HP Operations Manager for Windows and the MMC


When you install HP Operations Manager for Windows, you are installing both the MMC and HPOM for Windows, which is a snap-in to the MMC. MMC is a framework that hosts snap-ins such as administrative tools used to administer networks, nodes, services, and other system components. MMC does not perform administrative functions. It hosts programs, called snap-ins, that do.

Together, the MMC and its snap-ins combine to form a console. You can save a console by adding snap-ins to the MMC framework and saving the configuration. Console views are saved as files with an .msc extension. Any snap-in settings for administering specific components or nodes can be saved as a customized console.

All of the configuration settings for the tools and controls are saved with the console view and restored when the customized console file is opened. As an administrator, you can create a console file, save it as an .msc file, then distribute it to different computers across your environment for operators to use in performing their tasks.

Typically, the .msc file is specific to one management server, which is named in the .msc file. If you distribute the .msc file to a different management server, when you open the .msc file, it attempts to find the server originally specified. If unable to locate that server, the program prompts you for a new server name.

The components of an MMC console are contained in the MMC window, which has several menus and a toolbar that provide the commands to open, create, and save MMC console views. The toolbar on the MMC window is called the main toolbar.

MMC menu and toolbar

MMC Toolbar

HP Operations Manager for Windows menu and toolbar

Console Toolbar

Each console view has its own menus and toolbar, separate from those of the main MMC window, that help the user perform tasks.

MMC and HPOM for Windows menu behavior

The MMC and HPOM for Windows make extensive use of context, or shortcut menus. These menus may contain commands provided by: Menus may display different commands depending on the context in which they are opened and the way they are selected. For example, click services, nodes, or tools in the console tree to select the item, then right-click to display a shortcut menu for that item that looks like this:

Console Menu

If you right-click an item in the console tree without first selecting it with a left-click, a slightly different menu displays.

Console Menu

Behavior of New Windows

In the console, when you can open a new window in the following ways:

  1. Click one of the View toolbar buttons to view a message browser or map.
  2. Choose a different view from the context menu in the map or message browser.

You can also request a new window from the console tree by selecting an item and then right-clicking to open the console menu. From this menu, choose the option New Window from Here.

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