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4. The Data Types dialog box appears. Select the Select All check box, then confirm that the Use default
filters option button is also selected. Click Next.
5. For initial collections, there should be no conflicts with previously scheduled or running jobs
containing the same data types. Click Finish.
6. Verify that your collection job has completed before proceeding to the next step. To do so, click the
Jobs button at the top of the Portal window to access the Jobs Summary.
NOTE You can also verify jobs for the past 24 hours if you think that you may have missed your
collection job by going to Administration > Job Manager > History > Instant Collections > Past 24
Hours. Refer to the online Help for additional detail regarding Jobs.
Exploring Mac OS X Collection Results
Now that you have performed an initial Mac OS X collection, you can explore that data in the Portal.
Dashboards
Mac OS X data is displayed in the UNIX Dashboards. Each Dashboard is run only when the node is selected
against the current data available in the CMDB for the machines in the active machine group. Therefore,
Dashboard data is only current as of the time it was collected. In addition, it may take time for the data to
display based on the volume or complexity of the data requested.
To view Mac OS data, begin by looking at the UNIX Operating System Dashboard under Console >
Dashboards > UNIX > Operating Systems.
Note that several other UNIX Dashboards are also available. Take time to familiarize yourself with the
remainder of the UNIX Dashboards. UNIX Collection Results are also available to you in a more “raw”
format as well. This level of reporting is more relevant for day-to-day operations, troubleshooting, and
analysis, and can be viewed in a Summary report or data grid format.
Look at your Mac OS X Operating System information by clicking the UNIX tab in the Console. Then, click
Operating System > Machines > General.
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