Using mass-configuration profiles, you can to quickly configure
a group of managed objects.
One of the advantages of IBM® Director is its ability to make certain configuration
changes on multiple managed systems at once. Even in a dynamic host control
protocol (DHCP)-enabled environment, many critical servers tend to use static
addresses. Using mass-configuration profiles, you can, for example, change
the IP address that these managed systems use to locate their primary DNS
server, without having to physically visit each system.
A
mass-configuration profile identifies the configuration information
that you want to distribute to a managed object or group. You can create a
profile for these IBM Director tasks:
- Asset
ID™
- Configure Alert Standard Format
- Configure SNMP Agent
- Network Configuration
The mass-configuration profiles are saved in the Tasks menu (and in the
Tasks pane) under the task with which they are associated. After you create
a mass-configuration profile, you then can apply that profile to a managed
object or a group.
Restriction: - You can configure only the community name and trap destination in a mass-configuration
profile for the Configure SNMP Agent task. You cannot configure security information.
- Specifying a community name in the profile adds the community name as
a trap destination only. For IBM Director to receive traps sent to that community,
you must manually add the community name to the IBM Director Server.
- If you want to perform SNMP sets on managed systems, you must manually
modify the Security pane in the SNMP service properties window, adding the
correct Community Name as READ WRITE or READ CREATE enabled on each managed
system.