You can view the Status Center many different ways

Robot/NETWORK 10.0 represents a big advance in network management. Let’s take a look at some of the major changes.

Robot/NETWORK Explorer
The Robot/NETWORK Explorer, a new PC interface, replaces the previous GUI and green screens. In Robot/NETWORK 10, you access all product functions through the Explorer (except for a few Product Master features).

The Explorer uses an expandable tree format to display all the Nodes for each Host. Click a Node to work with the Robot products installed on that Node. Right-click a product to view the Status Center for that product on that Node.

Right-click a Node to view the Status Center for that Node, stop or start the Node, or view jobs and output queues and system status for each Node. And, if needed, you can Telnet directly to the Node from the Explorer.

You can view the Status Center a number of different ways, depending on where you select the View Statuses option in the Robot/NETWORK Explorer. You can display the statuses for Hosts, Nodes, Robot products, or applications. Each status (for that product and Node) has a severity level that you can use to sort the statuses. You also can use a new filter option to sort the Status Center display.

Now, you can access Status History through status properties. These show when a status arrived on the Node, when it arrived on the Host, and when it was acknowledged, and by whom. If the event is a Robot/CONSOLE inquiry message, Robot/NETWORK also shows when, how, and who replied to it.

In addition to working with the Nodes and their products, you can use the Explorer to access Product Masters, packets, system setup, and other areas.

Map Center
In the Map Center, you see a representation of each system in your network and its current status. If you have multiple Hosts, you can view them all, or only a specific Host and its Nodes. You can tell at a glance if a system stops communicating with the Host, and you can stop or start it directly from the Map Center. By moving your cursor over a system, you see how many events are waiting for an action on a Node. You can access the Status Center for that Node directly to handle the events.

The Map Center also lets you view jobs, output queues, and system status for each Node and to Telnet directly to the Node to resolve issues.

You can choose the background display from a range of maps that come with Robot/NETWORK, or you can customize the background image using your own file.

Robot Product Maintenance
When you have several systems in your network, and a number of Robot products on each one, doing product updates can be quite a job. With the new Product Maintenance Wizard, you can download, distribute, and install Robot product updates for all your systems.

Robot Product License Manager
Use the Product License Manager to maintain your Robot product license codes across all your systems. You can key them in manually from the Product License Manager or request an XML file that contains license codes for all products on all systems. This XML file updates the codes across systems automatically. You don’t even need to sign on!

Consolidated Reports
Two new consolidated reports in Robot/NETWORK let you view information about events across the network.

The consolidated Good Morning Report displays status and packet information for all active Hosts and Nodes, over a specified date range. The report lists statuses by type and severity, by system. It also lists packets by status, user, and Node distributions.

The consolidated Status History Report displays the status history of events sent by Nodes to the Host system. You can select all Nodes and products, or a specific Node and product, for a date range.

Contributed by Anna Deuel, Product Manager

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