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Table Of Contents
- Symantec pcAnywhere™ Administrator's Guide
- Technical Support
- Contents
- 1. Planning a migration and upgrade strategy
- 2. Creating custom installation packages
- 3. Deploying Symantec pcAnywhere custom installations
- 4. Performing centralized management
- About centralized management
- Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely
- Installing the pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool
- Adding the Host Administrator snap-in to MMC
- Creating a configuration group
- Adding computers to a configuration group
- Configuring administrator host and remote connection items
- Configuring a host item in pcAnywhere Host Administrator
- Distributing pcAnywhere configuration files
- Managing hosts in a configuration group
- Integrating with Microsoft Systems Management Server
- About the Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM)
- About centralized logging
- 5. Integrating pcAnywhere with directory services
- 6. Managing security in Symantec pcAnywhere
- Index
■ Remotely start, stop, and connect to pcAnywhere hosts on the network
■ Create configuration groups to remotely manage and configure multiple
workstations on the network
■ Simultaneously distribute pcAnywhere configuration files, including host,
remote, and caller files, to multiple workstations on the network
Installing the pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool
The pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool is available as a custom setup option
in the full product installation. The pcAnywhere Host Administrator tool requires
Windows 2000/2003 Server/XP/Vista.
Follow this procedure to install the Host Administrator tool after pcAnywhere
installation.
To install the pcAnywhere Host Administrator Tool
1
On the Windows taskbar, click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
2
In the Control Panel window, double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3
In the Add/Remove Programs window, click Symantec pcAnywhere.
4
Click Change.
5
In the Modify or Remove Symantec pcAnywhere panel, click Next.
6
In the Program Maintenance panel, click Modify, and then click Next.
7
In the Custom Setup panel, under pcAnywhere Tools, click the down arrow
next to Host Administrator, and then click This feature will be installed on
local hard drive.
8
Click the down arrow next to Host Administrator Agent, and then click This
feature will be installed on local hard drive.
The Host Administrator Agent is required to allow pcAnywhere to be remotely
managed using Distributed Component Object Management (DCOM)
technology.
9
Click Next.
10
To include the program icon on the Windows desktop, select pcAnywhere
Host Administrator.
Performing centralized management
Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely
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