5.7.1

Procedure
1 In your Web browser, type the URL for the Custom user interface.
Option Description
Standalone version
https://ip_address
vApp version
https://ip_address/vcops-custom
ip_address is the IP address or fully qualified host name of the vCenter Operations Manager server or
vApp.
2 Type your user name and password.
3 Click Login.
After you log in, the Home page appears in your browser window.
NOTE If your session is inactive for 30 minutes, it times out and you must log in again.
Using the Custom User Interface
After you log in to the Custom user interface, your Home page appears in the browser window.
Figure 2‑1. Example Home Page
The Home page contains the following components.
Dashboards
The tabs near the top of the Home page are your dashboards. In the example,
the dashboards are Operations and Alerts by Type. The user groups to
which you belong determine which dashboards are available to you. A
vCenter Operations Manager administrator assigns you to one or more user
groups when he or she creates your user account. You can switch to a
different dashboard by clicking its tab or selecting it from the Dashboards
menu. You can click Home at any time to return to your Home page.
Widgets
The panes on a dashboard are called widgets. A widget is a collection of
related information about attributes, resources, applications, or the overall
processes in your environment. Each dashboard contains one or more
widgets. In the example, the Operations dashboard contains the Resource
Selector and Active Alerts widgets. If your user account has the necessary
access rights, you can customize dashboards and widgets.
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