Dell PowerProtect DD Management Center (DDMC) 7.9 Installation and Administration Guide

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Global controls and icons

The controls and icons that are used throughout the DDMC interface are described in detail.

Table 1. Controls that perform a function
Control	Name	Description
	Alerts	Located in the DDMC banner, shows most recent alerts. A red badge notifies of unseen new alerts and the count.
	Help	Located in the DDMC banner and a dropdown menu appears when clicked: About PowerProtect DD Management Center What's New View EULA DDMC Guide - Derived from the PowerProtect DD Management Center Installation and Administration Guide
	User	A circular icon displays with the first alphabet letter of the user ID. Located in the DDMC banner and is used to: Display user and role information Switch to classic view Logout
	Settings	Located in the DDMC banner and provides direct access to Settings, Support Bundles, and Disaster Recovery
	Refresh	Located in the DDMC banner, reloads the page to display latest information
	Filter controls	The filter control is composed of two parts: the funnel icon and a drop-down list. If filtering is being performed, clicking the funnel turns all filtering off, causing all systems to be visible. If filtering is off, clicking the funnel turns on filtering, using the previously set filter. When a filter is active, the funnel display is yellow. Click Show Filter or the Filtered by link to see details about what is filtered. Filter selection is performed with the small down arrow, which opens a drop-down list of the types of filtering that can be employed: Filter by group – Enables the selection of one or more groups. Systems belonging to the selected groups display in the work area panel. Filter by property – Enables the selection of one or more property values. Systems having those property values display in the work area panel. Filter by system – Enables the selection of one or more systems to be displayed in the work area panel. Filter by rule – Enables the creation of a filter rule (or selection of a previously created rule) that controls which systems display in the work area panel. Filter by rule is used to combine systems, groups, and properties to achieve finer granularity. NOTE To use the Filter by rule feature, switch to Classic View. Filtering is used in the work area panel for monitoring views, but not for Reports and Dashboard widgets.
	System or Group view toggle	View by System (default) – Displays systems as a flat list, whose entries are sortable using the table column sorting controls. View by Group – Displays systems by their group hierarchy. In this view, sorting of the table is only performed within groups. Group listings can be expanded to a systems list.
	System, Group, Tenant view toggle	Same as the previous icon, but you can also select: View by Tenant – Displays tenants as a flat list, whose entries are sortable using the table column sorting controls.
	View DD System Manager	Starts DD System Manager for the selected system, where you can directly manage or investigate the corresponding area from where it was launched.
	Inventory details	Found on Infrastructure > UpdateSystems tab under Details column. Icon switches between hiding and displaying toggles.
	Show columns	Found on many of the views that are table-based, enables the choice of columns that display in the table.
	Column sorter	On table views, sorts the columns in ascending or descending view (by date, alphabetically, by priority, and so on), based on the column datatype.
	Add	Opens a dialog box to add one or more items. The type of item being added depends on the page displayed. For example, on the Inventory > Systems page, this button lets you add systems to DDMC. On the Administration > Properties page, this button lets you create custom properties for managed objects.
	Edit	For a selected table element, opens a dialog box that allows changing information about the element.
	Delete	Deletes a selected table element.
	Continue	Continues an operation, such as adding another statement when creating a custom rule.

Table 2. Icons showing system or connection status (or both)You can select the icon to display a status banner with more information about the connection problem.
Icon	Status
	Normal – Communication between DDMC and the DD system is operating.
	Unreachable – The system is not responding or is not transmitting. Data was last retrieved as of the date that is shown in the status banner.
	Unmanaged – The system is suspended or unmanaged. When suspended, all data collection ceases. A system is suspended when the DDMC has taken over management or when the system is suspended using the CLI.
	Adding – The system is being added into the inventory.
	Upgrading – The system is being updated and is unavailable during this state.
	Synchronizing – Data for the system is being synchronized. The system is unavailable during this state.
	Unsupported system – This system is unsupported because it is running an operating system that this version of DDMC does not support. You may view system details for it, but the data is out of date. A tooltip provides an option to update the system.

Table 3. Icons for Tenants and Tenant Units
Icon	Status
	Tenant Unit Configuration Issues – Reported in all multitenancy pages, dialogs, and lightboxes. The icon indicates that this Tenant Unit has no configured alert notification list, provisioned storage, configured hard quota, or configured reports.