confirm your intention then an attempt will be made to start or stop all consoles listed in the /opt/vantage/startup_files/Defaults file.
If Start/Stop Consoles by List is selected a File Selection dialog will be displayed to allow a choice of start-up files. The Stop All Consoles and Start All Consoles buttons are then changed to Stop Cons List and Start Cons List respectively. Clicking these buttons will display a confirmation dialog then an attempt will be made to start or stop consoles contained in the list chosen from the File Selection dialog.
The File Selection dialog allows selection of a start-up file. Click to select a start-up file, then click OK.
Confirmation dialogs include a button that will list the resource names contained in the start-up files. Click the List button to view the names in that list. Click OK to close the list and return to the confirmation dialog.
See also The NED Window , The Broker , The Monitor , The Console , The Message Manager and Vantage-to-Vantage Operation
The Remote user files contain the names of resources to which remote users are allowed to connect. The Remote users files are created through the Admin menu on the Launch/Status Manager.
The Admin menu includes a selections to add, modify or delete Remote user files. To display the menu position the pointer on the word Admin in the upper left corner of the dialog, click and hold the left button on the mouse, drag the pointer to the desired item and release the mouse button to choose the item.
To add or modify existing Remote users files click to select the desired Vantage host name from the Vantage Host control, click Admin then select from the menu.
The Remote Users Editor is provided to enable maintenance of Remote users files. The following figure is an example of the dialog.
The Title Bar of the window contains the name of the selected Vantage host. The Resources control contains the resources and groups configured on the selected host as well as a list of permissions. The Users control contains the remote user names configured on the host.
Permission is the highest level of access the user is allowed when connecting to a resource console: vanmgr is allowed the highest level including exclusive access and will allow other capabilities in future releases. Exclusive enables the user to obtain exclusive access to resource consoles blocking other shares from write access. Write gives the user write access to the resource but not exclusive. Read will allow the user read only access to resource consoles.
To see the contents of a Remote user's file click a user name in the Users control. The box between the Resources and Users control will show the number of Resources/Groups to which the user is allowed to connect. Resource/Group names to which the user may connect and the permission are highlighted. To scroll through resource/group names click the vertical up or down arrow or click and drag the scroll bar.
To grant access for a user to a specific resource, scroll through the Resources/Group control and click to select the resource--you will also be allowed to select a permission. The permission is the highest access the user is allowed. You can select only one permission for each group or resource name. Granting a user access to a group grants access to all resources which are members of that group.
To add or delete a resource/group name find the resource/group name in the Resources control, click the resource/group name. When finished modifying the file click the Save button and click OK on the confirmation dialog. Click Return to accept and return so the previous dialog.
See also Configuring Remote Access
