View and Manage Systems

Use this page to display systems and groups managed by AIX Profile Manager. You can also perform the following tasks in this view:
  • View differences
  • Redeploy
  • Compare
  • Retrieve
Note: If a system is not managed by AIX Profile Manager, only the name of the system is displayed in the table and all the other columns display the value unsupported.

The Systems view table contains AIX Profile Manager manageable systems currently discovered on the Director server. New systems managed by AIX Profile Manager are automatically added to the Systems view when they are discovered, and removed from the Systems view when they are removed. By default, this view displays the content of the AIX Profile Manager static group. You can navigate through all groups available on the Director server.

Fields

Display just online systems
Select this option to display only the systems managed byAIX Profile Manager that are currently online. The option is disabled if the objects displayed in the table are groups.

Actions

View Differences
Select this action to open the View difference page. The View differences page displays a list of parameters whose values differ from those of the last deployed template.
Note: This action is not available for groups.
Redeploy Template
Select this action to redeploy the last template that was previously deployed on the selected systems or groups. Different templates can be redeployed on several systems using the same operation. To deploy a template on a system for the first time, go to the AIX Profile Manager summary page and click View and manage templates. Then select a AIX Profile Manager template and click Deploy.
Retrieve Profile
Select this action to open the Retrieve Profile task to collect the values of the parameters of the profile in the last deployed template on this system on the running configuration of the target systems or groups.
Compare Profile
Select this action to open the Compare profile task to check the differences between the parameter values specified in the profile in the last deployed template on this system and the current values of the same parameters from the running configuration of systems and groups.
Actions
Display a list of available actions. These actions include those 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. The rows that contain the string are displayed in the table.

System Attributes

Name
The name of the system. Click this link to open the Properties view of this system.
Note: Some of systems in this table might not be managed by AIX Profile Manager. In this case, only the name of the system is displayed in the table and all the other columns display the value as unsupported.
Last deployed profile
The name of the profile that is linked to the last deployed template.
Profile differences (%)
The percentage of differences between the values of the last deployed profile and the current values retrieved on the system, as returned by the last configuration status check that was performed on this system. Possible values are as follows:
Error iconCritical
A red circle with the letter x indicates systems where the percentage of differences between the configuration of the system and the last deployed template is greater than the critical threshold.
warningWarning
A yellow triangle with an exclamation point indicates the systems where the percentage of differences between the configuration of the system and the last deployed template is between the warning threshold and the critical threshold.
informationUnknown
A blue square with the letter i indicates the systems that failed to get a configuration status or systems that never had a template deployed.
OK
A green square indicates systems where the percentage of differences between the configuration of the system and the last deployed template is lower than the warning threshold.
pendingNeed Reboot
A brown square with a tool icon indicates systems that require a reboot before the last deployed template values are applied and before the configuration status is calculated.
Required reboot
A value of Yes indicates that the system needs to be rebooted before the values set in the last deployed profile can be effective; otherwise, the value is No. If the required reboot flag is Yes, the profile differences percentage value must be Need Reboot.
Last check
The date of the last configuration status check that was performed on the system.
Comments
A short description of the system. You can edit the description on the system's Properties page. To edit the system description, click System Name > Edit on the General tab of the Properties page and enter the new description.

Group Attributes

Name
The name of the group.
Type
The type of the group. The possible values are static and dynamic.
Description
The description of the group. This description is set when the group is created and cannot be edited.
Overall status
This is an aggregated status corresponding to the status of all system managed by AIX Profile Manager contained in the group. Possible values follows:
ErrorCritical
At least one of the systems included in the group has a status of critical.
warningWarning
None of the systems included in the group has a status of critical, and at least one of the system has a status of warning.
informationUnknown
None of the systems included in the group has a status of critical, warning or need reboot, and at least one of the system has a status of unknown.
readyOK
All the systems included in the group have a status of ok.
pendingNeed Reboot
None of the systems included in the group has a status of critical or warning, and at least one of them has a status of need reboot.
Required reboot
If a system included in the group needs to be rebooted before the values from the last deployment can be taken into account, the required reboot aggregated flag must be set to Yes. In this case, the overall status must be Need Reboot. Otherwise, the required reboot flag is set to No.