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

original collection has two members, the same two members are copied to the new collection. If the original
collection is edited to add another member after it is copied, the newly copied collection will not be modified.
When you copy a collection that was created by attributes, you are copying the collection attributes into the
new collection. If the original collection is edited after it is copied to the new collection, the newly copied
collection will not have the same criteria.
When you copy a combination collection, the newly created collection has the same system collection and
even collection. If the original collection is edited after it is copied to the new collection, the newly copied
collection will not be updated.
To copy collections:
1. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page
appears.
2. In the Show dropdown list, select Events. All available event collections are displayed. Click to
expand all event collections in the table, or click to collapse all event collections in the table.
3. Select the collection to copy, and click Copy. The Copy Collection section appears.
4. In the Collection name field, enter a name for the collection.
5. Under Place in, select where to save the collection.
• Existing collection Select an existing private or shared collection from the dropdown list. Click
OK to save the collection, or click Cancel to cancel the save operation.
• New collection Enter a name for the new collection and select an existing private or shared
collection from the dropdown list. Click OK to save the collection, or click Cancel to cancel the
save operation.
Command line interface
Users with full configuration rights user can use the mxcollection command to copy existing collections
from the command line interface (CLI).
See “Using command line interface commands” for more information on accessing the manpage, which
includes detailed information for this command.
Related procedures
• Performing an advanced search for events
• Creating event collections
• Deleting Event Collections
• Setting properties for an event collection
• Moving event collections
• Editing event collections
Related topics
• Monitoring systems, clusters, and events
• Customizing event collections
• Navigating the System and Event Collections panel
Deleting Event Collections
NOTE: Users with full configuration rights can delete a shared collection. Users with limited configuration
rights or no configuration rights can only delete their own private collections. They can, however, view
shared collections.
1. Click Customize in the System and Event Collections panel. The Customize Collections page
appears.
2. In the Show dropdown list, select Events. All available event collections are displayed. Click to
expand all event collections in the table, or click to collapse all event collections in the table.
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