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Properties Manager

Why clone properties?

Save time
configuring thin
client appliances
Save standard
configurations as
backups
Create ezUpdate
server
configuration files
Setting up the template appliance
52 Why clone properties?
Individual thin client appliances can be configured at the desktop
when installed or whenever network resources change. This configu-
ration usually includes initially setting up monitor resolution, the
network, defining printers, and deciding to which servers, applica-
tions, and Web sites the thin client user may have access. While this
configuration doesn't take much time for an individual appliance,
initially configuring or changing the configurations on more than a
few thin client devices can consume a lot of administrator resources.
The alternative to individual client configuration is to configure a
single appliance (the "template" appliance) with a standard configu-
ration that other devices can use, and to then clone that configuration
and copy it to the other thin client appliances. ezRemote Manager
makes cloning and copying thin client configurations easy and
quick.
Saving the template configuration to file provides a way to archive
and back up your thin client appliance configurations. Multiple con-
figuration files can be saved for later access and restoration using
ezRemote Manager.
The property cloning mechanism used by ezRemote Manager to
push new or updated configurations to target thin client appliances
can also be used to create configuration files that can be pulled by
same-model thin client appliances from ezUpdate servers. (For more
information about setting up an ezUpdate server: see "Appendix B:
ezUpdate for Windows CE Appliances" on page 83, or see "Appen-
dix C: ezUpdate for NeoLinux Appliances" on page 93.)
Using ezRemote Manager to manage the appliance properties of
your Neoware thin client devices is easy. The process begins at the
appliance itself.