View and Manage Profiles

Use this page to view all profiles that are currently stored on the Director server. You can also perform the following tasks in this view:
  • Import new profiles from a local disk, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, or a remote system
  • View the details of a profile
  • Delete a profile
  • Retrieve the values of a profile from the configuration of systems and groups
  • Compare the values of a profile with a configuration of systems and groups
  • Rename a profile
  • Export a profile

You can add profiles to the list through the Import action. You can remove profiles from the list using the Delete action. Profiles created from the result of Retrieve actions are automatically added to the list when you save the result as a profile.

Actions

Import Profile
Select this action to open the Import task to add profiles to the Director server. You can import profiles from your local hard disk drive, a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol server, or from remote systems.
View Profiles Details
Select this action to open the Detailed View page to view the details of the parameters included in the profile. You can only select one profile at a time.
Delete Profile
Select Delete to remove the selected profiles. You can delete a profile only if no template is associated with the selected profile. If no template is associated with the selected profiles, click OK in the confirmation window to delete the profiles from the Director server. To delete a profile that contains a template with it, refer to the section "View and manage templates" on the AIX Profile Manager summary page.
Retrieve Profile
Select this action to open the Retrieve Profile task to collect the values of the parameters of a profile on the running configuration of the target systems or groups.
Compare Profile
Select this action to open the Compare profile task. The task checks the differences between the parameter values that are specified in a profile and the current values of the same parameters from the running configuration of systems and groups.
Rename Profile
Select this action to open the Rename task to rename a profile. You can select only one profile for this action. Before beginning to rename profiles, delete any templates that are already linked to profiles. You cannot rename profiles that are already linked to a template. To delete templates, refer to the section "View and manage templates" on the "AIX Profile Manager "summary page.
XML Export Profile
Select one or more profiles and export them under a serialized format. The files are then copied to your file system.
Actions
Display a list of available actions. This task include actions that are provided in the toolbar as well as actions that are common to all tables. For common table actions, see "Table navigation in IBM® system Director".
Search the table
Search the table with a string or phrase. When you type a string in this field, matching strings are highlighted in the currently displayed table. When you click Search, all the pages of a table are searched for the provided string and only the rows that contain the string are displayed in the table.

Attributes

Name
The name of the profile.
Import date
The date corresponding to the importation of the profile in the Director server.
Used by template
The names of the templates that are using this profile. The names are separated by commas.
Contains parameter type
The type of parameters that are included in this profile.

The following values are possible:

  • Reboot (only those parameters that require a reboot of the system before their value can be changed)
  • Disruptive (only those parameters that require a disruptive operation to be performed on the system before their value can be changed)
  • Dynamic (only those parameters that can be set on real time are included)
Version
The version number of the profile.
Description
A short description of the profile. To modify the description select a profile, and click Properties from the Actions list. Select Edit on the Properties page to modify the description of the profile.