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Inventory
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Inventory Query Browser
window. Clicking the menu arrow for this icon allows you to build a
custom query, edit the software dictionary, collect inventory, create custom
collections, create or view inventory monitors, or open help for inventory.
Resource Monitors
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Resource Monitors window.
Clicking the menu arrow for this icon allows you to import a plan file,
open the All Available Recordings or All Available Thresholds window, or
open help for resource monitors.
Software Distribution
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Software Distribution Manager
window. Clicking the menu arrow for this icon allows you to manage file
distribution servers, view package history, create a package category, open
a software distribution package, or open help for software distribution.
Remote Control
Clicking the button for this icon opens the Remote Control window.
Clicking the menu arrow for this icon allows you to open help for remote
control.
Panes in IBM Director Console
The IBM Director Console interface includes three panes: Groups, Group Contents,
and Tasks.
You can resize the panes by dragging the borders between them. You can hide
either the Groups or Tasks pane by clicking on the border between that pane and
the Group Contents pane.
Note:
The Group Contents pane may not be hidden.
Groups
The Groups pane lists all the groups available, including the default
groups and any groups you have defined.
v Clicking a group selects that group for certain tasks performed from the
toolbar or the menu. It also selects that group in the Group Contents
pane.
v Right-clicking some groups also displays a context menu allowing tasks
to be performed on the group.
Group
Contents
The Group Contents pane lists the managed objects included in the group
selected in the Groups pane. The title of the Group Contents pane indicates
which group is selected.
v Clicking the title opens a menu from which you can select a group to
display.
v Clicking a listed object selects that object for certain tasks performed
from the toolbar or the menu.
v Right-clicking an object selects that object and displays a context menu
allowing tasks to be performed on the object.
The icon for each managed object indicates both the type of managed
object and its online status: icons for online objects appear in color, while
icons for offline objects appear in gray.
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