Placing devices into unmanaged state

Place a device into unmanaged state so that engineers can work on the device to resolve a problem.

About this task

Placing a device into unmanaged state deactivates Network Manager polling and event correlation for this device.
Note: The event list still displays events for this device generated due to polling by other network manager software, such as Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. You can configure the event list to filter out or to tag these events.

Procedure

  1. In the Network Hop View or Network Views network map select the device to place into unmanaged state.
    To select multiple devices, press Ctrl.
  2. Right-click one of the selected devices and choose Unmanage.
    A wrench icon Default alert status icon for unmanaged nodes or devices. appears next to the selected devices indicating that the device is now in unmanaged state.

    V4.2 FixPack 15:The administrator can show or hide the Manage and Unmanage tools by using the status.view.managedStatus.enabled property in the $NMGUI_HOME/profile/etc/tnm/status.properties/status.properties file.