Setting up a console

For computers other than the one IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor was installed on, you install the console by using a browser such as Microsoft Edge, Firefox or Chrome.

Ensure that the correct level of JRE is installed. See Detailed System Requirements.

Important: To access many IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor user features without installing files locally on your computer, you can use the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor web console. When you launch the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor console from the launch page, you might receive security warnings if Java 1.7 Update 51 or later is installed on your computer.
  1. Check with the administrator to ensure that the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine is running.
  2. Open the URL associated with the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor engine. The URL format is https://hostname:port for a secure connection or http://hostname:port for a non-secure connection. The hostname is the DNS name or IP address where the engine is running and the port is the port number for the Jetty Web Application server. (The default secure web port is 58083. The default non-secure web port is 58082.)
  3. Click the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor Console link you want to use.

    The IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor components are downloaded to your local computer. When all components are downloaded, a security warning informs you that IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor is requesting unrestricted access to your computer.

  4. Click Start to continue to the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor console installation. A security warning informs you that Java Webstart is requesting unrestricted access to your computer. This access is necessary to install IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor.
  5. Click Install.

    When the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor console installation is complete, create a shortcut for running the console from your desktop.

  6. Do one of the following steps:
    • To create a shortcut on your desktop, click Yes.
    • To finish the installation without creating a shortcut, click No.
    • To defer creation of a shortcut, click Ask Later.
    Attention: The Configure option in the shortcut creation window is not used for IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor.