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You can install the Management Console program on a machine's local hard
disk drive, or on a shared directory on a file server. Installing it to a file server
allows you to run it from different machines that have access to the shared
directory. However, only one machine may run the software at any one time.
Installation scenarios
When you are installing the Management Edition program, consider these
three key items:
• the location of the program files for the Management Console,
• the location of the Repository,
• and the selection of the Management Server.
You can specify each of these as a user's Windows NT Workstation (referred
to as "local machine") or a Windows NT Server (referred to as "server").
Some installation options are more viable than others. We discuss them in the
next section.
Option 1: Local machine/server – one anti-virus domain manager
This is the first of the two main recommended installation options. If a single
person is responsible for the maintenance of your anti-virus solution, we
recommend this configuration.
Installing the program files to a local machine provides the best performance
for the Management Console user on the same machine.
As long as the Windows NT Server is left powered on, this arrangement
allows member machines to update at any time, send on-access alerts back to
the Management Server and scheduled scans can always be initiated by the
Management Server, regardless of when they are set to start.
Program Files location:
Repository location:
Management Server location:
Installing the Management Edition Program
Local machine
Server
Server
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