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Chapter 2 Using the Stage Manager Web Console
Specific Areas and Operations
TheStage ManagerWebconsoleincludestheseareasandoperations:
 Services–ShowstheITdeliverablesthatenablebusinessprocesses.The
capabilitiesofservicesareprimarilydeliveredinaproduction‐levelcontext.A
servicehasaServiceLevelAgreement(SLA)associatedwithit,andthe
maintenanceofthatserviceisapriority.
AserviceinStage Managercontainsvirtualconfigurations.Avirtual
configurationcontainsvirtualmachinesandresideseitherinastageoftheservice
lifecycleortheservicearchive.
Differentinformationandoperationsarevisibledependingonwhetheryouarea
Stage Manageradministrator,serviceadministrator,orserviceuser.See
“ReviewingUserRoles”onpage 25.
 Lifecycle–Showsthestagesofaservice.AstageisthephaseoftheITlifecycle
(forexample,developmentoruseracceptancetesting).Thecopiesofvirtual
configurationsineachstagereflecttheprogressionoftheapplicationtoward
theproduction‐levelcontext.
Fromthislocation,performconfigurationoperations,navigateto
detailson
virtualmachinesinaconfiguration,andnavigatetochangesummariesfora
configuration.Youcanmoveconfigurationstootherstages,services,orthe
archive.
 Archive–Storesvirtualconfigurationsthatyouneedtopreservein‐state(for
example,anapplicationpriortoanewintegrationproject).
Fromthislocation,youcanperformconfigurationoperations,navigateto
detailsonvirtualmachinesinaconfiguration,andnavigatetochange
summariesforaconfiguration.Youcancloneconfigurations
tootherstagesor
moveconfigurationstootherservices.
 Dashboard–ProvidesstatisticsonStage Managerresourcesandusage.
 ActivityLog–Displaysthestatusofoperations.MostStage Manageroperations
occurimmediately(synchronously).Duringanasynchronousoperationthatcan
takeanextendedperiodoftime,youcanperformothertasksintheWebconsole
andreturntotheactivitylogtocheckthestatus.
Fromthislocation,youcanaccess
detailsonaparticularoperation.