Running Demos

From the Demo Configuration Editor

To run the demo that you are editing in the Demo Configuration Editor:

  1. Select   Run Demo from the Action Menu or click the   button on the toolbar.
  2. (Optional) If there are unsaved changes, you will be given the option to save the changes.
Note: If SANtricity isn't running, the SANtricity Storage Manager Client will be started using the new configuration.  If SANtricity is already running, it will be updated with the new configuration.  SANtricity takes a while to discover the changes.

SANtricity is launched with the new configuration.  If localhost is not being managed by the SANtricity, it will be added to the devices so that the configuration can run.

Without the Demo Configuration Editor

To run the demo without the Demo Configuration Editor:

  1. Select the File->Save Package to save the entire Demo package.
  2. Enter the name of the package.
  3. (Optional) Select Display Auto Discovery to show the Initial Automatic Discovery dialog when the demo is started, or de-select Display Auto Discovery to have localhost automatically added to the devices at startup.
    Note: If you select Display Auto Discovery, you must add the localhost device manually or with automatic discovery to display the configuration. 
  4. (Optional) Select Save from Running Demo to create the package from the configuration being used in SANtricity. For more information, see creating a complex configuration
    Note:
    The demo must be running for this option to be enabled.
  5. Click Save.  This will create the package jar and bat file with the same name and copy jhall.jar and the Java JRE (if they don't already exist) in the location selected.
  6. Important: Make sure that the Demo Configuration Editor and other demos aren't running on the computer.  This will prevent the demo from running and no error messages are given.
  7. Open the folder where the package was saved and double click the bat file for the package to launch the application.

From Another Computer

To run the demo on another computer or without the Demo Configuration Editor:

  1. Select the File->Save Package to save the entire Demo package.
  2. Enter the name of the package.
  3. (Optional) Select Display Auto Discovery to show the Initial Automatic Discovery dialog when the demo is started, or de-select Display Auto Discovery to have localhost automatically added to the devices at startup.
    Note: If you select Display Auto Discovery, you must add the localhost device manually or with automatic discovery to display the configuration. 
  4. (Optional) Select Save from Running Demo to create the package from the configuration being used in SANtricity. For more information, see creating a complex configuration
    Note:
    The demo must be running for this option to be enabled.
  5. Click Save.  This will create the package jar and bat file with the same name and copy jhall.jar and the Java JRE (if they don't already exist) in the location selected.
  6. Copy the new package jar file, bat file, readme file, jhall.jar, and the jre directory and move them to the desired location.  
  7. From the new location, double click the bat file to launch the application.
    Important: Make sure that the Demo Configuration Editor and other demos aren't running on the computer.  This will prevent the demo from running and no error messages are given.

Creating a complex configuration:

Configurations created using the Demo Configuration Editor are limited in their complexity.  However, much more complex configurations (e.g. using RVM) can be created using SANtricity.

To create a complex configuration:

  1. Create a starting configuration using the Demo Configuration Editor.
  2. Run the demo.
  3. Setup the complex configuration using SANtricity. 
    Note: Be sure to leave SANtricity running
  4. Save the package with the Save from Running Demo option selected.

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