iCDB Server Monitor GUI Reference

Open the GUI with a click on the iCDB Server Monitor icon in the system tray. The icon appears as follows:

• — The iCDB Server Monitor tool is active, but detects no open projects.

• — The iCDB Server Monitor tool is active and is currently monitoring an open project.

The GUI contains the following windows:

• Status: The top banner shows the current status while the list shows any active notifications.

• Journal: Shows the history of notifications for the current machine.

  • Remove: This button opens a window from which you can select a time frame to remove messages.

  • Report: This button opens a window from which you can generate a report in HTML, XML, or plain text formats.

• Workspace: Shows locally opened projects. It shows basic information about the project, the RSCM Server, and the current session.

  • Workspace: Show the opened projects.

  • Information Tabs: Shows the following information for the project selected in the Project List. None of these fields are editable.

    • General: Shows general information about the project.

    • Connected Clients: Shows all clients that are connected to the project. It shows the user, machine name, what time the client joined, and which application the client is using. You can expand the information on a client to show the log file entry from when the client joined. This information includes the PID.

    • Local applications: Shows the Process ID, the application name and the path to the project, and the executable that launched the application.

    • Performance: Shows the network connection status to from the local machine to the file server that hosts the project data and also to the RSCM Server that hosts the iCDB Server for the project.

    • Status: Repeats the Status window as described above, but only for the selected project.

    • Journal: Repeats the Journal window as described above, but only for the selected project.

    • Messages: Shows public messages received from other clients or the iCDB Server Manager during the current session.

      Right-click in the window to send a public message.

      Right-click on a message to reply to the message.

      All messages appear in the Output window of each client’s application and also in each client’s iCDB Server Monitor > Workspace > Messages window.

• System information: Shows system information that is relevant to the iCDB Server Monitor tool.

• Settings: Has the following sub-windows:

  • Application:

    • Enable iCDB Server Monitor: Enable/disable for each project start. Does not enable/disable the tool itself.

    • Autostart: Specify whether or not you want the iCDB Server Monitor tool to start automatically on boot-up and login.

    • Keep application window always on top: Makes the iCDB Server Monitor on top of all other applications on your desk top.

  • Issues:

    • Balloon timeout (sec): Specifies the number of seconds the balloon appears above the system tray when iCDB Server Monitor issues a notification.

    • Schemes:Use schemes to load custom issues notifications. There are two predefined schemes: Network issues and Performance issues. You create a custom scheme by enabling/disabling issues and saving the settings to a named scheme to load again when needed.

    • Issues: Enable/disable the various issues and types of issues for which you want to receive notification. See Categories of Diagnostics for details. Note: If you disable a diagnostic you are only turning off the balloon report. All diagnostic reports are always captured in the logs and reports.

    • Messages: Toggles which kinds of messages you want to receive. Messages appear in your notification area or system tray. Links in messages open the iCDB Server Monitor > Workspace window to the relevant tab based on the type of message.

• Help: Opens online help.

• Stop & Exit: Stops the iCDB Server Monitor tool and closes the GUI.

  Note: If you want to exit the GUI without stopping the tool, click the “X” control in the top-right corner of the GUI window.