Use the GUI Options in the Edit menu on the ESM console to set the following parameters:
Policy run message count (per-user setting)
Symantec ESM sets the default maximum message count to 3000 security messages. When a report reaches this limit, it returns a red message. The red message indicates that the report has reached the maximum number of messages. If a report returns this message, you can type or select a new maximum message count or remove the message count limit. Then re-run the policy to see all of the messages.
On large networks with many Agents, summary updates of the ESM console can take a while. If you select the Manual Summary Updates check box, you can perform manager maintenance functions without any delay.
The manager maintenance functions include the following tasks:
However, the ESM console does not display summary information until you perform a summary update manually. Also, the ESM console does not prompt you to view the results of completed policy runs.
To modify the GUI options
In the GUI Options dialog box, in the Policy run message count (pre-user setting) area, do the following:
In the Maximum policy run message count box, type the maximum policy run message count. You can also use to up or down arrows to enter the message count. The message count value is 3000 by default.
If you do not want to specify any limit for the maximum message count, then click No message count limit.
In the Console Options area, click Manual summary update if you want to manually perform Manager maintenance functions.