Using guided activities and wizards

Guided activities and wizards help you perform complex configuration tasks for servers and clusters. By using these activities, you become more familiar with the steps that comprise specific configuration tasks and help prevent configuration errors. Use them until you become familiar with the tasks and can perform them without guidance.

Before you begin

You must be at the administrative console and be logged in with a userid that has the correct authority to perform the tasks.

Why and when to perform this task

When you are unfamiliar with specific configuration tasks or perform them rarely, you might find it beneficial to use the available guided activities. These panels not only give you background information about the task you are performing, but also provide step-by-step directions to help you complete the task. Portions of the guided activity might launch wizards that perform the described task.
Figure 1. A guided activityThe figure shows the administrative console opened to a guided activity with the different sections labelled.
Tip: When using a guided activity for the first time, read through all of the steps before performing any of them. Reading through the activity allows you to get a feel for the things that you will do and the interactions between the different steps. During this initial read, do not launch any wizards by selecting Click to perform this step.

Steps for this task

  1. Expand the Guided Activities section of the administrative console.

    Click the plus sign (+) next to Guided Activities.

  2. From the list of tasks displayed, choose the task to perform.

    Click on an item in the list.

    The console now displays two additional sections: a navigation section and a result pane. (See A guided activity.) The navigation section displays an introduction to the task and the result pane displays background information about the task.
  3. To begin the guided activity, select Start.

    The navigation pane displays the next step of the task.

  4. Read the description, perform the actions described, if needed, and select Click to perform this step, if present, to launch the associated configuration wizard.

    The result pane displays the first panel of the configuration task described in the navigation pane.

  5. Optional: Adjust the panes so you can access the configuration panel easily.
    1. Click on the line separating the panes.
    2. Drag the line to the right or left to adjust the width of the pane.
  6. Perform the actions required by the wizard.

    After completing the wizard that helps you achieve the step you are brought back to the step in the guided activity.

    Tip: Read over the instructions again to verify that you have achieved the goal of the step and to reinforce the place these actions have in the overall flow of the activity.
  7. Repeat steps 4 through 6 until you complete the task.

Last updated: Wed 06 Dec 2006 07:08:08

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