Configuring the viewpoint portlet

Teradata viewpoint is an integrated, drop-in appliance with a rich, powerful, and robust web-based (and now mobile-based) interface that can monitor multiple Teradata database systems and provide actionable monitoring and management information to end users, DBAs, and managers.

Teradata viewpoint has many portlets, categorized under different subjects or contents, that need to be monitored or have actions taken upon them. Portlets are added to pages, and you can either have one portlet per page or many portlets on one page.

Teradata viewpoint 16.10 is the latest viewpoint available on the market. 

Getting ready

You need to log on to the Teradata viewpoint page using a web browser.

How to do it...

1. Once logged on, you will be presented with a blank page (if the default portlet was not added by the admin before):

Viewpoint login page

2. Click on add content. This portlet will allow you to add several portlets to the page in a single go; you can add the same portlet multiple...