View Profiles Details

Use this page to display all the catalogs and the parameters of a profile. Catalogs are XML-formatted files that contain information about the parameters of an AIX Profile Manager profile, such as, description, type, and commands. This information is used to get and set the values of those parameters.

You can also perform the following tasks in this view:
  • Delete the profile
  • Retrieve the values of the profile on the running configuration of systems or groups
  • Compare the values of the profile with the running configuration of systems or groups
  • Rename the profile
  • Export the profile to your file system

Select a profile from the Profiles View of AIX Profile Manager and click View to view the detailed profile view page.

Fields

Catalog filter
Select a catalog to display. The table updates to display the parameters of the selected catalog. The table only displays the parameters of one catalog at a time. The first catalog in the list is selected by default.
Parameter type filter
Select which types of parameters are displayed in the table. Possible values follows:
  • All parameters
  • Reboot (only the parameters that require a reboot of the system before their value can be changed)
  • Disruptive (only the parameters that require a disruptive operation to be performed on the system before their value can be changed)
  • Dynamic (only the parameters that can be set on the real time are displayed)

Actions

Delete Profile
Select Delete to remove the selected profile. You can delete a profile only if no template is associated with the profile. If no template is associated with the profile, click OK in the confirmation window to delete the profile from the Director server. To delete a profile that has a template associated to it, refer 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 the profile on the running configuration of the target systems and 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 the 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 the profile. 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
Exports the profile under a serialized format. The file is then copied to your file system.
Actions
Display a list of available actions. This task include actions that are provided in the toolbar and 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. However, only the rows that contain the string are displayed in the table.

Attributes

Parameter
The name of the parameter.
Import date
Type of parameter. The possible values are, reboot, disruptive, and dynamic.
Value
The value of the parameter. If the parameter is binary, this value is not displayed; instead the string "binary" is displayed.
Apply to
The instantiated classes to which the parameter applies. An instantiated class consists of a pair of values in the form "class name = instance value", for example, "user=root".
Description
A short description of the parameter.