Changing system settings
To modify general settings
Navigate to Administration > System Settings> General Settings, provide the following information, and click Save to apply the settings to all users in the system.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
Enable Data Access Control | Use this setting to apply access permissions to the user groups specified at the time of creating data collectors, for accessing and viewing data. Note: By default, this check box is already selected. If you disable this setting and then later enable it after creating a data collector, the access permissions might not be applied. |
Default Enable Agent | Use this setting to enable or disable data collection by using the Collection Agent at the time of adding a host. By default, this check box is already selected. This setting controls the Enable Agent check box selection at the time of adding a host. |
No. of search results to export | This value indicates the maximum number of search results that you can export from the Searching-for-data. By default, this value is set to 10000. |
Default User Password | This value indicates the default password for all users. Normally, when you create a new user, the password for that user is sent via email. But if you have not set up emails by creating an external configuration, then an email cannot be sent. In this scenario, the new user can use the default password for logging on to the product. Note: This password is not functional if you have already created an external configuration to setup your emails. For more information, see Setting-up-emails. |
Self Health Monitoring Events Destination | Use this setting to add a destination for sending Self Health Monitoring events. By default, this value is set to None. Note: You will be able to see the destination for sending the Self Health Monitoring events if you have already created external configurations of the types TSIM Configuration or TSIM Cell Configuration. For more information, see Setting up external configurations. For more information on self-health monitoring, see Monitoring self-health of TrueSight IT Data Analytics. |
Tag names | Enter a value and click Add Tag Select a tag from the list of tags and click Delete Tag |
to add tags for the system. Use these tags when you are 
to remove the tag from the system.To modify Index Block Settings:
Navigate to Administration > System Settings> Index Block Settings, provide the following information. Click Done to apply the settings to the selected Index Block.
To modify Data Archive Settings:
Navigate to Administration > System Settings> Data Archive Settings.
- Toggle the Enable Archive switch (
). When the Enable Archive switch is turned on, you get an option to add an archival path. Enter the path where you want the data to be archived. You can add any number of archival paths, however, only one path can be active at a time.
- Select the option
in front of a path to set it as the active path. Click Apply.
Clicking Apply restarts all Indexers.