Symantec 14541094 Administration Guide - Page 66

66 Performing centralized management Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely To create a configuration group 1 In the console window, in the left pane, under pcAnywhere Host Administrator, right-click Configuration Groups, and then click New > Configuration Group. 2 Type a name for this group. 3 Click OK. Adding computers to a configuration group Once you create a configuration group, you must add the computers that you want to manage remotely. The console window lists the domains and workgroups that are on your network. To add computers to a configuration group 1 In the console window, on the left pane, browse to the location of the computers that you want to add (for example, Microsoft Windows Network). 2 In the left pane, right-click the system that contains the computers that you want to add, and then click Add Systems to Configuration Groups. 3 In the Add Systems to Configuration Groups dialog box, select the computers that you want to add. 4 Under Select Destination Group(s), select the configuration group to which you want to add the computers. 5 Click OK. Configuring administrator host and remote connection items Before you can use the pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool to remotely manage the hosts on your network, you must first configure the administrator host and remote connection items. These files contain the connection and security settings needed to support connections between the pcAnywhere Host Administrator console and the host computers that you want to manage. Symantec pcAnywhere provides the following preconfigured host and remote connection items that you can use as templates: