You can use OpenEdge Management to update configuration options.You can update options that are set during the initial setup process. You can also set other configuration options and develop a better understanding of which options work best for your environment.

From the management console menu bar, click Options. If you have OpenEdge Management installed, the Options page appears.

When you are working with OpenEdge Management, you can make modifications in one or more of the areas described in the following table.

Table 1. Configuration option availability
Option Description Applicable in OpenEdge Management
Authorized Users Enables you to manage user accounts and to customize the operator role Yes
User Preferences Enables you to set the rate (if any) at which OpenEdge Management automatically refreshes Yes
Remote AdminServers

Enables you to add and remove remote AdminServers

 Yes
General Enables you to manage the OpenEdge Management startup configuration and the actions to perform for OpenEdge Management internal alerts Yes
Trend Database Enables you to configure the trend database Yes
Web Server Configuration Enables you to configure the web server HTTP and HTTPS settings. You can also set the login session timeout value. Yes
Email alerts Provides the SMTP host name and port along with the e-mail address of the default recipient for e-mail notification when an alert is generated. You can also configure SMTP settings, such as user name and password. Yes
Resource Monitoring Enables you to manage whether to automatically poll resources, generate alerts, collect trend data, and include status changes Yes
Graph Cache Enables you to set the time period for collecting graph cache samples on selected resources and AdminServers Yes
Database Administration Console Enables you to set the batch size for the database administration console. Batch size determines the number of records from the database that are displayed on the Database Administration Console Configuration page. The default batch size is set to 100. Yes
Process Pooling

Maintains several instances of _progress running persistently. As an alternative to using the built-in process pooling, you can configure process pooling to use an AppServer.

Yes
Resource Monitor Defaults Enables you to set default polling attributes for resource functions Yes
Resource Property Distribution Enables you to bulk copy resource properties to selected target resources Yes
SNMP Adapter (If installed) enables you to start or stop the SNMP Agent. You can also set SNMP adapter settings, such as SNMP agent port and default SNMP trap port. Yes

By choosing to use the HTTPS protocol for secure browser-to-instance or instance-to-instance communications, you can set trend database and web server configuration settings. See Set Up Secure Communications for details about using the secure protocol.