Accessing the Application Details panel
Login with a user account that already has the Admin role and switch to the Admin Center:
Now move to the Applications panel:
Click the Options button (three dots) for the Application you are interested in and select View Details:
Choose the details you require:
License Key
This section is only available when the following is true:
- When you are using Console ≥ 2.2
- When a Named Application license key scope has been chosen in Complete start-up wizard - v. 2.x
This panel enables you to update/replace a Named Application license key - for example if the license is expiring and you have a new replacement license key. To do so, enter the replacement license key in the License Key field and then click Update. Note that the replacement license key MUST contain the SAME application name as the previous license.
Backups
This section:
- lists all backups of the current Application that have already been created
- provides an option to run a new backup
- offers additional options to manage existing backups
| Click to perform a new backup. You will be prompted to choose the items you would like to backup (all are ticked by default), then click Backup to start the process:
What is backed up?
Where is the backup stored? When a backup is run, CAST Console will temporarily store data on disk before transferring the successful backup data to the default storage location described above. This temporary storage is located on the Node responsible for the application that is being backed up. This location is governed by the CAST_CURRENT_USER_TEMP_PATH variable defined by AIP Core in the %PROGRAMFILES%\CAST\8.x\CastGlobalSettings.ini file: %TEMP%\CAST\CAST\$CAST_MAJOR_VERSION$.$CAST_MINOR_VERSION$\ The successful backup is then stored in the following locations by default: ≥ 2.x Enterprise: \\SHARE\aip-node-data\common-data\backup\<application_name>\<appname>_YYYY-MM-DD.zip ≥ 2.x Standalone: %PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\AIP-Console-Standalone\shared\backup\<application_name>\<appname>_YYYY-MM-DD.zip 1.x: %PROGRAMDATA%\AipConsole\AipNode\backup\<application_name>\<appname>_YYYY-MM-DD.zip For more information about storage requirements, changing the locations and the CastGlobalSettings.ini file, see: | ||||||
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| Date | Date and time the backup was taken. | ||||||
| Type | There are three possible types:
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| Size | Total size of the backup in MB. | ||||||
| Click to restore the selected backup. What is restored?
Post-restore recommendations CAST highly recommends that you action the following post-restore to ensure that the restored application has all elements in place:
Limitations Starting CAST Console 2.9, if you restore a backup from previous release of CAST Console, specifically for applications that use the Fast Scan onboarding mode, some information will not be restored:
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| Click to download the selected backup as a ZIP file. | ||||||
| Click to delete the selected backup. |
Database Schemas
This section lists the schemas associated with the current Application. These will be named as follows:
- Management schema (<appname>_mngt)
- Analysis schema (<appname>_local)
- Dashboard schema (<appname>_central)
The CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance on which the schemas are stored will also be displayed in the top bar:
You may occasionally see schema names starting with uuid_ listed in the Name column. This can occur in the following situations:
- When characters such as _ (underscore) and . (full stop/period) are used in the corresponding Application name, these characters are NOT authorized for use in schema names.
- If schemas already exist on the target CAST Storage Service/PostgreSQL instance with the same name.
CAST Support (Sherlock)
This section:
- lists all Sherlock exports that have been performed of the current Application
- provides an option run a new Sherlock export
- offers additional options to manage existing exports
| Click to perform a new Sherlock export if you are requested to by CAST Support. This can take some time if the Application is large (i.e. large amounts of source code, snapshots etc.). The following location is used to store the export on the Node hosting the current Application: ≥ 2.x Enterprise: \\SHARE\aip-node-data\common-data\sherlock\<application_name>\<export_name>.zip ≥ 2.x Standalone: %PROGRAMDATA%\CAST\AIP-Console-Standalone\shared\sherlock\<application_name>\<export_name>.zip 1.x: %PROGRAMDATA%\AipConsole\AipNode\data\sherlock\<application_name>\<export_name>.zip |
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| Click to download the selected export as a ZIP file. |
| Click to delete the selected export. |
Node
Displays the current node used for the Application, or Any if load balancing mode is in operation.
Behaviour in Console ≥ 2.4
Enterprise mode
In ≥ 2.4 (Workflow - Application onboarding with Fast Scan) and ≥ 2.8 (Workflow - Application onboarding without Fast Scan), Console will automatically function as follows:
- Applications are not tied to a specific Node
- Node instances are considered to be stateless
- Console will automatically operate in load-balancing mode where Nodes are chosen from the pool of Node instances to perform the next job (analysis/snapshot etc.) in this order:
- the Node running the most recent release of AIP Core will be chosen first, above all others
- if all nodes are running the same release of AIP Core, then the least used Node instance is selected
Therefore, by default, this section will display Any as follows, indicating that any Node can be used to process the application, provided that the release of AIP Core running on the Node is equal to the release of AIP Core used for your Application for previous actions:
However, it is sometimes necessary to ensure that a specific node is always used for a specific Application - for example, the Node may be configured with specific hardware (RAM, CPU etc.) that the Application requires. If this is the case then you can choose the node you require from the drop down list:
Note that Console will ONLY offer Nodes running the same release of AIP Core used for your Application for previous actions: Nodes running older releases of AIP Core will not be offered for selection.
You will then be warned that the selection is irreversible:
The selected node is then displayed and the option cannot be changed:
If you are using the Workflow - Application onboarding with Fast Scan:
- and you choose a specific node in the Onboard your application dialog box for the initial Fast Scan (see Application onboarding with Fast Scan - onboard your application source code):
- or you choose a specific Node in the Application - Overview with Fast Scan panel for the deep analysis:
...or if you are using the Workflow - Application onboarding without Fast Scan, and you choose a specific node in the Add application dialog box:
...then this option will be disabled and the node dedicated to the application will be displayed for information only:
Standalone mode
The panel is not displayed because only one node can be configured in standalone mode.
Behaviour in Console 2.0 - 2.3
This section is not available because:
- Applications are not tied to a specific Node
- Node instances are considered to be stateless
- Console will automatically operate in load-balancing mode where Nodes are chosen from the pool of Node instances to perform the next job (analysis/snapshot etc.) in this order:
- the Node running the most recent release of AIP Core will be chosen first, above all others
- if all nodes are running the same release of AIP Core, then the least used Node instance is selected
Behaviour in Console 1.x
This section lists the Node which hosts the Application - for information only:
Debug options
| Show SQL | When activated, this option will render SQL queries used by Console in all log files. Please do not activate this options unless you are requested to do so by CAST Support as part of a troubleshooting exercise. |
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| Activate AMT Memory Profiling | Please do not activate this option unless you are requested to do so by CAST Support as part of a troubleshooting exercise. |
| Include debug messages | When activated, this option will enable detailed log messages:
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