Specify whether or not system configuration information reported from subsystems is to be applied automatically to the system configuration database. The default is that this check box is selected. If you clear this check box, you will have to define system configuration changes manually.

When you first install JP1/Software Distribution, select this check box. This reduces the workload because you will not need to define the system configuration in managing servers.

Note that when this check box is selected, the system automatically changes existing configuration definition information.

When the system configuration information for JP1/Software Distribution Manager is changed, you can have the changes in the system configuration information applied automatically to the lower systems. You can also automatically edit ID group information according to the changes in the system configuration information. Therefore, if this check box is selected, there is no need for the system administrator to change ID groups according to the system configuration information from the managing server or the relay managing ID groups. If this check box is not selected, the system administrator must manually edit the ID group information.

This setting takes effect only when Automatically apply the system configuration is selected. The default is that this check box is selected. However, if the check box was not selected in the previous version and a new version is installed over the previous one, the check box will not be selected in the default setting.

When you select this check box, you must ensure that all JP1/Software Distribution Managers and JP1/Software Distribution SubManagers in the system have been upgraded to version 05-21 or later. Therefore, clear this check box if your system contains any JP1/Software Distribution Manager or JP1/Software Distribution SubManager whose version is earlier than 05-21.

For details about the operation for linking system configuration information and ID groups, see 8.4 Linking system configuration information and ID group information.

When a host is removed from the system configuration, you can retain its history. When this check box is selected, the system retains host deletion history, such as when a host was deleted. You can use this historical data as management information. You can also restore deleted hosts in the system configuration information on the basis of the applicable deletion history. The default is that this check box is not selected, in which case deletion history is not stored.