The ESM console uses the regions as a convenient method of organizing the managers. You can locate any manager on the ESM console in the All Managers region that Symantec ESM creates during installation. Symantec ESM automatically places any new managers that you add to the ESM console in the All Managers region.

Symantec ESM lets you create additional regions to organize the managers on the ESM console. You can create and group regions according to the organizational structures or geographical location. You can add or delete regions as needed; however, you cannot delete, rename, or move managers from the default All Managers region.

Regions are only a way to group the managers on the ESM console. Symantec ESM does not use regions for running the policies or in any of the administrative functions. Symantec ESM stores the region information along with your user preferences in the ESM console account workspace of the registry.