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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide
  3. Understanding OpsCenter settings
  4. Setting user preferences
  5. Settings > User Preferences options
Veritas NetBackup™ OpsCenter Administrator's Guide

Settings > User Preferences options

Use the General tab options as follows:

Table: General options

Option

Description

Default Locale

Select a locale of your choice from the drop-down list. For example, if you select English as a default locale, all OpsCenter GUI screens use English as a default language.

Data Display Time Zone

Select a preferred time zone - either OpsCenter Server time zone or any other time zone from the Other drop-down list. OpsCenter displays time on the GUI screens according to the selected time zone.

Start 24 Hour Day at

Enter the time that is used as the start time of a day in reports. Report data is grouped depending on this start time.

Disable Auto Refresh

Select this check box if you do not want to automatically refresh the OpsCenter GUI.

By default, the auto-refresh option is enabled.

Auto Refresh Interval (Minutes)

Enter auto-refresh interval in minutes. For example, if you want to refresh the OpsCenter GUI to show updated data after every 5 minutes, enter five in the Auto Refresh Interval text box.

View Preferences

Default View

This drop-down list shows the views for which you have permission. Select one of these views as the default view for the Monitor and Manage tabs in the OpsCenter console.

By default, data for the selected view is shown in the Monitor and Manage tabs of the OpsCenter console.

Report Template Default View

This drop-down list shows the views for which you have permission. Select one of these views as the default view for report templates.

By default, data for the selected view is shown when you run a report based on any of the report templates.

Allow Multiple Selection in View Pane

Select this check box if you want to select multiple nodes or view objects in the View Pane. When you check this option, you can see a check box next to each master server or node in the View Pane. To view data for multiple master servers and nodes, you check the corresponding check boxes and then click Apply Selection.

By default, the multiple-selection option is enabled.

When you uncheck the multiple-selection option, you can only select a single node or view object from the View Pane at a given time. Each node or a view object is a link. You can click a node or a view object to view data for the respective node or view object. For example, you can click a master server in the View Pane to view data for the specific master server.

See About making multiple or single-click selections in the View pane.

When you uncheck the multiple-selection option, a Group Component Summary table is displayed when you click Monitor > Jobs and select Summary View from the drop-down list. The Group Component Summary table at the bottom of the view displays job summary information. It shows the immediate NetBackup constituents of the selected view or node (group) in the View pane. For example if you select the ALL MASTER SERVERS view, the Group Component Summary table displays job summary for each master server.

More details about the Group Component Summary table are available.

See About the Group Component Summary table.

Report Export Layouts

PDF Tabular Report Export Layout

You can export a tabular report in various PDF formats. These preferences apply to standard reports only.

Select one of the following PDF formats in which you want to export the tabular reports:

  • Portrait

    Displays a maximum of seven columns of data per page.

  • Landscape

    Displays a maximum of ten columns of data per page.

  • Portrait for less than eight headers

    Displays data in the Portrait format for data up to seven headers and Landscape format for more than seven headers.

  • Expand to fit

    Displays the entire data across a single page.

Read and use the My Profile tab options as follows:

Table: My Profile options

Option

Description

User Name

Displays the user name.

Password

The OpsCenter security admin sets a default password for each user when it creates the profiles.

The users that belong to the OpsCenterUsers domain can change their passwords after logging on .

To change password, click the Change Password link.

See Changing your OpsCenter password.

The users from other domains cannot change their passwords using this option.

User Role

The role of this user.

Domain Name

The name of the domain to which this user belongs.

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