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Menu navigation

This topic describes the default menu navigation options in Viewpoint.

Because administrators can customize Viewpoint navigation, your specific site navigation may not match exactly what is documented in this topic. Additionally, administrators can customize user roles that affect what pages you may have permissions to access and what actions you are allowed to perform on those pages. For more information, see About role management.

Homepage

The Homepage icon () takes you to the Viewpoint Homepage. For more information, see Using Homepage gadgets.

Datacenter

The following are Datacenter menu options:

Menu option Directs to Actions available Links to more information
Node Management Node Management page

Assigning tenants to nodes

Powering nodes on/off

Reprovisioning nodes

Searching, sorting, and filtering nodes

Setting node feature tags

Viewing node details

Fields: Node Management

About node management

Reservation Management Reservation Management page

Creating a new reservation

Deleting a reservation

Viewing reservation details

Fields: Reservation Management

About reservation management

New Reservation New Reservation page Creating a new reservation

Fields: New Reservation

About reservation management

Services

The following are Services menu options:

Menu option Directs to Actions available Links to more information
Service Template Management Service Template Management page

Adding new fields

Creating a container template

Creating a physical machine template

Creating a storage template

Creating a virtual machine template

Deleting service templates

Modifying existing service templates

Searching, sorting, and filtering service templates

Fields: Service Template Management

About service template management

Service Management Service Management page

Modifying VM service policy settings

Removing services

Requesting a service from a template

Searching, sorting, and filtering services

Unblocking a service

Using the cart

Viewing service details

Fields: Service Management

About service management

VM Management Virtual Machine Management page

Migrating a VM

Reprovisioning VMs

Searching, sorting, and filtering VMs

Viewing VM details

Fields: Virtual Machine Management

About virtual machine management

Image Management Image Management page

Searching, sorting, and filtering images

Viewing image details

Fields: Image Management

About image management

Administration

The following are Administration menu options:

Menu option Directs to Actions available Links to more information
Configuration Configuration page

Changing the super user password

Resetting default roles and permissions

Setting the LDAP configuration

Setting the MWS configuration

Fields: Configuration Overview

About configuration

Notification Management Notification Management page

Accessing notifications

Dismissing notifications

Hiding notifications

Searching, sorting, and filtering notifications

Viewing notification details

Fields: Notification Management

Fields: Notifications drop-down

About notification management

Policy Management Policy Management page

Configuring the Automatic Virtual Machine Migration policy

Configuring the Hypervisor Allocation Overcommit policy

Configuring the Migration Exclusion policy

Configuring the Node Allocation policy

Fields: Policy Management

About policy management

Event Log Event Log page

Searching, sorting, and filtering events

Viewing event details

Fields: Event Log

About event log

Tenant Management Tenant Management page

Creating a new tenant

Deleting a tenant

Editing a tenant

Searching, sorting, and filtering tenants

Fields: Tenant Management

About tenant management

Role Management Role Management page

Copying a role

Creating a new role

Deleting a role

Editing an existing role

Searching, sorting, and filtering roles

Fields: Role Management

About role management

Cart

The Cart icon () takes you to the Viewpoint Cart Detail page. For more information, see Using the cart.

Notifications

The Notifications drop-down offers a quick glance into what is happening in your system. For more information, see About notification management.

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