The UNIX Agent Manager provides a number of options that allow you to adjust the appearance and usability rules management. The following sections provide overviews of the features you can select from the Customize menu.
Tabbed layouts allow you to select how you want to view configuration information in the content area. The following figure illustrates the default tabbed layout of the filesystem event source. The tabbed layout provides easy to read information grouped into specific categories. You navigate to other configuration categories by clicking the corresponding tab.
The following figure shows the same event source displayed without the category grouped tabs. The non-tabbed layout option shows all the configuration information in one pane. This option is convenient if you have a large monitor and want to see all the information about an element. The pane borders are adjustable so that you can show more or less of each section. To adjust the pane border, click the border and drag it up or down.
The UNIX Agent Manager uses parameter aliases to make parameters generated by event sources or rules easier to understand. The UNIX Agent Manager provides parameter aliases to make the configuration of alerts easier. Aliases are more descriptive than the actual parameter names.
For example, if parameter aliases are turned off, an alert message in the configuration area may look like the following:
Linux user, $user, logged in via ftp at $time, from $host at @addr_linux.
However, with parameter aliases turned on, the same alert message is easier to understand:
Linux user, (User name), logged in via ftp at (Hour:Minute:Second) from (Remote host name) at (Linux remote host Internet address).
Aliases are enclosed in parenthesis to visually sets them apart from the surrounding text.
When you configure rules using the descriptive aliases instead of the parameter name, the UNIX Agent Manager Rules Manager automatically substitutes the appropriate parameter. You can view the parameters, their associated aliases, and a description of their functions in the event source configuration area Output tab.