Toolboxes Toolboxes| Overview ~ Starting the Toolbox Editor |
SMC uses the concept of a toolbox to provide a view of various system administration tools or applications, possibly on different servers, within a common user interface. A toolbox is a file in XML format, that is registered with the SMC server. It is a hierarchical collection of folders, tools, legacy applications, and links to other toolboxes. This collection defines what you see in the Console navigation pane.
The root toolbox or container is called "Management Tools". Its default behavior is to look for a default toolbox on the host machine and link to it when the SMC is started. The default toolbox is called "This Computer", with the file name this_computer.tbx, and comes pre-configured with several tools. You can modify this toolbox or create additional toolboxes to suit your needs using the SMC Toolbox Editor. The Editor is essentially the SMC console run in a special mode.
For more detailed information regarding the SMC Toolbox Editor and management of toolboxes, start the Editor and consult the extensive online help that is available.
In most cases, you start the editor with the command /usr/sadm/bin/smc edit. This launches the editor and allows you to edit toolboxes you load. By default, the editor will load the toolbox called this_computer.tbx for the local machine on which the editor was started. Consult the SMC man page smc(1M) for additional options for starting the editor.