About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7

HP DCE Administration Tools

Tips for New Users

•Log into DCE before starting the Account Manager, or use the Login option from within the Account Manager.

•Establish your preferences in the Options “Preferences” dialog box when you initially start the Account Manager.

If you are administering a very large cell, read “Managing Very Large Cells with Account Manager” below.

•It is recommended that you bring up the Assistant from the File menu when you initially start the Account Manager, and iconize it when not in use.

•Where possible, use batch operations and profiles to automate time-consuming repetitive tasks, such as adding multiple users that have similar characteristics.

Managing Very Large Cells with Account Manager

DCE interfaces can be slow to retrieve lists for very large DCE deployments (For example, if the DCE registry is managing many thousands of users). The performance of the Account Manager will be affected in this case. To aid the Account Manager’s performance for very large deployments, take the following steps:

1.In the Options/Preferences dialog, enable the option to “Display -User/Group/Org/Attribute_Type List as Text instead of Icons.”

The Account Manager requires major resources to map very large lists into iconic display, and this option is needed to bypass that step.

2.In the Options/Preferences dialog, disable the option to “Display

-User/Group/Org/Attribute_Type List at Start Up”. This step should be done if any of the following are true:

•You know the names of the objects you want to manage.

•You will manage only a subset of objects (for example, users in a certain group).

•You will ask the Account Manager to read in the list of objects to manage from a file (see #3 below).

In this step, the first time that you navigate the Account Manager to an object management screen (for example, User Management), the list will be empty.

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Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7