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Background documentation Getting Started with the Visual Administrator  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

The Visual Administrator tool enables you to obtain general information about services, managers, libraries, and interfaces, as well as working with the tool and its functions.

Visual Administrator Utilities

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Connect ® Login

Allows you to connect to the server. For details, see Logging on to the J2EE Engine.

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Connect ® Logout

Allows you to disconnect from the server

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Connect ® Exit

Allows you to close the Visual Administrator tool

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Tools ® Properties

·        Ping Time (ms) – the ping time in milliseconds. Shows the interval at which Visual Administrator tool checks if the connection to the J2EE Engine is alive. The default value is 1500.

·        Status msg history – the number of messages in the Status bar. The default value is 20 messages.

·        HTML Browser – the browser you want to use to visualize the help topics.

·        Look and Feels – displays the installed look-and-feels and which ones are currently used. You can change the current Look and Feel of the Visual Administrator tool by choosing one of the available modes: Metal, CDE/Motif, or Windows. You can also add a new Look and Feel by specifying its name and class. The class must extend the standard javax.swing.LookAndFeel interface. The default mode is Metal.
The same operation can be performed using the Ctrl + L key combination.

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       1.      Help ® Help Topic

       2.      Help ® http://help.sap.com

       3.      Help ® About

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       1.      Opens a help topic using the HTML browser specified in the Tools ® Properties menu.

       2.      Opens the SAP Help Portal.

       3.      Opens a window with information about the J2EE Engine. The same operation can be performed using the Shift + F1 key combination.

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Shuts down the selected cluster element

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Starts a service on a particular element

Note

Some of the services might have special requirements to be started. For more information, see the specific section of the documentation, corresponding to the particular service.

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Stops a service on a particular element

Caution

Be careful when stopping services. A Strong reference connection may exist between the service and other services. When you stop the service, all the services that are referenced will also be stopped.

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Provides detailed information about system events

See also:

Logging on to the J2EE Engine

Accessing Components

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