Instructions on configuring the web client to use client tools are mentioned in the VMware Smart Assurance Service Assurance Manager Dashboard Configuration Guide . The guide is the definitive source for configuring client tools. However, a short version is presented here for a standalone client.

Since the dashboard is launched via the browser, the client tool scripts must be located on the machine from where the browser is launched (or accessible through a mapped network drive).

Step

Action

1

Create a /actions/client directory under your local directory.

For Linux: /opt/InCharge/CONSOLE/smarts. This is where the client tool scripts are copied.

Note:

See a complete list of tools in the “Client tools” on page 188.

2

Add the following parameters to the dashboard.properties file, located in the directory:

For Linux: /opt/InCharge/CONSOLE/smarts/local/tomcat/webapps/templates

  • com.smarts.clientToolsInApplet=true

  • com.smarts.webconsole.sitemod=/mylocaldirectory

3

Add the following parameters to the webconsole.properties file, located in the following directory:

For Linux: /opt/InCharge/CONSOLE/smarts/tomcat/webapps/webconsole

  • com.smarts.clientToolsInApplet=true

  • com.smarts.webconsole.sitemod=/mylocaldirectory

4

Copy the client tool scripts from the /opt/InCharge/CONSOLE/smarts/local/actions/client for Linux systems to your local machine, and place them in the directory you created in step 1.

For more information, the “Additional Viewlet Properties” section in the VMware Smart Assurance Service Assurance Manager Dashboard Configuration Guide contains additional details.