Configuration Browser
Use the Configuration Browser to view configuration data in the context of a single managed entity. Configuration data can include:
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Configuration items and properties
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System configuration data as well as all system members and their configuration data
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System and target relationships (immediate, member of, uses, used by, and so forth)
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Configuration extension collection data
The browser window consists of left and right panes. The left pane is a tree hierarchy. The right pane consists of tabs that display information in tables. As you navigate in the tree, your selection dictates the contents in the right pane. Depending on the selection, tabs appear containing data such as properties and values, relationships, a hierarchical structure of a system and its members, and file contents in both a parsed and raw text format.
You can take any of several actions as you view a configuration in the browser. These actions are available from the Actions menu above the tabs. The tree hierarchy in the left pane also has context menus available.
This section covers the following topics:
Working with Saved Configurations
Saved configurations are snapshots in time of collected data preserved for future reference. You may simply want to view the saved data, or you may want to use it as the basis of a comparison.
You can save standard as well as composite configurations. Saving a configuration saves all configuration item and relationship data for the selected target and for all member targets.
Note that there are various ways to save a configuration:
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While viewing a table of all targets, right-click a target and select Configuration, then select Save.
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While viewing a target's last collected configuration in the Configuration Browser, select Save Latest from the Actions drop-down menu.
A save, particularly one that involves systems or groups, can take several minutes. So, for performance reasons, a save action submits a job that occurs asynchronously. To check job status, do the following:
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From the Enterprise menu, select Job, then select Activity.
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Click Advanced Search and set the following criteria:
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Set Job Type to ECM Save (or Save Latest).
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Set Target Type to Targetless.
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Click Go.
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Drill down in the search results for save details.
To compare a saved configuration:
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From the Enterprise menu, select Configuration, then select Saved.
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In the table of saved configurations, select the configuration you want to browse, then click View.
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Navigate the tree hierarchy to expose the following categories of data:
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Managed entities, configuration items, their properties, and relationships
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System structures
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Configuration extension collections
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You can also view a saved configuration in the Configuration Browser: right-click a target tree node and select Configuration, then select Saved.
To compare a saved configuration:
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From the Enterprise menu, select Configuration, then select Saved.
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In the table of saved configurations, select the configuration you want to compare against, then click Compare.
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The selected configuration becomes the first configuration in the comparison workflow. Continue the process of setting up the comparison.
To export a configuration:
- From the Enterprise menu, select Configuration, then select Saved.
- Click Export and follow the instructions in the export dialog to save the results in a ZIP file. For a single target, the export dialog will determine the target's configuration items and immediate relationship details and will package the data into a zip file.
Or if the configuration already exists:
- From the Enterprise menu, select Configuration, then select Saved.
- Select the configuration, then click View.
- Select Configuration Report and click Export.
To import a previously exported configuration:
Working with Inventory and Usage Details
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View inventory summaries for deployments such as hosts, database installations, and fusion middleware installations on an enterprise basis or for specific targets.
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View inventory summary information in the context of different dimensions. For example, for host inventory summary, you can view by platform, vendor, or OS version.
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Drill down multiple levels of inventory details.
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See trends in inventory counts charted across a time line. Chart bars are color-coded to match the view selection.
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Switch to a pie chart to break down the inventory data for the rollup option by color-coded percentages.
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For Hosts (OS Patches) and Databases (Patches Applied), click a patch indicator to link to patch details.
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Repeatedly revise selections to refresh chart and details based on new selections.
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Export deployment and details tables to CSV files.
To view inventory and usage details:
Note that you can export either the master (deployments) table or the details table. In either case, click the Export button to open a dialog where you can browse to a file location and save the table as a CSV file.
Note:
In a shared Oracle Home deployment the inventory location is /scratch/myCentralInventory
. This inventory location inside the Oracle Home is used by all the other hosts to execute the attachHome script.
The oraInst.loc file inside the Oracle Home points to this inventory location. Ensure that this inventory location is locally available in all destination hosts. Else, this location is created if required. This way there is coherence as all the hosts using the same Oracle Home also use the same inventory location.