This section gets you up and running as quickly as possible in MDM
Console. Before you begin, you need to be sure that the SQL DBMS
(SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, or MaxDB) is up and running and that the
MDM software is already installed on your system.
NOTE ►► You can run multiple MDM Console sessions on the same
computer.
To start MDM Console from either the Desktop or the Start menu:
♦ From the Desktop, double-click the MDM Console icon (shown at left),
or from the Start menu, choose Programs > SAP MDM > MDM Console.
After a few seconds, the MDM Console main window comes up.
NOTE ►► Once MDM Console has been started, you may still need
to perform some or all of the following additional steps before an MDM
repository can be accessed by an MDM client or other clients on the
network:
(1) Mount an MDM Server (see “Mounting and Unmounting the MDM
(2) Start the MDM Server(see “Starting and Stopping M” on page
(3) Create a new MDM Repository (see “Creating an MDM
Repository” on page 115) or mount an existing one (see
“Mounting and Unmounting the MDM Server” on page 53; and/or
(4) Load the MDM repository (see “Loading and Unloading an MDM
Repository” on page 56).
To exit MDM Console:
1. Click the close button in the upper right corner of the window, or
choose File > Exit from the main menu.
NOTE ►► If you exit MDM Console without stopping a running MDM
Server, the server remains running with its MDM repositories mounted
and loaded even without the connection to your MDM Console
session.
2. MDM prompts you to ask if you would like to save the list of mounted
servers to an MDM Console Settings file (described in the following
section). Click:
Yes
No
Cancel
MDM Console
– save the settings and exit
– exit without saving
– return to the MDM Console session
