About the Administrative Console Workspace
- Thomas Farley (Deactivated)
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The Administrative Console window displays a list of containers by location on the left side of the application window. The details of the selected container are displayed in the tabs on the right.
Menus and command buttons are available for containers.
All tabs, except Appliance Logs and Services, are read-only when a container is docked.
Administrative Console supports standard Windows shortcuts. For example, press:
TAB to move to the next control, or
ESC to cancel an action.
Application Menu
The table below provides information about the tools found in the Application menu at the top of the Administrative Console window.
Menu Option | Description |
Create Empty VAA | Lets you create an empty container. Note that you cannot create a container if shortnames are disabled. See the virtacreate command in the CLI Guide. |
Refresh Appliance List | Refreshes the list of containers. See Viewing Containers. |
Exit | Exits Administrative Console. |
Tools Menu
The table below provides information about the tools in the Tools menu at the top of the Administrative Console window.
Menu Option | Description |
Edit Appliance Locations | Lets you change the location of appliances on your machine. For information, see Viewing Containers. |
Logging Options | Lets you specify logging options. For information, see Setting Error Logging Types and Levels. |
Set Activation Code | Lets you update the activation code for your VirtaMove license. See Updating the VirtaMove Activation Code. |
Refresh Cache | Refreshes the cache of the registry on the source machine for the selected container, and migrates data once again. |
Compare Firewall Rules | Runs a utility for Comparing Firewall Rules between the source and destination machine. This is useful if Audit displays a warning about firewall conflicts or differences. |
Compare Group Policies | Runs a utility for Comparing Group Policies between Source and Destination machine. |
Run VirtaDebug | Lets you run Virtadebug to gather information that will let VirtaMove identify and resolve possible migration problems. You must respond to the prompt to start the gathering process. |
Security Key | Lets you import, export, or create a security key for VirtaMove Source Agent. |
Lock/Unlock VAA | Lets you lock a container by specifying a password, or unlock a locked container. You cannot modify settings for a locked container. |
Help Menu
The table below provides information about the tools in the Help menu at the top of the Administrative Console window.
Menu Option | Description |
About | Displays information about the VirtaMove software version and build number. |
Help Topics | Displays VirtaMove online documentation. |
Command Buttons
The following table provides information about the command buttons in the tool bar at the top of the Administrative Console window.
Button | Description |
Viewing VAAs |
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Refreshes the list of containers. | |
Lets you add or remove folders for container locations. | |
Expands the list of displayed containers. | |
Collapses the list of displayed containers. | |
Docks the selected container. | |
Undocks the selected container. | |
Runs the selected container. If a default application is not associated with the container, then the VirtaMove command prompt is displayed. | |
Compresses the selected container. | |
Uncompresses the selected container. | |
Upgrades the selected container. | |
Lets you specify a Config-on-the-fly file and arguments for a selected container. The button is not available for a docked container. | |
Lets you dissolve the selected container application to the underlying operating system. This action cannot be reversed. | |
Deletes the selected container. |
You can also access commands by right-clicking a container in the container list:
Tabs
The following table provides information about the tabs in the Administrative Console window.
Element | Description |
Information | Displays appliance properties and creator information about a selected container. |
Appliance Settings | Lets you view and manage appliance settings. |
Tether | Lets you enable or disable Tether and configure information required to connect to the source machine. |
Credentials | Displays a list of account credentials used by the container. You can change a password if required. |
Services | Lets you view and remove container services. |
Accounts | Lets you view user accounts and group accounts used to support Tether. |
Appliance Logs | Lets you view activities and error logs for a selected container and export log files. |
File Tree View | Lets you scan and select files on the source machine so that you can add them to the container during the migration process. |
Registry Tree View | Lets you scan and select registries on the source machine so that you can add them to the container during the migration process. |