Understanding Directory Manager

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:

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