Saving Maps; Deleting Maps And Folders - Enterasys Netsight User Manual

Creating Network Maps

Saving Maps

When NetSight Element Manager saves a map file, it actually saves it in two distinct
formats: a .MAP format, which is the format in which you open and edit maps within the
primary window; and a .MRM format — a text-based format which allows you to recover
corrupted or accidentally-deleted .MAP files, or allows you to move a map from one
folder to another (see
versions of each map file are stored by default in the directory you defined via the
Tools—>Options—>Directories settings; however, the .MRM files will not be listed
when you select an Open Map option, as the .MAP files are the ones viewed in NetSight
Element Manager.
To save a map file:
1. Click on the Save Map button
Note that, with either of these procedures, only the current active map will be saved! To
ensure that all changes to all maps are saved, you must activate each map in turn and save
it via one of the options above, or use the Save All Maps function:
1. Click on the Save All Maps button
As a safety precaution, you will always be prompted if you attempt to close a map or exit
NetSight Element Manager without saving your changes.
If you attempt to save a locked map, you will be offered the option of saving a copy of the
locked map. You must assign this copy a unique name, or the save will not take place.
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Deleting Maps and Folders

You can delete both maps and folders via the Map View workspace, with three
restrictions: you cannot delete a locked map; you cannot delete any map which is serving
as the root map for one or more submaps; and you cannot delete a folder which contains
one or more maps.
1. In the Map View workspace, click the right mouse button on the map or folder
2. Select Delete from the resulting menu.
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Importing an MRM
or
Select File —>Save Map or File —>Save Map As from the primary window
menu bar.
or
Select File —>Save All Maps from the primary window menu bar.
you wish to delete.
Map, page 6-20, for more information.) Both
on the toolbar.
on the toolbar.
Managing Maps and Folders