Refreshing the Navigator

The Navigator refreshes automatically whenever the status of agents changes between offline and online. The Navigator does not update automatically when an agent is removed from or a new agent is added to the managed network. When the tool is enabled, click Apply pending updates Apply pending updates to manually refresh the Navigator.

Before you begin

If an agent name is dimmed (grayed out), the agent has stopped or is not responding. It might also indicate that Tivoli Enterprise Portal has timed out before detecting the availability of the agent.

For custom Navigator views, Apply pending updates Apply pending updates is enabled in the Navigator toolbar whenever you have edited the view in the Navigator editor (added, removed, or renamed items). The tool is not enabled in the Navigator view when an agent has been removed from the Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Server. In these cases, the agent appears to be offline. To remove this agent from the Navigator display, delete the Navigator item through the Navigator editor.

About this task

A count of changes to the Navigator view is kept as agents are removed from, disabled, or added to the monitoring server. The counter shows as a superscripted number next to the tool (such as Apply pending updates9 for nine updates) and in the Navigator view status bar. You must refresh the Navigator to show these changes. Take one of the following steps:

Procedure

  • Click Apply pending updates Apply pending updates in the Navigator toolbar.
  • Click Navigator update pending Navigator update pending in the Navigator status bar.

Results

The agent status is updated in the Navigator. (You might not see any change if the branch containing the agent is expand collapsed.) The tool is disabled until the another status change is detected, at which time the counter starts again. If the workspace has automatic refresh turned on, the Navigator is updated at the end of the refresh interval.