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Table 6-1 User preference settings and defaults
What it doesDefaultSettingUser preference
Presents a confirmation dialog box to confirm a drag/drop
operation.
CAUTION: To avoid accidentally dragging and dropping
an item to the wrong system, do not change this default.
YesYes/NoPrompt for confirmation
after drag and drop?
Controls the initial setting of the Show Workload checkbox
on the Virtualization Manager toolbar.
NOTE: Changing the preference takes affect immediately.
When you change this preference, the "Show workloads"
checkbox on the Virtualization Manager toolbar changes
accordingly and the view changes to show or not show
workloads.
Don't show
workloads
Show
workloads/Don't
show
workloads
Show workloads in
Visualization tab by
default?
The default setting allows full details to display in top level
compartments of the Visualization View when you access
Virtualization Manager. Changing the default to collapse
automatically collapses top-level settings, in the same way
that clicking the Collapse All button from the
Virtualization Manager toolbar does. Collapsing is controlled
by setting the Maximum number of compartments to display
before auto-collapsing user preference.
NOTE: This setting affects the default value that is used
when you first enter Virtualization Manager. To see this user
preference take effect, log out and log back in.
Don't
collapse
Collapse/Don't
collapse
Collapse all
compartments by
default?
On the Visualization tab, this setting controls whether the
technology icons and meters will display for
subcompartments in a compartment hierarchy. It does not
affect top-level compartments that do not have
subcompartments.
NOTE: This setting affects the default value that is used
when you first enter Virtualization Manager. To see this user
preference take effect, log out and log back in.
Yes –
Meters and
technology
icons are
shown
Yes – Meters
and
technology
icons are
shown/No –
Only the
compartment
name is shown
Show compartment
details by default?
Enables or disables transition effects for the Visualization
tab. Transition effects control how smoothly the page is
rendered when you move from one state to another (for
example, after toggling to show workloads or clicking to
expand a compartment).
YesYes/NoAllow animations?
Controls whether you see all the technology icons for a given
compartment or a subset of all the icons. With the default
(No), an expand tray icon appears in the compartment,
indicating there are more icons hidden.
NoYes/NoExpand compartments
to multiple lines (if
needed) to fit all
technology icons?
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