User's Manual

Managing Virtual Resources
5-62 Active System Manager User Guide, Release 7.0
Managing the Resource Manager Using the Operation Center View
The Operation Center view facilitates the following set of operations:
• Using Resource-Specific Operations
• Synchronizing Resources
• Viewing Resource Properties
• Dragging and Dropping Resources
Using Resource-Specific Operations
The Operation Center view allows you to perform operations on the visible resources in the hierarchy. The
object specific right click operations vary based on the resource type and the resource level in the hierarchy.
However, right click operations can also be customized for a specific resource.
To perform object-specific operations, click a specific resource type and the supported operations display
in the Resource Information editor; see Figure 5-33 for an example.
Figure 5-33 Object-Specific Operation (Example)
Synchronizing Resources
The Synchronize feature allows you to re-synchronize the retrieval of resources and display the current,
logical layout of objects in the Operation Center view hierarchy. It updates the resource properties based
on the latest status, as retrieved from the individual Resource Managers.
Note The Synchronize operation can either be performed on all resources as viewed in the Operation
Center view (by selecting the domain which is the highest hierarchy level in the Operation Center
view), or on specific selected resource management agents such as vCenter (by selecting one or
more resource management agents in the Operation Center view).
Viewing Resource Properties
To view the properties of any specific resource, click the specific resource. The resource properties display
in the Properties view. The Properties view contains information related to the current status of the resource
that can be used by the administrator for planning immediate deployments; see Figure 5-34 for an example.