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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
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Click Install.
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Follow the on-screen instructions to continue the installation process. When
the installation is complete, click Finish.
If your computer requires updates to system files, you will be prompted to
restart your computer. The restart is necessary to ensure proper functionality.
Adding the Host Administrator snap-in to MMC
The Microsoft Management Console (MMC) lets you run and manage administrator
tools from a central location. Upon installation of the pcAnywhere Host
Administrator tool, you can add it as a snap-in to MMC.
MMC is included with the operating system in Windows 2000/2003
Server/XP/Vista. If you need to install MMC, you can install it from the Symantec
pcAnywhere CD.
To add the Host Administrator snap-in to MMC
1
Do one of the following:
On the Windows 2000/2003 Server/ XP taskbar, click Start > Programs >
pcAnywhere Host Administrator.
On the Windows Vista taskbar, click Start > All Programs > pcAnywhere
Host Administrator.
2
To start MMC, on the Windows taskbar, click Start > Run, and then type mmc
3
Click OK.
4
On the Console menu, click Add/Remove Snap-in.
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In the Add/Remove Snap-in dialog box, on the Standalone tab, click Add.
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In the Add Standalone Snap-in dialog box, click pcAnywhere Host
Administrator.
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Click Add.
8
Click Close.
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In the Add/Remove Snap-in window, click OK.
Creating a configuration group
To remotely manage and configure computers using the pcAnywhere Host
Administrator console, you must create a configuration group, and then add
computers to the group.
See “Adding computers to a configuration group” on page 64.
63Performing centralized management
Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely