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Adding devices to collectors

A device is assigned to a collector when you add the device to Resource Manager. See Adding and discovering devices for detailed information on adding devices.

Moving a single device from one collector to another

Follow these steps.

  1. Navigate to the device overview page for the device you wish to move. You can use the search box to quickly locate a device.
  2. Click the edit link to the right of the Collector header
  3. Select the new collector for the device from the drop-down list.
  4. Click SAVE.

Moving multiple devices from one collector to another

Follow these steps.

  1. Navigate to the lowest-level device class or device organizer that contains all of the devices you wish to move.
  2. Select the devices you wish to move by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking the desired device rows. Note: click anywhere on the row that is not over a hyperlink.
  3. From the Actions menu, select Set Collector.
  4. Select the new collector for the devices from the drop-down list.
  5. Click OK.

You can add the current collector to the set of displayed columns by following these steps.

  1. Hover on a column name and click the down arrow to the right of the name.
  2. Select Columns.
  3. Select Collector.

Moving all devices from one collector to another

If you decide to remove a collector, you should move all of the devices on that collector to another collector before removing the collector.

To move all of the devices associated with one collector to another collector.

  1. Navigate to ADVANCED > Move Devices.

    2. Click the name of the source collector whose devices you want to move, then select a target collector from the drop-down list. 3. Click Submit to confirm. Resource Manager moves the devices to the newly selected collector.