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 BMC Helix Discovery. The available links are: Platforms—Configure the commands used for each target OS; described in Managing-the-discovery-platform-scripts. Also provides a means of restricting the paths on which BMC Helix Discovery can run commands. SNMP Devices—View the network devices which can be discovered by BMC Helix Discovery; described in Viewing-an-SNMP-managed-device. Storage Devices—View the WBEM queries used to perform direct discovery of storage devices. For information, see Storage-device-direct-discovery. Sensitive Data Filters—Mask any sensitive data which might otherwise be seen in the command output. For information, see Masking-sensitive-data. Ports—Port settings Device Identification—Device settings Discovery Sessions—Discovery settings Scanning—Scan settings Other settings—Other Discovery settings Device Capture—Capture an SNMP device using BMC Helix Discovery to dump the MIB of an SNMP agent, which is then used to request that support be included in BMC Helix Discovery for that SNMP device. For information, see 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 instance and its users. The available links are: Users—Add, remove and modify users; described in Managing-system-users. User Groups—Add, remove and modify groups; described in Managing-groups. Active Sessions—View all users who are currently logged in; described in Viewing-active-sessions. Audit—Configure the audit feature; described in Auditing-the-system.
Instance	The Instance section provides links for the service configuration page: Configuration—Configure and view instance identification. Logs—View and download logs. Performance—View date-wise pattern performance on your instance and export the data as a CSV file. 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-Helix-CMDB-for-synchronization. Search Management—View any search in progress, and depending on your privileges, cancel searches; described in Using-the-Search-service.

Navigating the administration interface

Common administration operations

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