Use the Domain Manager window to create Sun Management Center administrative domains.
Choose Domain Manager from the File menu in the main console window.
The Domain Manager appears.
In the Domain Manager, click the Add button.
The Create Domain dialog box appears, as shown in the following figure.
Type the name of the new administrative domain in the Domain Name field.
If you do not want your administrative domain to be populated now, deselect the Populate Now check box.
The default choice is for Sun Management Center software to display a dialog box that enables you to start the Discovery Manager immediately after creating an administrative domain. For more information about the Discovery Manager, see Chapter 4, Adding Objects to the Topology Database Using the Discovery Manager.
To create the new administrative domain, click the Create button.
To close the window without creating the administrative domain, click the Cancel button.
If you do not have the proper security permissions to create an administrative domain, an error message is displayed. See Chapter 18, Sun Management Center Security for more information about security.
Once you have created your administrative domains, you can begin to populate these administrative domains and their subordinate groups.
To populate an administrative domain, you must have esdomadm privileges. See Sun Management Center Groups for more information.
To add hosts and other resources to an administrative domain collection, use one of these methods:
Populate with the Discovery Manager
The Discovery Manager is the default method for populating a newly created administrative domain. Discovery Manager searches the network for resources. The search can be time-consuming, but you can shorten the search by setting limits. See Chapter 4, Adding Objects to the Topology Database Using the Discovery Manager for more information.
Populate with the Discovery Manager at scheduled intervals by using the Scheduling feature
The scheduling feature enables you to search periodically for new managed objects on the network. You can set the search to occur hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly. See Making and Modifying Discover Requests for more information.
Manually populate with the Create an Object menu option
To add objects individually, use the Create an Object option. This option is useful for adding a small number of known resources. For example, if you have installed a new host, you can use Create an Object to add the host to the local administrative domain immediately. See Chapter 3, Manually Adding Objects to the Topology Database for more information.