This page last changed on Aug 21, 2007 by mbartelt.
Browsing Resources
Available in HQ Open Source unless marked by * for HQ Enterprise only
This screen allows users to can locate and navigate information about all the HQ's managed resources. Resources are organized by inventory level, and their metrics are determined by universally applied selections on the "Monitoring Defaults" screen.
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Tasks Available on This Screen
To change or filter the displayed list of resources:
- To display all resources of a certain inventory level, click that level in the bar at the top of the list of resources.
That bar displays all inventory levels currently in the HQ inventory and the total resource count at each level.
- Filter the list of resources in two ways:
- By resource type: Select the type in View.
- By group membership: Select the group name in Group.
To search for specific resources:
- Type part or all of the resource's name in Search and click
.
HQ supports a case-insensitive partial-term search of both the resource name and description.
To sort the results by resource name:
- Click the column heading.
To view resources graphically:
- Click
in the upper right-hand corner.
To view resources textually:
- Click
in the upper right-hand corner.
To navigate to a resource's inventory, monitoring, alert, or control pages directly:
- Click the appropriate icon next to the resource name. For monitoring, users can also simply click the resource name.
Not all icons are available for all inventory levels and resource types. If the icon isn't available, the associated screens aren't available.
To create a group:
- To create a group out of listed resources, check the resources and click
and proceed to the "New Group" screen.
This group will already have the selected resources as members.
- To create a group from scratch, click New Group in the Tools Menu at top-right and proceed to the "New Group" screen.
This group will start with no member resources.
To delete a resource from the HQ inventory:
- Check the resource and click
.
The resource is permanently removed from the HQ inventory (and therefore cannot be monitored or controlled).
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Navigating via the Masthead Menu
Main screens in Hyperic contain a masthead menu. Users can navigate to the following parts of HQ using this menu:
Dashboard |
Takes users to the Dashboard, the starting screen in HQ, which displays information about resource health, recent alerts, recently performed auto-discovery scan, and control actions |
Browse Resources |
Takes users to the screen where they can locate and navigate through information about all managed resources |
Alert Center |
Takes users to the Alert Center, where they can look at all alerts triggered across the system |
Report Center * |
Takes users to the Report Center, where they can generate all reports available in HQ. |
Administration |
Takes users (with "Administer Hyperic HQ Server Configuration" permissions) to the Administration screen, where they can manage the system-wide settings |
Recent Resources |
Provides a drop-down list of resources that the user has recently viewed. Selecting one of those resources takes the user to the Current Health screen for the resource. |
Help |
Opens screen-sensitive online help in a secondary window |
The masthead also displays the two most recently triggered alerts. Users can click the alert's time to be taken to the alert detail.
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