You can start OS 2200 Console View using one of the following methods:
Windows Start Menu
On the Start menu, point to Programs and then Unisys Operations Sentinel x.y.z, (where x.y.z is the level of Operations Sentinel), and click OS 2200 Console View.
An instance of OS 2200 Console View appears.
Operations Sentinel Console
Use one of the following methods to start OS 2200 Console View from Operations Sentinel Console
From an OS 2200 console icon
Right-click the OS 2200 console icon, point to Console on the shortcut menu, and then click the desired console
An instance of OS 2200 Console View appears with a connection to the selected console.
From an Alert
Right-click an alert, point to Console on the shortcut menu, and then click the desired console.
You can also start OS 2200 Console View from various shortcut menus in Operations Sentinel Console. Right-click an item in the navigation pane or display pane. If Console appears in the shortcut menu, point to Console and then click the desired console to open OS 2200 Console View.
OS 2200 Console Manager
Use one of the following methods to start OS 2200 Console View from OS 2200 Console Manager:
From the menu bar
Click Console View from the Tools menu
A dialog box appears.
Click the name of the OS 2200 partition console you want to view.
An instance of OS 2200 Console View appears with a connection to the console you selected.
From an OS 2200 console icon
Click the desired OS 2200 console icon from the tree pane. An instance of OS 2200 Console View appears with a connection to the selected console.
A command prompt
| To start OS 2200 Console View with a... | Enter... |
| Default view your site has defined | path\vcv.exe /Ssystem /Ppartition /Cconsole You must specify all three parameters. An instance of OS 2200 Console View opens a connection to the specified console using the site-defined default properties set on the Properties tab panel. See About the View Properties for more information. |
| Customized console view | path\vcv.exe /Vview-name An instance of OS 2200 Console View opens with the connection and view properties specified by view-name. See About Customizing Console Views for more information. Because the Operations Sentinel server is not specified, Console View uses the first Operations Sentinel server it recognizes to find the view. If the customized view is not found on this Operations Server, then the site-defined default view properties on the Operations Server are used. If site-defined default view properties are not configured on the Operations Sentinel server, the default view properties installed with OS 2200 Console View on the workstation are used. |
| Customized view with verification | path\vcv.exe /Ssystem /Ppartition /Cconsole /Vview-nameSpecifying /S, /P, /C, and /V is almost the same as specifying just the /V option, except the console for the view must match the console specified using the /S, /P, and /C options. If the /V option refers to a view that conflicts with the /S, /P, and /C options, an error message is displayed and OS 2200 Console View terminates. |
You can use the following command line option (in association with one of the above options) to specify where to find the console view definition:
/Dspo-server
You can use the following command line option (alone or in association with one of the above options) to open a read-only console connection:
/R
A read-only console connection cannot send any commands to the OS 2200 partition or take any action that changes the console environment. See Read-Only Restrictions for more information.
Parameters
| path | Specifies the location of the OS 2200 Console View executable (vcv.exe), for example: C:\spo\spox.y.z\bin, where x.y.z is the level of Operations Sentinel. |
| system | Is the name of the OS 2200 ClearPath Plus Server. This name must match the name that was assigned to the server using Server Control Client. system is case sensitive. |
| partition | Is the name of an OS 2200 partition on the specified ClearPath Plus server. This name must match the name that was assigned to the partition using Site Configuration Management System (SCMS). partition is not case sensitive. |
| console | Is the name of a console within the specified partition. This name must match the name that was assigned to the partition using Site Configuration Management System (SCMS). console is not case sensitive. |
| spo-server | Is the name of the Operations Server. |
| view-name | Is an existing site-defined view previously saved using the Save or Save As commands on the File menu. |
Note: The status bar reflects the connection state, either Unknown, In Progress, Up, or Down.
For security reasons, OS 2200 Console View does not allow you to change the connection attributes or change to a view associated with a different console if you started Console View using one of the following methods:
The Start menu or a shortcut that includes the system, partition, and console options, or the view option
Operations Sentinel Console
OS 2200 Console Manager