Microsoft Management Console

The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) is the Microsoft standard administrative tool that provides one console from which you can run the Configurator, as well as the Authorization Console and Global Console. e-Biz Impact also provides an independent MMC console for each of these tools. This flexibility allows you to run all three tools from one console, or run each tool independently in its own console.

The MMC is available only on Windows systems, as are the Configurator, Authorization Console, and Global Console.

To access the Configurator’s independent console, select Start | Programs | Sybase | e-Biz Impact 5.4 | Configurator.

To use the Configurator, the Authorization Console, and the Global Console from a single user interface, create an MMC console that contains all three snap-ins.

You can also add the snap-ins to an existing MMC console.

A “snap-in” is the basic component of an MMC console. Snap-ins always reside in a console; they do not run by themselves.When you install a component that has a snap-in associated with it on a computer running Windows, the snap-in is available to anyone creating a console on that computer (unless restricted by a user policy).

You can create a shortcut to the console and copy the icon to your desktop for easy access to e-Biz Impact user interfaces.

Adding the Configurator snap-in

To start the MMC for the first time and add the appropriate snap-ins:

Select Start | Run.

Type mmc and click OK. The MMC console appears.

Windows XP 64-Bit Edition includes both 64-bit and 32-bit versions of MMC. The default version of MMC that runs in Windows XP 64-Bit Edition is the 64-bit version. To work with e-Biz Impact, you must run the 32-bit version of MMC by entering mmc -21 in the Run dialog box.

Select Console | Add/Remove Snap-in.

On Windows XP Professional, select File | Add/Remove Snap-in.

The Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box appears, click Add.

When the Add/Remove Standalone Snap-in window appears, select e-Biz Impact Configurator and click Add.

To add the remaining two e-Biz Impact snap-ins, the Authorization Console and the Global Console, select each item and click Add.

Click Close when you finish adding snap-ins.

Click OK to add the snap-ins and return to the console.

Select Console | Save As to name the console. Name the console any name that is meaningful to your e-Biz Impact implementation, for example, ProductionConsole.msc. Save the console file to the \Sybase\ImpactClient-5_4 directory.

Select Console | Exit to close the window.

To create a shortcut to this console, use the Microsoft File Explorer to right-click the console file, and select Create Shortcut.

To add the shortcut to the desktop, select it and drag it to the desktop.

To add the shortcut to the Start menu, drag or copy the shortcut to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Sybase\e-Biz Impact 5.4 or any other location of the Start menu e-Biz Impact shortcuts.