After the Control Manager agent installation, the managed product first appears in the Product Directory under the New entity 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:
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Advantages |
Disadvantages | |
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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 |
Rename folders or managed products