User`s guide

Sliders
The sliders on the left side of the Portal include the items listed and described in the following table. The
individual items that you see in VCM will vary depending on the components that you have licensed.
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Active Directory and AD objects are available only when VCM for Active Directory (AD) is licensed.
This slider is viewable based on your role.
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Patching options are available only when VCM Patching is licensed. This slider is viewable based on
your role.
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Administration is visible only to users who have Administrative rights to VCM as part of their VCM
role.
For detailed instructions about any of these features, see the online Help.
Slider Action
Console
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View, export, or print enterprise-wide, summary information.
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Review or acknowledge current alert notifications.
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Manage VCM discovered and non-VCM discovered hardware and software assets.
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Review changes that occurred from one collection to the next.
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Create, edit, or run remote commands on a VCM managed Windows or UNIX
machine.
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View information about VCM discovered domains.
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Navigate and manage integrated service desk events.
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Manage virtual machines.
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View your Windows NT Domain and Active Directory related data.
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View information for enterprise-level applications.
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Review non-security related UNIX machine-specific information.
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Review UNIX security data to ensure consistent security configurations across your
environment.
Compliance
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Create and manage Compliance rule groups and templates based on AD objects or
machine group data.
Active
Directory
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View, export, or print enterprise-wide, summary information for Active Directory
objects.
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Review alert notifications for the selected AD location.
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Review Active Directory-related changes that occurred from one collection to the next.
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View collected information about Active Directory objects such as Users, Groups,
Contacts, Computers, Printers, Shares, and Organizational Units.
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Review Active Directory site lists, including Site Links, Site Link Bridges, Subnets,
Intersite Transports, Servers, Connections and Licensing.
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View Active Directory Group Policy Container Settings.
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View information about Active Directory Domains, DCs, and Trusts.
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Track and display access control entries and security descriptor data on all collected
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