Management Central and Application Administration

You can also access Application Administration through Management Central.

To do so using iSeries™ Navigator, right-click Management Central and select Application Administration. This opens the Application Administration main dialog.

If you have Management Central installed and you have registered the functions on the Management Central system, the Application Administration dialog displays Fixes Inventory and Collection Services as read-only values when it is opened through a server.

The Application Administration dialog, when opened through a server, displays Fixes Inventory and Collection Services as read-only. You must register the functions on the administration system, or they are not displayed. You can administer these functions only by accessing Application Administration through Management Central.

To see how Application Administration works in a network with Management Central, see Figure 2.

Figure 1. When a Client PC connects to a system, the Local Settings come from the system that you connect to. When you connect to an administration system, the Central Settings are sent to your Client PC from the administration system. This network does not change the function of Application Administration or Management Central.
Network with administration system, central system, endpoint system, and client PC.

Network with administration system, central system, endpoint system, and client PC.

You may also define Management Central's central system to be an administration system. Defining the same server as your central system and your administration system does not alter the operation of either the central system or the administration system. For an example network, see Figure 3.

Figure 2. The administration system and the central system can be the same system. It does not change the function of Application Administration or Management Central. When a Client PC connects to a system, the Local Settings come from the system that you connect to. When you connect to an administration system, the Central Settings are sent to your Client PC from the administration system. Network with a client PC, endpoint system, and a system that is the administration system as well as the central system.

Network with a client PC, endpoint system, and a system that is the administration system as well as the central system.