Left Pane Menu Items

The following items appear on the left pane menu:

Home menu option

Click this to return to the Home page.

Actions

The heading for menu options that provide administrative actions. The actual number of options displayed below this heading is variable, depending on the permission level of the user.

Logon

Click this to show the log on page. This menu option is shown only if the session is not currently logged on and the User Access setting on the Options page is "Restricted".

Logoff

Click this to log off from an administrative session that is currently logged on. There is no log off confirmation. This menu option is shown only if the session is currently logged on and the User Access setting on the Options page is "Restricted".

Renew

Click this to refresh the IP address information cached by your Directory Server. Use this option when the IP address of the machine running your Directory Server changes.

Directory Server uses the IP address to locate the servers that it manages. When the cached IP address is out of date, Directory Server may be unable to connect to its servers and may report inaccurate information to clients.

Export

Click this to show the Export page. This page enables you to save a copy of the whole repository to a location of your choice. This menu option is available only if you logged on with Administrator or Schema Administrator permission level.

Import

Click this to show the Import page. This page enables you to update the repository with additional objects from an import directory. Imported objects can include servers (along with all of their child objects), and Security Manager definitions. This menu option is available only if you logged on with Schema Administrator permission level.

Delete All

Click this to show the Delete confirmation page. This page enables you to confirm that you want the repository to be completely erased and all registered objects to be deleted. This menu item is available only if you logged on with Schema Administrator permission level.

Shut Down

Click this to show the Shut Down confirmation page. This page enables you to shut down the Directory Server. This menu option is available only if you logged on with Schema Administrator permission level This menu option is available only if you logged on with Schema Administrator permission level and Directory Server is not running as a Windows service.

Configure

The heading for the menu option that enables you to configure Directory Server. This menu heading and its associated menu option are available only if you logged on with Administrator permission level or higher.

Options

Click this to show the Directory Server Options page. This page enables you to configure the Directory Server.

Security

Click this to show the pages used for configuring security options.

Display

The heading for menu options that enable you to view information about the state of the Directory Server and about the events that have taken place on the server.

Directories

Click this to show the Directories page. This page lists all the instances of Directory Server that are running on the network and using the default Directory Server port (86).

Statistics

Click this to show the Statistics page. This page shows statistics and status information about Directory Server.

Sessions

Click this to show the Sessions page. This page shows the list of currently logged on Web browser client sessions, and also any bound program client sessions.

Journal

Click this to show the Journal page. This page shows the Directory journal, which is a record of Directory Server activity.

Help

The heading for menu options that enable you to view documentation about the Directory Server and Enterprise Server Administration.

This page

Click this to view help for the page you are currently viewing and for all the controls on the page.

Contents

Click this to view the Contents of the Enterprise Server documentation.

Note: Note:

For this link to work, you must be using an enterprise server that has a Web listener with the following entry in the [virtual paths] section:

docs=<ES>/help

This enterprise server must be started.

The default enterprise server, ESDEMO, has a web listener with this configuration information. When you create a new enterprise server, a Web listener with the required configuration information entry is automatically created.

Support

Click this to contact Micro Focus Technical Support via the Supportline website to report problems or ask any questions about using Micro Focus software.

Feedback

Click this to open your email client and send general feedback to Micro Focus.