Setting up your central system for the first time

This information outlines the requirements for configuring the central system for the first time.

To start using System i® Navigator, double-click the desktop icon and select a system to connect to and define a System i connection. The first system you specify is assigned as your central system. Management Central is shown automatically at the top of the list in the left pane of your System i Navigator window. The Management Central system is automatically started on the central system.

To access the distributed systems management functions of System i Navigator, expand Management Central.

Management Central databases are located in libraries QMGTC and QMGTC2. For systems running releases earlier than i5/OS® V5R3, the Management Central databases are located in the QUSRSYS library.

To complete an initialization, the Management Central sever requires that QSECOFR is enabled and active. If you use a different profile name with the same kind of authorization as QSECOFR, you need to run the following command on the central system.

CALL PGM(QSYS/QYPSCONFIG) PARM(QYPSJ_SYSTEM_ID 'XXXXX')

(xxxxx is a user ID other than the default of QSECOFR)

In some cases, the central system might have multiple IP addresses by which it can be accessed (CFGTCP option 10). You can use a ping command on the central system to display the IP address that will be returned to Management Central. If this is not the IP address that the clients use to connect to the system, you can override the default IP address with the address that the ping command displayed. You can use the following command to override the default IP address.

CALL PGM(QSYS/QYPSCONFIG) PARM(QYPS_HOSTNAME 'w.x.y.z')

(w.x.y.z is the IP address that Management Central should use for connection purposes)

If your central system is running OS/400® V5R2 or later (or V5R1 with PTF SI06917), you can right-click Management Central and select Verify Connection to verify that the central system connection is configured properly. To see detailed information about any Failed message, select the message and click Details (or double-click the message).

Note: The Verify Connection function only confirms that Management Central is working properly on the central system. TCP/IP configuration and firewalls also might prevent the Management Central client from successfully connecting to the central system.

For more information about these and other Management Central tasks and topics, refer to the detailed task help that is available from the System i Navigator window. Click Help from the menu bar and select System i Navigator overview > Management Central.