After you start and log in to TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator, you see an overview screen that displays the Domain Browser in the left-hand pane and the Manage Nodes display in the right-hand pane, as shown in Figure 1.2, “TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator”. The left-hand pane contains these areas:

	You can use the refresh button in the Domain Browser to update the displayed information.

Figure 1.2. TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator

When you select an application node, information about the node is displayed in the right-hand pane, as shown in Figure 1.3, “Application node display”.

Figure 1.3. Application node display

Recall the managed element hierarchy shown in TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Architect's Guide -- you can see that most elements are contained within a node. To access these elements in TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator, you must be logged into the node (usually this happens automatically when you log into a domain). When you are logged into a node a set of tabs tabs appear as shown in Figure 1.3, “Application node display”. These tabs provide detailed displays and control of the individual managed elements. The tabs for a node are:

When you log into TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator, you are automatically logged into the Domain Manager node that is hosting the TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator Web Server.

As shown in Figure 1.2, “TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator”, these tabs are available when the domain is selected to manage the domain:

Nodes generate log messages for normal and exceptional conditions. These log messages are available in:

No matter where log messages are viewed, they have the same content:

In addition, log messages displayed from the Domain Manager log message cache or monitor also contain the node name that generated the log message. Here is an example log message displayed in the Domain Manager event monitor:

Node Name = A
Date Time = 2008-09-10 12:57:38 
Event Topic = kabira.kts.security 
Event Identifier = switchadmin::EventIdentifiers::OperatorActionSucceeded 
Event Originator = switchadmin::PluginServiceImpl:1 (344579:8358104:7100:1 offset 67017096) 
Message = Administrator command [display] on target [security] executed by principal [guest] succeeded.

Log message cache

The Domain Manager log message cache provides a historical cache of all messages raised by nodes being managed by a domain manager. The log message cache supports the following filters:

• Node Name - only show messages for a specific node.

• Topic - only show messages for a specific topic.

• Identifier - only show messages with a specific messages identifier.

• Originator - only show messages from a specific originator.

• Contains - only show messages that contain a specific phrase.

• Start Time - only show messages after a specific start time.

• End Time - only show messages before a specific end time. If not specified all messages from start time are displayed.

Figure 1.4, “Accessing the log message cache” shows how to access the log message cache.

Figure 1.4. Accessing the log message cache

Log message monitor

The log message monitor is available on the domain. It provides asynchronous notification of log messages reported by all nodes being managed by the domain. Figure 1.5, “Log message monitor” shows the running message monitor.

Figure 1.5. Log message monitor

Figure 1.6, “Accessing the log messages monitor” shows how to access the log messages monitor.

Figure 1.6. Accessing the log messages monitor

TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator provides the following monitors:

The CPU and shared memory monitors are available on any running node - this includes application and Domain Manager nodes. Figure 1.7, “CPU monitor” shows the CPU monitor and Figure 1.8, “Shared memory monitor” shows the shared memory monitor.

Figure 1.7. CPU monitor

Figure 1.8. Shared memory monitor

The transaction monitor is available per node and on the domain. Starting the transaction monitor on the domain displays an aggregate transaction rate for all nodes being managed by the domain. Two different displays are available from the transaction monitor:

Figure 1.9. Transaction count

Figure 1.10. Transaction latency

TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator provides a way to perform most management tasks. However, sometimes solution specific administrative commands may be introduced that are not integrated with TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator. The console tab provides a way to issue arbitrary administrator commands from within TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator. Every management function is available from the command line, so the Console tab provides a way to access any features that TIBCO BusinessEvents® Extreme Administrator does not already address. Click on the Console tab as shown in Figure 1.11, “Console”.

Figure 1.11. Console

The fields under the Console tab correspond to the elements of the administrator command line interface. the section called “Command line interface” explains this interface and what these fields mean.