12.1
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
Host template for the host computers that you want
to remotely manage
To use this template to start a host session, you must
configure the caller information. Symantec
pcAnywhere requires a user name and password for
all host sessions.
For more information, see the Symantec pcAnywhere
User's Guide.
Admin.bhf
Host Administrator template for the computer from
which you want to remotely manage hosts
Admin11.chf
You can modify these templates in pcAnywhere or you can create new
administrator items. Template files are located in the following directory:
\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\CMS
Creating a new administrator remote item
The administrator remote connection item contains the connection and security
information needed to connect to a host computer from the pcAnywhere Host
Administrator console. This file has a .chf extension.
You can add this file to the CMS folder to use it with the pcAnywhere Host
Administrator tool or include it in a packaged installation.
To create a new administrator remote item
1
In the pcAnywhere Manager window, on the left navigation bar, click Remotes.
2
On the File menu, click New Item > Advanced.
3
In the Remote Properties window, on the Connection Info tab, select one of
the following network protocols:
■ TCP/IP
■ SPX
■ NetBIOS
4
In the Remote Properties window, configure the other settings that you want
to use.
5
When you are finished, click OK.
For more information, see the Symantec pcAnywhere User's Guide.
65Performing centralized management
Managing pcAnywhere hosts remotely