Symantec ALTIRIS REAL-TIME SYSTEM MANAGER 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual page 65

To configure the firewall on Windows Vista
1 Log on to the target computer as the administrator.
2 From the Control Panel, open the Windows Firewall Settings dialog box.
3
On the Exceptions tab, check WindowsManagementInstrumentation(WMI).
To configure the firewall on Windows 7
1
Log on to the target computer as the administrator.
2 From the Control Panel, locate and open the Windows Firewall configuration
dialog.
3 Click Allow a program or feature through Windows Firewall.
4
Check Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
Configuring the firewall on multiple domain computers with
a group policy
These steps assume that all the computers that you want to manage by using this
policy are in the same organizational unit.
For more information about how to use a group policy, visit the following Microsoft
Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/grouppolicy/default.aspx
These steps assume that Windows Firewall is configured to use the domain profile.
The domain profile is the most typical scenario.
For more information about Windows Firewall profiles and about how Windows
selects the profile to load, see the Deploying Windows Firewall Settings for Microsoft
Windows XP with Service Pack 2 guide.
To obtain this guide, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=
4454e0e1-61fa-447a-bdcd-499f73a637d1&DisplayLang=en
See "Configuring the firewall to allow WMI connection"
To configure the firewall on multiple domain computers with a group policy
1 Create a group policy object for the organizational unit that contains the
Windows XP SP2 computers that you want to manage:
Log on to a domain controller.
Click Start > Run, type
OK.
Troubleshooting connection through the Real-Time view
in the Open dialog box, and then click
dsa.msc
Troubleshooting
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