Users Guide

18 OMNM 6.5.3 User Guide
In screens like Connected Devices on page 191 you can examine each section of device
information and right-click components to see further applicable actions. For example, right-click
to Show Performance, and edit and/or save that view of performance as another Performance
Dashboard. Performance can also appear in portlets that Show Top Talkers (the busiest devices) or
Show Key Metrics.
From looking at Performance Dashboards or
Top N [Assets] you may conclude some configuration
changes made memory consumption spike. Right-click to access resource actions under File
Management Menu that let you see the current configuration files on devices, and compare current
to previous. You can also back up devices (see
Backing Up Configurations on page 473) and restore
previously backed up files (see
Restoring Configurations on page 474). Finally, you may simply
want to Resync (another right-click menu item) to insure the device and your management system
are up-to-date.
NOTE:
Alternatively, the Alarms portlet also lets you right-click to expose Alarm Actions.
You can right-click for Direct Access – Telnet or Direct Access – MIB Browser to display a
command line telnetting to the device, or an SNMP MIB browser to examine SNMP possibilities
for it.
Click the plus in the upper right corner of any portlet to see its expanded version, for example: the
Managed Resources expanded view. This displays detail or “Snap-in” panels at its bottom, with
additional information about a selected resource.
Generating a Report let you take snapshots of network conditions to aid in analysis of trends, and
Audit Trail portlets track message traffic between OpenManage Network Manager and devices.
Updating Your License
If you have a limited license — for example OpenManage Network Manager may limit discovery to
a certain number of devices — then it does not function outside those licensed limits.
You can purchase additional capabilities, and can update your license for OpenManage Network
Manager by putting the updated license file in a convenient directory. Click
License Management
from the Settings > Application Configuration Settings portlet to register your license Your
updated license should be visible in the License Viewer (See
License Viewer Window on page 46
for details.)
NOTE:
If you update your installation from a previous one where you upgraded license, you must also install any
new licenses.
If you import a license that, for example, changes the application’s expiration date, it often does
not immediately take effect. Log out and log in again to have newly licensed capabilities
immediately (with a few exceptions that may make you wait).
Licenses support three expiration formats:
Never , Date certain , and a format that indicates the
license will be valid for
a number of days after registration .