Applying Templates

Once a template has been created it can then be applied to other systems via the Templates tab of the Central Configuration Manager.

Templates can be applied directly to each system shown in the Template Systems panel.

To apply a template:
  1. From the left-hand navigation panel of Central Configuration Manager, select the Templates tab.
  2. Expand the view of the operating system to which the template will be applied.
  3. From the list of templates, select the template to be applied. Upon clicking the template, all systems that have been defined for the chosen operating system are displayed in the Template Systems panel.
  4. Click the check box next to each system to which the template is to be applied.
  5. Click Save to confirm and save the template settings to the selected systems.

Once saved, the System to which the template has been applied is shown in bold type to Server Manager Level only. Individual monitors and rules remain in light face.

Copy and paste

This short-cut is used primarily to copy an individual system rule into an existing template. It is only possible to do this between same type monitors (with the exception of Event Log Monitors). For example, a Summary Performance Monitor rule can only be copied to a Summary Performance Template.

Modifying Individual Systems

Once a template rule has been applied it is important to ensure that the rule details are applicable to the new system in terms of level of criteria and actions undertaken. It is good housekeeping to keep the template rules as generic as possible and fine-tune them individually at system level.

For example, a rule applied across twenty systems with an action of sending a SMS message, initiates twenty identical messages to the same resource should an alert be raised.

Exporting and Importing Templates

Templates can be exported to and imported from other instances of Network Server Suite. Template files are saved with an extension of .csf.

Exporting and Importing Template options are accessed from the Central Configuration Manager quick access bar. Use Export Templates or Import Templates .

NOTE: Imported Templates do not override any existing templates on the system to which they are imported but add additional templates that did not previously exist.

Deleting Templates

Click Delete Template from the Home | Systems panel of the Central Configuration Manager, Once a template is deleted it is removed from all systems to which it has been applied.