System configuration in the Portal
Configure a number of the components in your system directly from the Portal. Using the System Configuration feature available to Super Users, you can modify default values established during installation for everything from data retention period to how email is setup.
Functional areas are divided into separate tabs as follows:
Data Collection - Set values for all collection, product-based collection and vendor-based.
Data Retention - Modify default retention periods for systems that are collected by traditional Data Collectors to determine when data is purged from the database. Purging is required to maintain reasonable table sizes. Data types include historical and performance data. Fields are displayed based on what has been installed and collected.
For systems collected by Data Collectors deployed via the SDK, use the procedure described in:
Database Administration - Set values to configure the structure of the database.
Host Discovery - Enable rules for host matching when the system is discovering new hosts/clients.
See Host discovery: EMC Avamar.
See Host discovery: Host.
Inventory - Modify the database polling frequency for Inventory objects.
Portal - Modify default values for a variety of Portal properties including:
Host attribute import parameters
Maximum number of open tabs
Security settings such as time out values and allowed login attempts
Custom headers and footers for reports and dashboards.
Note:
Requires Portal Tomcat restart.
Event audit logging. See Events captured for audit.
Custom Parameters - Add, edit and delete custom system parameters, Portal properties and their associated values. This area allows free form entry for name/value pairs.
See Custom parameters.