HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

Expanding or collapsing collections
You can select to view all collections included in the Shared and Private collections or to view only the
Shared and Private collection titles. Click to expand all system and cluster collections in the table, or
click to collapse all system and cluster collections in the table.
Customize collections table
When the Customize Collections page appears, a table is displayed that includes the names of all the
collections, if the collection is displayed in the System and Event Collections panel, and if the system
status is displayed in the System and Event Collections panel.
Available buttons
On the Customize Collections page, the following options are available:
• New. Used to create a new system or cluster collection. With full configuration rights, you can save
the new collection as a shared collection. Otherwise, you can only save it as a private collection. See
“Performing an advanced search for systems” for more information on creating a system collection by
attributes.
• Edit. This enables you to modify an existing collection name and its contents. See “Editing system or
cluster collections” for more information on editing system or cluster collections.
• Move. This enables you to move collections from one collection to another collection. See “Moving
system or cluster collections” for more information on moving system collections .
• Copy. This enables you to copy a collection as another collection. See “Copying system or cluster
collections” for more information.
• Delete. This enables you to delete an existing system or cluster collection or system and event
combination collections. Only empty system collections can be deleted. With full configuration rights,
you can delete a shared system or cluster collection. See “Deleting system or cluster collections” for
more information.
• Set Properties. Used to set the display status, collection visibility, and the default view. See “Setting
properties for a system or cluster collection” for more information.
Related procedures
• Performing an advanced search for systems
• Editing system or cluster collections
• Creating system or cluster collections
• Deleting system or cluster collections
• Setting properties for a system or cluster collection
• Moving system or cluster collections
• Copying system or cluster collections
Related topics
• Monitoring systems, clusters, and events
• Default shared collections
• System status types
• Software status types
Creating system or cluster collections
Perform the following procedure to create a new private or shared system or cluster collection.
NOTE: Users with full configuration rights can create a shared collection. Users who have limited
configuration rights can only create their own private collections. They can, however, view shared collections.
To create a new system or cluster collection:
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