HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Moving system or cluster collections
This procedure enables you to move a collection from one collection to another. Users with administrative
rights can move a shared collection.
To move a collection:
1. In the System and Event Collections panel, click Customize. The Customize Collections page
appears.
2. In the Show collections of dropdown list, select Systems. All available system or cluster collections
are displayed. Click to expand all system and cluster collections in the table, or click to
collapse all system and cluster collections in the table.
3. Select the collection to move, and then click Move. The Move Collection section appears.
4. Under Move to, select one of the following:
• 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 administrative rights can use the mxcollection command to move existing collections from the
command line interface (CLI).
See “Using command line interface commands” for more information about accessing the manpage, which
includes detailed information for this command.
NOTE: Users with administrative rights can move a shared collection. You cannot move shared and private
root collections, and you cannot move a shared collection into a private collection.
Related procedures
• Performing an advanced search for systems
• 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
• Customizing system or cluster collections
• Navigating the System and Event Collections panel
Copying system or cluster collections
You can copy a collection as a new collection. When you copy a collection that was created by members,
you are copying the collection and its members into the new collection. If the original collection is edited
after it is copied to the new collection, the newly copied collection is not updated. For example, if the 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 is not modified.
When you copy a collection that was created based on 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 does not reflect these edits.
When you copy a combination collection, the newly created collection has the same system collection and
event collection. If the original collection is edited after it is copied to the new collection, the newly copied
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