Once you have established the connection, the following window will be displayed (click on the image to enlarge it):
The flexVDI Dashboard window is divided in three main areas: the tree view to the left, the details view to the right, and the tasks view at the bottom.
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The tree view
This area lists the objects of the platform, in a hierarchical way, and grouped in three sections:
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"Guest/Host/Pool" is initially selected, as you can see in the image above. The root of the tree is the name you entered when you configured the Manager connection parameters. If you unfold it, two elements are revealed It contains two subtrees: Hosts and Pools. After a fresh install, you will see a list with one host and no pool:
The Host should have a green round icon with a white arrow inside, meaning that its status is "Running". If the Host is not active, its icon will show a crossed out red circlecross. The tree also displays that the flexVDI Manager is running on that Host.
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The details view
This area shows detailed information about the different objects of the platform. It is usually divided into several tabs, that contain different views of the object at hand. For instance, in the previous image we can see information about the Host. We will see other several examples during this guide.
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The tasks view
The lower area provides information about Tasks. A task is a detailed record of an action requested to flexVDI Dashboard, such as "Create a new Guest called Test". It consists of four tabsTasks are organized in a table that can be sorted by any column. The list of tasks that is presented to the user can be filtered by keyword with the search input in the top-right corner and with the buttons next to it:
Session: It shows all the tasks, past and present, that have been created since the Dashboard connected to the Manager flexVDI Dashboard application was opened in the web browser.
Pending: It shows tasks started but not finished yet. Some actions, like copying a disk image, which usually involves copying a lot of information from/to disk, may take a while to complete, and will appear on this tab until they end.
Completed: It shows the history of all tasks that have been completed. This includes tasks initiated in previous sessions.
Scheduled: Not implemented yet.
All of them contain a table with The table shows the following information for each task:
Object: Object of the platform targeted by the task.
Action: Action performed by the task (Run a guest, delete an image, ...)
State: Either running or finished.
Result: Success or error. Additionally, if a task results in an error, its background changes to red.
Result message: Any message returned by the task once finished. Most useful on error.
Time of execution
If you double-click on a task, it will open a dialog with its information. Use it when the result message is too long to be correctly displayed in the table.
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: Time at which the task ended.
The task log can be deleted cleared when no longer useful. To do so, click on the task with the right mouse button, and click "Delete" to delete one task, or "Delete completed tasks" link to delete all completed tasks.