Accessing the Service Console from a browser

You can access the Service Console from a browser window.

Use the following procedure to start the service console:
  1. Start the browser.
  2. In the Address field, type the URL for the IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring browser client: 
     http://hostname:1920
    where hostname specifies the system where the process (monitoring server, portal server, Warehouse Proxy Agent, Tivoli Data Warehouse, or monitoring agent) is installed. 1920 is the default port, however, your system administrator might have configured this to a different value. If the service console is not displayed, a system administrator might have blocked access to it.
  3. On the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Console window, select the desired component process (service point name).
  4. Specify a valid user ID and password in the pop-up, then click OK.

The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Console performs user authentication by using the native OS security facility. If you use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Console on z/OS® systems, your user ID and password are checked by the z/OS security facility. If you use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Console on Windows systems, then you must pass the Windows workstation user ID and password prompt. This is the rule except for instances of a NULL or blank password. The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Console never accepts a NULL or BLANK password.

A password is always required to access the service console. Blank passwords, even if correct, cannot access the service console. Even if a user ID is allowed to log in to the operating system without a password, access to the service console is denied. Create a password for the user ID that is being used to log in to the service console.

You can issue service console commands in the command input area. For a list of available commands, type a question mark (?) and click Submit.