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# Manage settings

Unisphere allows an authorized user with appropriate access to manage system settings. Settings can also be cloned, that is, settings can be copied from one storage system and applied to one or more target storage systems subject to compatibility checks.

## Prerequisites

See Roles and associated permissions to determine the user roles that can perform this task.

## About this task

This procedure explains how to manage system settings.

## Steps

1. Select to open the Settings panel.
   The following categories of settings are displayed (the Preferences settings are displayed by default - see Set general preferences):
   - Preferences
   - System and Licenses
   - Users and Groups
   - System Access Control
   - Security
   - Management
   - Data Protection
   - Performance
   - Unisphere Databases
   - Alerts
2. Select and click one of the following:
   - Clone Settings— Clone system settings
   - Export Settings— Export system settings
   - Import Settings— Import system settings
3. Click one of the following categories to view or modify its settings.
   - Preferences > General— Set general preferences
   - Preferences > Performance— Set performance management preferences
   - Preferences > Workload Planning— Manage WLP settings
   - System and Licences > License Usage— View license usage
   - System and Licences > Solutions Enabler— View host-based licenses
   - System and Licences > System Entitlements— View system entitlements
   - Users and Groups > Authentication— View authentication authorities
   - Users and Groups > Local Users— View local users
   - Users and Groups > User Sessions— View user sessions
   - Users and Groups > Authorized Users and Groups— View the authorized users and groups list
   - System Access Control > Access Control Entries— View access control entries (does not apply to storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079).)
   - System Access Control > Access Groups— View access groups (does not apply to storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079).)
   - System Access Control > Access Pools— View access pools (does not apply to storage systems running PowerMaxOS 10 (6079).)
   - System Access Control > Host Access Control— View host access controls
   - Security > Server Certificates— Manage the server certificates
   - Security > Trusted Certificates— Manage the trusted certificates
   - Security > Remote Syslog— Manage the remote syslog settings
   - Management > System Attributes— Set system attributes
   - Management > Secure Remote Services— Manage Secure Remote Services settings
   - Management > CloudIQ— Manage CloudIQ settings
   - Management > CloudIQ Cybersecurity— Manage CyberSecIQ settings
   - Management > Change Control Window— View a change control window
   - Data Protection— Manage data protection preferences
   - Performance > System Registrations— View and manage system registrations
   - Performance > Dashboard Catalog— Manage dashboard catalog
   - Performance > Real Time Traces— View Real Time traces
   - Performance > Metrics— View and manage metrics
   - Performance > Export PV Settings— Export Performance Viewer settings
   - Unisphere Databases > System Database— View system database backups
   - Unisphere Databases > Performance Databases— View Performance database backups
   - Alerts > Alert Policies— Configure alert policies
   - Alerts > Compliance Alert Policies— View compliance alerts policies
   - Alerts > Performance Thresholds and Alerts— View Performance thresholds and alerts
   - Alerts > System Thresholds and Alerts— View threshold alerts
   - Alerts > Alert Notifications— Configure alert notifications