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Systems
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Last Modified 2023-09-01 13:04 EDTTo connect a system to TrueCommand, open the Configure settings menu and click Systems. The Systems menu has two tabs: Systems and System Groups. The Systems and System Groups tabs contain all the options to connect and organize systems in TrueCommand. The Systems tab lists all added systems and their current connection statuses.
To connect a new system, click + NEW SYSTEM.
Enter the system IP address or DNS hostname, the nickname, and the password. If you make a mistake, you can reset the form by clicking RESET.
If the system has alerts or alarms, a blue circle with the number of current alerts displays to the right of the system name.
Each TrueNAS system listed on the Systems screen has an options menu that allows you to edit, delete or modify configuration settings for that system. Click the for the system to display the options menu.
Click edit Edit to open a panel on the right of the screen that displays the system setting fields you can edit. After making your changes, click SAVE CHANGES to update the system with the new values entered. Click RESET to clear the form and reset values to the previously saved settings for the NAS.
Click Users and Groups to display the list of users or groups for the selected system.
If the system has updates ready to apply, a green Update displays on the system information screen.
Click on the green icon to open the Update dialog with information on the update.
Select Confirm, then click OK to update the system.
Click CANCEL to close the window without updating.
If a system has iSCSI volumes, click iSCSI Volumes to display the iSCSI volumes page for the server.
Click Services to display the Services window with a list of services running or stopped for the selected system.
The options for services are adding it to start on boot-up, stopping, or starting/restarting. SelectSTART ON BOOT to add the selection to the services started at boot-up. Click the stop icon to stop a running service. Click the start/restart icon refresh to start a stopped service.
Click Config Backups to display the Config Backups window.
Click CREATE BACKUP to create a new system configuration backup.
Click (Download) next to a listed config to download that config locally.
Click next to a listed config to restore the system to that configuration.
Click next to a listed config to delete it.
If you want to delete config backups in bulk, click the checkbox next to each config you want to delete, then click DELETE SELECTED.
Click delete Delete to display a popup window and confirm you want to delete a selected system.
Deleting a system purges all collected data from the database.
TrueCommand administrators can organize systems into collections called Groups. Grouping systems lets you efficiently manage system permissions and reporting.
Open the System Groups tab to view the list of created groups and the systems they contain.
Create a group by clicking Configure settings > Systems > + NEW GROUP. Type a name for the new group and click ADD SYSTEM to add a system to the group. After adding all the desired systems to the group, click CREATE GROUP.
Each group has two management options:
Clicking the edit button edit opens a sidebar menu. You can make adjustments to the group in this manner. Add or remove systems from the group by using the Add System button or the remove delete button. Click Save Changes when finished with your changes to update the group to the new group settings.
Clicking the delete button displays a popup confirmation box to delete a group.
