Users Guide

OMNM Administrative Tools | Getting Started
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OpenManage Network Manager automatically writes to any configured failover repository if the
primary repository is full or not writable.
NOTE:
To view any archived DAP file, use dapviewer . Type oware in a command shell, then, after pressing
[Enter], type
dapviewer to use this utility.
Quick Navigation Portlet
By default, the Quick Navigation portlet is available from the Home page. Admin users and Power
users can see all tasks listed. The User role sees only options to which the user has write
permissions.
The Quick Navigation portlet lets you quickly perform these basic tasks:
Task Description
Quick Discovery Discovers devices in you network with the Quick Discovery defaults, or construct
a Quick Discovery profile if not exists. See Discovering Resources on page 211 for
details.
Link Discovery Discovers their connections to resources after you discovered them. See Link
Discovery on page 190. This option is visible only if you have write permission.
Managed Resource
Configuration
Backs up discovered devices’ configuration files. Before you can use this feature,
you must have servers configured as described in File Servers on page 468. See
also Configuration File Compare Window on page 459.
Upload Firmware
Image
Uploads firmware changes for devices. See Firmware Image Editor on page 464
for more about these capabilities. This option is visible only if you have write
permission.
Deploy Firmware
Image
Deploys firmware updates. To deploy images, you must have File Servers
configured, as described above for Backup. See Deploying Firmware on page 476.