HP Operations Manager

Browse messages with the web console


The HP Operations Manager web console provides a quick and convenient way to view and respond to messages that result from events that occur on your managed nodes. From any location, use your Internet Explorer or Netscape browser to instantly see the severity of a message and act to correct the problem that caused it.

To access the complete HP Operations Manager for Windows functionality, use the native console. For quick access to the most commonly used functions from any browser, open the web console as described below.

To log in to the web console

  1. From the management server, click the Start button, then select Programs HP HP BTO Software Web Console to open a browser window and display the message browser.
  2. From a remote console, in your web browser address or location field, enter a URL in the following format:

    http://hostname/OVOWEB/

    Where hostname is the name of the management server. So for example, if your server were named myserver, then your URL would be:

    http://myserver/OVOWEB/

  3. After you enter the URL, the Enter Network Password dialog opens. Enter the Windows domain name and user name in the following form.

    domainname\myusername

    If your domain name is bora bora and your user name is traveler, your login would look like this:

    bora-bora\traveler

    You must be a member one of the following HP user groups:

    HP-OVE-OPERATORS

    HP-OVE-ADMINS

  4. Alternatively, you can log in as a local user with your user name. You must be in one of the groups listed above.
  5. When your user name and password are accepted, the browser opens and displays the web console.

In addition to the native console and the web console, you can access the console functionality using Microsoft's terminal services.

To start the web console using HTTPS

By default, the web console uses HTTP to communicate with the management server. You can, however, configure the web console and the management server to communicate using HTTPS. See the HP Operations Manager for Windows Firewall Configuration white paper for more information.