Specify console General properties

You can specify the appearance of maps in HPOM using the General tab of the Console Properties dialog box to set preferences for how many levels the map view will expand, map background color, and model pre-caching. In addition, you can specify how many WMI instances can be retrieved at any one time, how results views are opened, and whether the Agent Installation dialog box opens when you deploy a policy or package to a node that does not yet have an agent installed.

To specify console general properties

1. Open the Configure Console dialog box if it is not already open.
   1. In the Scope pane, right-click the name of the root node to open the shortcut menu.
   2. Select Properties to open the Configure Console dialog box.
2. In the General tab, specify how the map view expands using the Number of Levels to Automatically Expand box, enter a number. You can specify from one to five levels of expansion.

   In map views where large numbers of items are displayed in the lower levels, configuring the map to expand one level at a time can increase performance. The new settings will not take effect until the map is redisplayed. Change the view to the message browser, for example, then return to the map view to see the change.

3. To change the light gray default background color of your maps, click Change Color to open the Microsoft Windows Color dialog box. Select a basic color or define a custom color, then click OK to close the Color dialog box. In the Console Properties General tab, click Apply to see the new background color.
4. Select Model Pre-caching to upload all node and service information to the console at startup. Clear this check box if you do not want this information uploaded at startup.
5. The number in the WMI instance retrieval count box determines the maximum size of the data packets that are exchanged between the management server and the console (more specifically, between the server and the node, tool, and service configuration editors). The default value of 100 means that a maximum of 100 objects (messages, nodes, or services, for example) are transmitted in each packet. This default value is valid for most HPOM environments, with the following exceptions:
   • Fast network connections: If a fast network connection is available, you can decrease the default value to a minimum of ten. Low values mean that fewer objects are transmitted in each packet so that the first packet arrives more quickly. However, because more packets are transmitted, the overall transportation overhead is higher.
   • Slow network connections: If the network connection is slow, increase the value to a maximum of 500. Higher values mean that more objects are transmitted in each packet, which slows down the arrival of the first packet, but overall, fewer packets are transmitted.
6. Clear Show result views in new window to display result views in the details pane rather than in a new window. Result views are, for example, map views, reports, and graphs.
7. The Enable agent installation dialog option determines if HPOM checks prior to each deployment whether an agent is already installed on the target nodes. If no agent is installed, the Agent Installation dialog box opens and asks you for the credentials of the node. Depending on the number of nodes, the agent installation check may take a long time to complete, during which the console is inaccessible.

   When you disable the Agent Installation dialog box, all deployment jobs start immediately. However, policy deployment jobs may fail if no agent is installed. To correct the problem, restart the failed deployment job by right-clicking the job and selecting All Tasks Restart job with advanced options.

Related Topics:

• Configure the console
• Specify console Data Presentation properties
• Specify console Message Browser properties
• Specify console Notifications properties
• Restart job with new options
• Disable automatic agent installation