ControlPoint 8.8.1 - Administration Guide

Created (Hidden) Settings

"Created" settings are special-purpose settings that you can add to the ControlPoint Settings list if needed.  Generally, these settings should only be configured under special circumstances and with guidance from Quest Support.

NOTE:  When a setting is created, it is added to the category Special Purpose.

To create a ControlPoint Setting:

1From the ControlPoint Configuration Settings Manager, click [Create].

2Check the box to the left of each setting you want to create.

3Click [Insert].

To delete a Created setting:

NOTE:  You can only delete settings that are classified as "Created."  (That is, Basic and Advanced settings cannot be deleted.)

1In the ControlPoint Settings list, check the box to the left of each created setting you want to delete.

2Click [Delete].

When you delete a Created setting, it is removed from the current ControlPoint Settings list and once again becomes available from the Add Created Settings list.

Created Settings to Override ControlPoint Default Security

By default, ControlPoint is security trimmed to enforce SharePoint permissions.  ControlPoint Application Administrators can, however, override these permissions to allow user groups that have been defined in the ControlPoint Configuration site to perform ControlPoint analyses and/or actions on site collections and sites for which they do not have management permissions.

You can use security overrides in conjunction with Customizing ControlPoint Menus to tailor your ControlPoint environment to best suit the needs of your organization.

NOTE:  These settings do not override a user's permissions for the SharePoint sites themselves.  (For example, it will not give a user permission to open a SharePoint site or make changes via SharePoint site settings pages if they have not been granted permissions to do so in SharePoint.  Nor will a user who does not have permissions for Central Administration be able to use ControlPoint menu items that directly invoke Central Administration pages.)

To add security override  to ControlPoint

NOTE:  Because the use of security overrides should involve careful consideration and planning, they are createable (hidden) settings.

1From the ControlPoint Configuration Settings Manager, click [Create] .

2Use the information in the following to determine the appropriate action to take

3Navigate to the new setting and open it for editing.

4For New Value, enter the name of each ControlPoint group whose security trimming you want to override.

NOTE:  If you want to extend this privilege to more than one group, enter the group names in a comma-separated list (with no spaces between group names). If you want to extend it to all ControlPoint groups, enter ALL.

Additional Created Settings

Because of potential environmental implications, the majority of "created" settings should be configured only under special circumstances and with guidance from Quest Support.

Changing Trace Switch Logging Levels

ControlPoint contains a number of trace switches that control the type and level of detail that is captured in the ControlPoint Administration (xcAdmin) log. Quest Support may suggest that one or more of these be changed for diagnosis and troubleshooting purposes.

NOTE Trace switches are Advanced settings.

Valid values for all trace switches, listed from least to most detail, are:

·Disabled

·Error (the default)

·Warnings

·Info

·Verbose

Note that as the logging level increases, the amount of detail is "additive." For example, if you select the logging level Info, then Errors and Warnings will also be included.