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→An Overview of the VMM Administrator Console
Once the VMM Administrator Console has connected to a VMM Server instance, the main user interface, illustrated in the following figure will be displayed:
[[Image:vmm_administrator_console.jpg|The VMM Administrator Console]]
The console consists of a menubar, toolbar and a number of different panels. These panels are context sensitive, in as so far as they display different information depending on which ''view'' is currently selected. Views are selected using the list in the bottom left hand corner of the window. The number of views available will depend on the current configuration of the VMM 2008 environment. The full list of views consists of the following:
* '''Hosts''' - Displays information and options relating the management of managed host systems.
* '''Virtual Machines''' - Displays information and options relating to the management all virtual machines installed on managed hosts.
* '''Library''' - Displays information and provides options relating the management of VMM Library Servers and library shares.
* '''Jobs''' - Displays information and provides options to manage jobs.
* '''Administration''' - Provides a range of 7 sub-options relating to the administration of the VMM 2008 environment:
- ''Overview'' - Provides a graphical overview the status of virtual machines, jobs, libraries and hosts.
- ''General'' - Access to VMM 2008 configuration such as database, library, remote control and placement (load balancing).
- ''Managed Computers'' - Perform tasks relating to managed hosts such as updating and removing VMM Agents.
- ''Networking'' - Manages the MAC address range used by VMM hosts.
- ''User Roles'' - View and manage user roles to control access and permissions within the VMM infrastructure. For example, this view allows profiles to be configured to control which users have access to the Self-Service portal, and what they can do when they log into it.
- ''Reporting'' - Provides reporting options when the Operations Manager has been configured.
- ''Diagram'' - Provides monitoring of entire VMM environment (hosts, virtual machines, VMM Server, VMM Library Servers etc). This view is only available when the OpsMgr has been implemented.
