Collections in HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 or greater (441487-001, January 2009)

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Figure 13. Combination collection with no option to select other collections
Selections for running tasks
Task wizard
When tools are run with one or more systems or events as the target, those groups are collections.
You can select the targets either before or after selecting the tool. You can select the targets as single
systems or any of the collection types. You can verify and modify the selection using the task wizard.
After the targets are verified, they appear in the title area of the tool.
Note: Some tools cannot work on multiple systems. In this case, a warning is displayed that states
you can select only an individual system.
See the HP Systems Insight Manager 5.1 User Guide
for more information on the task wizard.
Selecting systems
In any collection view (table, tree, icon, or picture), the systems or events have checkboxes next to
them to indicate selection. Selecting a checkbox means that buttons ([Save As Collection],
[Delete], and so on) on the page apply to what is selected. It also means that any tools you run at
that point attempt to use that system as a target. Selecting the checkbox at the top of the column
selects all the systems or events in that collection.
Selecting events
Selecting events can be very powerful. You can select the events on which to use commands that are
on the event view page ([Clear], [Delete], [Assign to], and so on). In addition, you can select
events to preload the task wizard with a target selection for tools that work on events, and you can
select events as a way to select systems. Because every event has a system associated with it,
selecting the event implicitly selects the associated system. For example, you might want to view
systems with Important Uncleared Events, select them all, and then run ping to get additional
information on those systems.