After the Control Manager agent installation, the managed product first appears in the Product Directory under the default folder.
Use the Directory Manager to customize the Product Directory organization to suit your administration model needs. For example, you can group products by location or product-type — messaging security, web security, file storage protection, and so on.
The Directory allows you to create, modify, or delete folders, and move managed products between folders. You cannot, however, delete nor rename the New entity folder.
Carefully organize the managed products belonging to each folder. Consider the following factors when planning and implementing your folder and managed product structure:
Product Directory
User Accounts
Deployment Plans
Group managed products according to geographical, administrative, or product specific reasons. In combination with different access rights used to access managed products or folders in the directory, the following table presents the recommended grouping types as well as their advantages and disadvantages:
Grouping Type
Pro's
Con's
Geographical or Administrative
Clear structure
No group configuration for identical products
Product type
Group configuration and status is available
Access rights may not match
Combination of both
Group configuration and access right management
Complex structure, may not be easy to manage
See also:
Create folders
Rename folders or managed products
Move folders or managed products
Delete user-defined folders