St. Bernard Software v7.01 Manual

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St.BernardSoftware,Inc.  ProtectingYourNetworkInvestment

June19th,2006 UpdateEXPERTPremiumv7.01EvaluationGuide 9

Note:WhenyoudeployadditionalMasterAgents (usingFile>Agent>InstallWizard)youcan

connecttothemusingFile>Agent>Connect/Configure.AdditionalMasterAgentsaretypically

deployedfordelegationorscalingreasons.

The Network Pane (upperleft) is where you “discover” machines, simply by expanding the

WindowNetworkorActiveDirectoryobjects.Theseviewsareidenticaltoviewingyournetwork

from“NetworkNeighborhood”.Unixmachinescanalsobediscoveredwith“Network>IPScan”,

andaddedtotheUNIXobject.IPScanworksforWindowsmachinesalso, buttheyareaddedto

the Domain tree. Groups and Profiles are empty till  you create a Group, or run the Profile

Wizard.See“Help>Contents”toaccesstheonlineUserGuideformoreinformation.

The Updates Pane on the right (empty on initial launch, as shown above) populates with

machinespecific patch information (installed & notinstalled patches) when you Query one or

more machines. Note: configure your Web Proxy (next topic), then Download the latest

databasebeforequeryingtargetmachinesforameaningfulandaccuratepatchinventory.

TheWebBrowsertab(shownonpriorpage)displays:

· Announcements(upgrades,etc.)

· Linktothe“UpdateEXPERTKnowledgebase”

· Linktothe“PatchInformationDatabase”

· KBArticlesforWindows,Solaris,RedHatLinuxplatforms

· HTMLreports

Linksontheleft(shownonpriorpage)allow:

· Checkingyoursubscription

· DownloadingtheDeploymentGuide(moredetailonAgentArchitecture)

· Submittingsupportrequestswithaform

TheJobStatustaballowsdisplayofUpdateEXPERTeventhistory.Thisisa3leveldrilldown.

At the top level one or more MasterAgents are listed. Next/Back allow drillingdown to Job

StatisticsandTaskStatisticslevelsfordetailsaboutvariousoperations.Allstatusinformationcan

bedeletedfromJobStatustab.Machinespecificstatusinformationcanalsobedeletedfromthe

DeploymentStatuswindow.