*HelpHelp for Service Configuration Manager*Repli*


The Service Configuration Manager allows you to save the configuration of a Netfinity service from a chosen system to a service configuration file (SCF). This configuration file may then be used to restore the configuration back to the same system, or it may be used, in conjunction with the Event Scheduler, to place that configuration on whatever other similar systems you choose.

For Netfinity to best meet your needs on a particular system, you will configure various services of Netfinity (for example, Alert Manager or Critical File Monitor) the specific way you want them. The Service Configuration Manager becomes useful to you if you have a number of similar systems you want to configure in a similar way.

Once you have arranged a service as you desire on a system, you may use the Service Configuration Manager to save the configuration of that service on that system. Through the Event Scheduler or the command line interface, the resulting service configuration file (SCF) may be used in several ways. For example:

The opening page of the Service Configuration Manager presents the service configuration files that exist in the SCF directory. You may choose to:

Top of Page


Service Configuration File Generator

The Service Configuration File Generator allows you to save the configuration of a chosen service and a chosen system on your network.

The services selection list displays all the Netfinity services (for example, Alert Manager or Critical File Monitor) whose configurations can be saved by the Service Configuration Manager. The Systems selection list displays all the systems you have discovered or included on your network using the Remote Systems Manager. You may save to a service configuration file (SCF) the configuration of any one service on any one machine. You make that choice in the two selection lists.

After giving the service configuration file a name, which must be legal in Netfinity's SCF subdirectory, and, optionally, a description, you request that the file be saved by pressing Create File.

There are two more choices to be made on this page. If a file of the same name already exists, it will not be replaced unless you choose to overwrite it. If you choose to edit the new file after creation, you will be taken to the Service Configuration File Editor, exactly as though you chose to edit an existing SCF from the first window.

It is not uncommon for the saving of the service configuration from the system to the file to be unsuccessful. This failure is often due to the source system being off-line or to the source service being protected by security.

Top of Page


Service Configuration File Editor

The Service Configuration File Editor lets you view the detailed information about a service configuration file (SCF) and lets you prune any undesired configuration records from the file.

The top of the window displays the following information:

The rest of the window contains one or more record selection lists which show descriptive labels for all the records saved from the service configuration. You may select these records and Delete them in order to remove them from the service configuration file permanently. This may be desired if you want only a subset of the information contained on the original system to be restored to other systems you configure according to this SCF.

Top of Page


Exiting

To exit the Service Configuration Manager service, select the "Netfinity " image on the top or bottom of the Service Configuration Manager service to return to the Netfinity services screen.

Top of Page