container

BMC Performance Manager

A custom object that you can create to hold any other objects that you select—such as computers, applications, and parameters—in a distributed environment. In Microsoft Windows, a container is referred to as a folder. You can drag and drop an object into and out of a container icon. However, you cannot drop objects from one computer into another computer. After a container is defined, the object hierarchy applies at each level of the container. That is, a container icon found within another container icon assumes the variable settings of the container in which it is displayed. See also object hierarchy and PATROL Console Charting Server.

BMC Remedy AR System

A component of AR System that is used to store collections of objects and is the underlying data structure for guides and applications. A container is used as the basic storage structure for applications, active link guides, filter guides, and packing lists.