Navigating the PureApplication System and IBM Workload Deployer user interfaces

You can navigate IBM® PureApplication System and IBM Workload Deployer from the menus on the windows or from the Welcome page links.

If you are working with IBM ODM Pattern in the IBM Workload Deployer environment, you can navigate by using the menus directly. If you are working with IBM ODM Pattern in the PureApplication System environment, you need to first select Workload Console or System Console depending on where you want to navigate. Then, you can use the menu of the Workload Console or the System Console of PureApplication System.

Table 1 shows the navigation to windows and the tasks you can perform. Some options might not be available to you, depending on the permissions that the security administrator has set for your user account.

Table 1. Menu navigation for IBM Workload Deployer and IBM PureApplication System
Tasks Window Where you perform the tasks
Update with fixes or interim fixes Emergency Fixes Catalog > Emergency fixes
Track or download licensing usage and update Processor Value Unit (PVU) licensing Product Licenses System > Product Licenses
Add users to groups and configure group roles and access User groups System > User Groups
Create users and configure roles and access Users System > Users
Capture, clone, extend, export, delete virtual images Virtual Images Catalog > Virtual Images
Administer (connect to servers, work with virtual machines, delete) virtual system instances Virtual System Instances Instances > Virtual Systems
Administer (edit, clone, create, and deploy patterns; edit pattern parts) patterns Virtual System Patterns Patterns > Virtual Systems