HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.2 Getting Started Guide

• HP Matrix OE visualization (Logical Servers) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default view
for the collection and opens with the “Logical Server” perspective.
• HP Matrix OE visualization (Blades) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default view for the
collection and opens with the “Blades” perspective.
• HP Matrix OE visualization (Virtual Machines) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default
view for the collection and opens with “Virtual Machines” perspective.
• HP Matrix OE visualization (Serviceguard) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default view
for the collection and opens with the “Serviceguard” perspective.
• HP Matrix OE visualization (collection nodes only) – Makes Matrix OE visualization the default
view and opens with “Physical and Virtual” perspective, but only showing nodes that are in
that collection and that you explicitly have authorizations to view.
NOTE: Other Matrix OE views might pull in authorized parent or child nodes not explicitly
defined in a collection.
Selecting a custom collection starts Matrix OE visualization. Using a custom collection instead of
All Matrix OE Resources can provide significant performance improvements because only the
systems in your custom collection will be displayed.
To create a custom collection, use the following procedure:
1. From the Systems and Event Collections list in the left-hand navigation area, select the
Customize... link.
2. Click New... to create a new custom collection.
3. Use the radio button to choose whether to individually specify the systems in the collection or
select systems based on their attributes.
4. Specify the systems or the attributes of systems to be included in the collection and click Save
As Collection.
5. Specify the collection name and its location in the Systems tree, then click OK.
NOTE: Non-administrators can only save collections under the Private collection, whereas
administrators can save them anywhere. Any collections intended for use with the default
collection preference must be saved directly under the All Matrix OE Resources collection.
6. Select the radio button next to the newly created collection and click Set Properties.
7. Change the Default View to HP Matrix OE, gWLM , HP Matrix OE (Logical Servers),
HP Matrix OE (Blades), HP Matrix OE (Virtual Machines), HP Matrix OE
(Serviceguard), or HP Matrix OE (Collection Nodes Only), and then click OK.
For more information on Visualization views or perspectives, see the online help for Matrix OE
visualization.
Automatically displaying Matrix OE visualization
You can customize Systems Insight Manager so that your preferred perspective in Matrix OE
visualization is automatically displayed as soon as Systems Insight Manager starts.
Use the following procedure to set your Systems Insight Manager home page.
1. From the top menu bar, choose Options→Home Page Settings...
2. Select the option This collection and choose All Matrix OE Resources or another collection from
the menu.
3. Click OK.
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