Symantec 14541094 Administration Guide - Page 70

Managing hosts in a configuration group, All Tasks

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70 Performing centralized management Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely 3 In the Distribute pcAnywhere Files dialog box, select the computers to which you want to distribute the file. 4 Select the file that you want to distribute. 5 Click OK. Managing hosts in a configuration group Once you have configured the computers in your configuration group, use the pcAnywhere Host Administrator console to start, stop, or connect to any managed host in the group. To manage hosts in a configuration group 1 In the pcAnywhere Host Administrator console, on the left pane, under pcAnywhere Host Administrator, click the plus sign next to Configuration Groups to expand it. 2 Under Configuration Groups, click the plus sign next to the name of your configuration group to expand it. 3 Under Systems, right-click the computer that you want to manage, and then click All Tasks. 4 Select one of the following: Start Specific Host Starts a host session on the selected host computer Start Admin Host Starts a host session on the Host Administrator computer Start Last Host Starts a host session on the computer on which you most recently started a host session Stop Host Cancels the host session and disconnects any active sessions on the host Connect to Admin Host Connects to the Host Administrator computer, using the settings that are configured in the admin11.chf remote file Configure Admin Host Reconfigures the settings on the Host Administrator computer Get Activity Log Retrieves the activity log from the remote computer

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3
In the Distribute pcAnywhere Files dialog box, select the computers to which
you want to distribute the file.
4
Select the file that you want to distribute.
5
Click
OK
.
Managing hosts in a configuration group
Once you have configured the computers in your configuration group, use the
pcAnywhere Host Administrator console to start, stop, or connect to any managed
host in the group.
To manage hosts in a configuration group
1
In the pcAnywhere Host Administrator console, on the left pane, under
pcAnywhere Host Administrator, click the plus sign next to Configuration
Groups to expand it.
2
Under Configuration Groups, click the plus sign next to the name of your
configuration group to expand it.
3
Under Systems, right-click the computer that you want to manage, and then
click
All Tasks
.
4
Select one of the following:
Starts a host session on the selected host computer
Start Specific Host
Starts a host session on the Host Administrator computer
Start Admin Host
Starts a host session on the computer on which you most
recently started a host session
Start Last Host
Cancels the host session and disconnects any active sessions
on the host
Stop Host
Connects to the Host Administrator computer, using the
settings that are configured in the admin11.chf remote file
Connect to Admin Host
Reconfigures the settings on the Host Administrator
computer
Configure Admin Host
Retrieves the activity log from the remote computer
Get Activity Log
Performing centralized management
Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely
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