Moab Viewpoint™
Administrator and User Guide

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Administrative Topics

• Installing Viewpoint
• Configuring the Viewpoint Database (hibernate.cfg.xml)
• Configuring the Connection to Moab
• Logging with log4j
• Configuring the Contact Us Page
• Viewpoint Homepage Overview
  • Configuring Homepage
  • Supported Homepage Gadgets
  • Creating Homepage Gadgets
• Customizing Navigation Components
• Tailoring Semantics to Specific Markets (market.properties)
• Configuring Web Application Properties

Security

• Configuring Viewpoint Security
  • Using ViewpointLoginModule
  • Managing Viewpoint Users
  • Integrating with LDAP/Active Directory
  • Integrating with Single-Sign-On (SSO) Authentication Schemes
  • Running Viewpoint over HTTPS
  • Permissions

Billing

• Redirecting to a Payment Site
• Configuring Viewpoint Billing

Configuring Forms

• Creating or Configuring Forms
  • Configuring the Pages Element
  • Configuring the Components Element
  • Configuring the Queue Element

Virtual Private Clusters

• Customizing VPC Functionality (vpcs.xml)
  • Configuring the Properties Element
  • VPC Management
  • Configuring the Create VPC Form
    • Configuring the Create VPC Queue Element
    • Configuring the Request Element
    • Configuring the VPC Element
  • Configuring Add Reservation
  • Configuring the Modify Element
  • Configuring the Archive Element
  • Managing VPC Users
• Accessing Bare Metal Machines with Viewpoint

Jobs

• Configuring the Job Submit Form
• Configuring Job Management
• Streaming Job Output

Cluster Administration

• Node Management
  • Filtering
• Moab Workload Manager Policies
  • Node Policy Types
• Configuring the Create VM Form
• VM Management
• Pending Actions Overview

Administrative Reservations

• Configuring the Create Reservation Form
• Configuring Reservation Management

Reporting

• Viewpoint Reporting Overview
• Specifying Available Reports

Deciders

• Viewpoint API Value Deciders
  • Boolean Deciders
  • String Deciders
  • Date Deciders
  • Integer Deciders
  • Double Deciders
  • Duration Deciders
  • List of Strings Deciders

Common User Tasks

Virtual Private Cluster Management

• VPC Management Overview
• Adding a Reservation to an Existing VPC
• Creating a VPC
• Modifying Resources on a Reservation
• Cloning a Reservation
• Creating a Reservation
• Deleting a Reservation
• Granting VPC Access to a New User
• Modifying the VPC Duration
• Modifying VPC Users

Billing and Accounting

• Checking Out
• Accessing the Shopping Cart Pages

Getting Viewpoint Support

• About and Diagnostics
• Using the Contact Us Page to Send Email

Job Management

• Saving and Loading Form Values
• Submitting a Job

Table Management

• Filtering Results

Archive Management

• Adding a Reservation to an Existing VPC from Archive
• Creating an Archive
• Overwriting an Existing Archive
• Restoring a Reservation within an Existing VPC

Reporting

• Viewing Reports