Installation guide

132 EMC NetWorker Release 8.1 SP1 Installation Guide
Verify the Installation
Using NetWorker for the first time
This section describes how to connect to the Console server GUI, configure the Console
server to manage a NetWorker server and verify that the NetWorker software can perform
management and backup tasks.
To test the software:
◆ “Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time” on page 132
◆ “Changing the NetWorker servers with access to the host” on page 135
◆ “Starting the Console client after the first time” on page 136
Connecting to the Console server GUI for the first time
The Console server is a Java web-based application that manages NetWorker server
operations. A Console client is a host that connects to the Console server through a
supported web browser, to display the Console server GUI.
These sections outline how to prepare the Console client and how to connect to the
Console server GUI:
◆ “Configuring the administrators list” on page 132
◆ “Enabling temporary internet file caching” on page 133
◆ “Ensuring required daemons are running” on page 133
◆ “Windows only, confirming JRE version” on page 134
◆ “Connecting to the Console server GUI” on page 134
Configuring the administrators list
When the Console server and the NetWorker server are on separate hosts, add the owner
of the gstd process and the NMC administrator user to the administrators list on the
NetWorker server. This allows the NMC administrator user to administer and monitor the
NetWorker server. The owner of the gstd process is the user that starts the gstd daemon on
UNIX or the EMC GST service on Windows.
Note: When the Console server and the NetWorker server are the same host. The
NetWorker server install automatically adds the owner of the gstd process and the NMC
administrator user to the administrators list of the NetWorker server.
To update the administrators list:
1. Log in to the NetWorker server as an administrator on Windows or as root on UNIX.
2. From a command prompt, use the nsraddadmin command to add the gstd process
owner to the administrators list of the NetWorker server.
By default, the process owner is the SYSTEM user on Windows and is the root user on
UNIX.
For example:
• On a Windows NetWorker server, type:
nsraddadmin -u "user=SYSTEM, host= console_host "