Avocent AdminWorks 1.2 User
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s Manual
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July 2005
The Menu Bar
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Each system can be managed by only one Console administrator at a time. However, if you
wish to manage a system that is already being managed, you can still select Add to Group...
and attempt to manage it. A notification will be sent to the Owner of that system and if he/she
agrees, then Console management of that system will be switched to your Console.
When in the Organization topology, the Add to Group... command is enabled on the menu only
when a system under UnManaged Systems is selected, but you can still perform the
“
Add to
Group
”
function by dragging-and-dropping a system from your Managed Systems into a group
you have created (that is, drag-and-drop the system icon from the Workgroup frame into the
desired group in the Topology frame when Managed Systems is active). However, note that
systems under the Organization topology can exist in only one group at a time. Therefore,
when you drag-and-drop a system into a different group within Managed Systems, that system
will automatically be removed from the group it was previously in, at the same time that it is
added to the group you moved it to.
When in the Task Groups topology:
In contrast to the Organization topology, the Add to Group... command is available on the
menu for all systems listed in the Task Groups topology, even though the systems in Task
Groups are already being managed by you. This is because the systems under Task Groups
can simultaneously exist in more than one group.
Since the Owners of these systems have already agreed to allow you to be their Console
administrator, there is no
“
manage request
”
dialog box (illustrated on the next page) sent to the
Owner when you add a system to a group in the Task Groups topology.
NOTE: Only Managed Systems are displayed in Task Groups. To view Unmanaged
Systems, switch to the Organization topology.
Adding an UnManaged System to a Group in Managed Systems
1. To add an un-managed system to a group in your Managed Systems and become its
Console administrator, do any of the following:
Left-click on the desired system, then select Add to Group... from the Client Menu.
Or, right-click on the desired system, then select Add to Group... from the pop-up
menu.
Or, drag-and-drop the system from UnManaged Systems to a group under
Organization.
NOTE: Recall that if you want to select multiple non-contiguous systems, you can do so
by pressing Ctrl + left-click on each desired system. Or, use Shift + left-click to
highlight a contiguous range of systems.
