Installing Web-Based Management for Policy and Distribution Services

Policy and Distribution Services can use Novell^® iManager in addition to ConsoleOne^® to make some Tiered Electronic Distribution (TED) administration and agent monitoring tasks easier. Novell iManager enables TED administrators to perform such tasks from any location where Internet Explorer 5.5 is available.

Using iManager, you can:

• Create, modify, and delete TED objects (Distributor, Subscriber, Distribution, Channel, Subscriber Group, and External Subscriber).
• View a graphical representation of your distribution system, which makes it easy to track a Distribution from Distributor to end node Subscriber, no matter how many parent Subscribers the Distribution passes through. This eliminates the need to go to each server or read log files.
• Display a browser-based console, called the Remote Web Console, for each Distributor Agent, Subscriber Agent, and Policy/Package Agent in your system. From the Remote Web Console, you can check the configuration of any agent, monitor the activities of any agent, and control many agent functions, such as forcing an action on a Distributor, Subscriber, or Policy Package to happen immediately, and monitoring Distribution, Subscriber, and Policy Package status.

To install the Policy and Distribution Services plug-in and configure iManager to include the ZfS Management role, complete the following tasks:

• Meeting iManager Requirements
• Installing the Policy and Distribution Services Plug-In to iManager
• Setting Up Role-Based Services for TED Administrators
• Assigning Users, Groups, or Contexts to the ZfS Management Role