Monitoring devices
You use the Devices page to view information about the devices that BMC TrueSight Operations Management monitors and to view the overall health of the system.
Log on to the BMC TrueSight Operations Management console and select Monitoring > Devices.
The following illustration provides an overview of the information that you can view and the actions that you can perform through the Devices page.
User goals and features
The Devices page helps you address the following business goals:
User goal | Description |
|---|---|
Filter the list of devices | Use the quick filters for device type Use the time filter For additional filtering options, customize the filters. See Filtering-devices. |
Change the Devices page view | Use the action menu For more information, see Changing-the-view-on-the-Devices-page. |
Search for particular devices | Find a device quickly by searching For more information about the search behavior, see Searching for devices. |
Drill down and view device details | For detailed analysis and remediation, drill down into the Device Details page by clicking a device name or the events count. Device name: Displays the Monitors tab in the Device Details page. Events count: Displays the Events tab in the Device Details page. For more information, see Viewing-device-details. |
Customize the Devices page | Customize the Devices page to suit your needs through the Device Preferences menu (6). These settings are individual, user-based preferences and apply only to the Devices page. For more information, see Customizing-the-devices-page. |
Hide the quick filters to gain more display area for devices | Use the collapse filters option Toggle between displaying and hiding the quick filters area by using this option. |
Set the Devices page as the default page when you log in to the Operations Management console | From the action menu Every time you log in to the Operations Management console, the Devices page is displayed by default. |
View help for the current page | Click the help icon By default, the online version of the documentation is displayed. You can also use an offline version of the documentation. For more information, see Setting-user-preferences. |
, event status 
, and event severity 
to filter the list of devices.
to filter devices based on when events in the devices occurred.
to select tile or table view.
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to collapse the quick filters area.
, select Set As Landing Page.
to launch context-sensitive help.Related topics
Getting-started-with-devices-and-events