Navigating the administration interface

The Administration page provides access to many commonly required setup operations. To access the Administration page, from the main menu, click the Administration icon . View-only tabs are also provided, enabling you to view the current configuration.

Common administration operations

The Administration page is divided into the following sections:

Section	Links to
Discovery	The Discovery section provides links to the configuration and management pages for Discovery. The available links are: Platforms—Configure the commands used for each target OS; described in Managing the discovery platform scripts. SNMP Devices—View the network devices which can be discovered by BMC Discovery; described in Viewing an SNMP managed device. Storage Devices—View the WBEM queries used to perform direct discovery of storage devices. See Storage device direct discovery. Cloud Providers—View the cloud providers supported by BMC Discovery. See Cloud providers. Sensitive Data Filters—Mask any sensitive data which might otherwise be seen in the command output. See Masking sensitive data. Discovery Configuration—Configure the Discovery process; described in Configuring discovery. Discovery Consolidation—Configure consolidation of discovery data between appliances; described in Consolidation. Ciscoworks Import—Import switch data from CiscoWorks; described in Importing network device data. Vault Management—Manage the Credential Vault; described in Managing the credential vault. Device Capture—Capture an SNMP device using BMC Discovery to dump the MIB of an SNMP agent, which is then used to request that support be included in BMC Discovery for that SNMP device; described in Capturing SNMP devices. Event sources—Automatically polls vCenter for vMotion events, and updates the model when VMs move. Enable event collection in Event Sources.
Security	The Security section provides links for the pages used to configure the security of the appliance and users. The available links are: Users—Add, remove and modify users; described in Managing system users. Groups—Add, remove and modify groups; described in Managing groups. Security Policy—Configure the appliance security options; described in Managing security policies. HTTPS—Configure the HTTPS settings for the appliance; described in Configuring HTTPS settings. Appliance Certificates—View and manage the certificates that the appliance uses for authentication. LDAP—View information about integrating BMC Discovery with LDAP; described in Managing LDAP. Single Sign On—Integrate BMC Discovery with BMC Remedy Single Sign-On (Remedy SSO) to simplify the user authentication. BMC Discovery supports other methods of web authentication using plugins to authenticate user logins, though BMC Remedy SSO is the preferred method. BMC Atrium SSO is deprecated from BMC Discovery 11.1. Active Sessions—View all users who are currently logged in; described in Viewing active sessions. Audit—Configure the appliance audit feature; described in Auditing the system.
Appliance	The Appliance section provides links for the configuration pages for the appliance. The available links are: Configuration—Configure and view appliance identification, viewing the appliance specification and network information, mail settings, and JVM settings. Control—Restart services, reboot, or shutdown the appliance, or place it into maintenance mode. If accessed from a cluster member perform the operations on a cluster; described in Maintaining the system. Logs—Manage logs and log levels; described in Contents of the logs. Backup & Restore—Operate the appliance backup feature that enables you to back up the appliance; described in Backing up and restoring the appliance. Baseline Status—Check and configure the appliance baseline; described in Baseline configuration. Performance—View charts showing the appliance performance over the last 30 days; described in Monitoring appliance performance. Appliance Support—Create an archive of diagnostic information for customer support; described in Collecting additional data for support cases. Miscellaneous—Configure audit and application options settings. JDBC Drivers—Configure JDBC drivers that are available for Database Discovery and for Export; described in Uploading new JDBC drivers. Disk Configuration—Enables you to move BMC Discovery data onto and create swap space on new disks on your appliance. Time Synchronization—Configure time synchronization with an NTP server on your network or the internet. Cluster Management—Create and configure clusters and perform cluster management tasks. Upgrade—Upgrade a standalone appliance or cluster. Licensing—The licensing page enables you to enable cloud discovery, determine license usage, and report on licensing.
Model	The Model section provides links to the pages used to configure and maintain the model, and import and export data. The available links are: View Taxonomy—View the system taxonomy; described in Viewing the system taxonomy. Model Maintenance—Configure model maintenance settings; described in Configuring model maintenance settings. Custom Categories—Set up data categories; described in Setting Up Standard Data Categories. CMDB Sync—Configure scheduled export synchronizations with BMC Atrium CMDB; described in Preparing BMC CMDB for synchronization. Export—Perform export functions; described in Exporting data. HRD Import—Import Hardware Reference Data; described in HRD Import. CSV Import—Import generic data in CSV format; described in CSV Import. Search Management—View any search in progress, and depending on your privileges, cancel searches; described in Using the Search service. Channels—Manage existing channels and create new channels; described in Managing channels.

Navigating the administration interface

Common administration operations

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