• Data Collection - Set values for all collection, product-based collection and vendor-based.

• Data Retention - Modify default retention periods for systems that are collected by traditional Data Collectors to determine when data is purged from the database. Purging is required to maintain reasonable table sizes. Data types include historical and performance data. Fields are displayed based on what has been installed and collected.

• Database Administration - Set values to configure the structure of the database.

• Host Discovery - Enable rules for host matching when the system is discovering new hosts/clients.

• Inventory - Modify the database polling frequency for Inventory objects.

• Portal - Modify default values for a variety of portal properties including host attribute import parameters, maximum number of open tabs, and security settings such as time out values and allowed login attempts.

• Custom Parameters - Add, edit and delete custom system parameters, portal properties and their associated values. This area allows free form entry for name/value pairs.