Configuration folders

Administration > Monitoring > Management Templates & Aspects

Alternatively, click Management Templates & Aspects.

Management templates and aspects are stored in a hierarchically structured tree of configuration folders. The root folder is called Configuration Folders.

To organize your management templates and aspects:

1. In the root folder Configuration Folders, create a set of subfolders that reflects the structure of the cloud you are managing. To create a subfolder, select an existing folder and click Create Configuration Folder. The new subfolder is created as a subfolder to the selected folder.

2. You can rearrange configuration folders, management templates and aspects using either of the following methods:

   1. Drag-and-drop.

   2. Cut-and-paste using Cut and Paste.

3. Create the aspects you need to manage your cloud. To create an aspect, select an appropriate folder, click New in the Management Templates & Aspects pane, and select Create Aspect. For details about how to create aspects, see Configure Aspects.

4. Create the management template(s) you need to manage your cloud. To create a management template, select an appropriate folder, click New in the Management Templates & Aspects pane, and select Create Management Template. The aspects you created in the previous step are part of the information you need to provide when creating the management template. For details about how to create management templates, see Configure Management Templates.

1. Click the expand icon to expand the appropriate folders and subfolders. All elements it contains are listed in the Management Templates & Aspects pane (middle pane).

2. Select an element in the Management Templates & Aspects pane. The element's relevant details are displayed in the Details pane (right pane). The content and UI elements for the Details pane depend on which type of element is selected. For more information on management templates see Configure Management Templates, and for aspects see Configure Aspects.

Click Search to open the Search dialog, used to search for any subfolders and elements with a particular search string in their name or description.

To use the dialog:

1. Specified a search string in the Search for field. Observe the following principles when entering a search string:

   • You must specify at least part of the name or the description to be able to do a search. Until you specify one of these criteria the Search button is inactive.

   • The search is not case-sensitive.

   • Use the character * as a wildcard; to find all elements in the tree, specify * as the search string

   • If you specify words separated by spaces, the entire string, including the spaces, is taken literally. Example: If you specify the string Oracle Server in the Description field, the search returns an item with the description This aspect is for Oracle Servers. It will not, however, return an item with the description This aspect is for Oracle 11 Servers. Search string Oracle* Server returns both; when preceded by * the space is ignored.

2. Click Search to perform the search. All elements conforming to the search criteria are listed.

3. Select one of the elements in the list. You can take the following actions:

   1. Click Show Item to select the selected element in the Management Templates & Aspects pane. The selection is performed in the background immediately after you click the button, without closing the dialog.

   2. Click Edit Item to open an edit dialog for the selected element. (At the same time the search dialog is closed and the selected element is selected in the Management Templates & Aspects pane in the background.) Edit the element and click OK to return to the main screen.

4. Click Close to close the dialog.

For more information see the UI reference section on Search Dialog.

Click Generate Inventory Report in the Configuration Folders pane (left pane).

The preconfigured inventory report, which is shown in a new web browser window, lists all management templates, aspects and policy templates that are available on a server.