Managing Hosts In A Configuration Group - Symantec PCANYWHERE - ADMINISTRATOR GUIDE V12.1 Administrator's Manual

68 Performing centralized management
Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely

Managing hosts in a configuration group

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.
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
Start Admin Host
Start Last Host
Stop Host
Connect to Admin Host
Configure Admin Host
Get Activity Log
Starts a host session on the selected host
computer
Starts a host session on the Host Administrator
computer
Starts a host session on the computer on which
you most recently started a host session
Cancels the host session and disconnects any
active sessions on the host
Connects to the Host Administrator computer,
using the settings that are configured in the
admin11.chf remote file
Reconfigures the settings on the Host
Administrator computer
Retrieves the activity log from the remote
computer