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Window Components

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File menu

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View menu

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Help menu

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Preset selector

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Add new preset

Creates a new preset based on the EventSentry Admin Assistant's current state.

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Delete current preset

The current preset is removed. Not available for built-in presets <Last State> and <Default>.

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Rename current preset

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Update current preset

Changes the current preset to current state of the application. Not available for built-in presets <Last State> and <Default>

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Apply current preset

Changes the current state of application to the current preset.

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Feature selector

 

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Feature options panel

Contains all feature-specific options.

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Network tree view

Allows selection of hosts for update. Selecting a group will automatically select all hosts within that group. Update results are displayed in the status column.

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Start/Stop update

The text of this button will change from "Start" for a non-destructive operation to "Update" for a potentially destructive operation to "Stop" while an update is in progress.

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Update summary

Following an update, a summary of the number of hosts affected and the time it took is displayed here.

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Checked computer count

The number of hosts currently selected for update. The actual number of updated hosts may be less, as this number does not check for duplicate hosts.

 

Basic Use-Case

Performing an action involves the following steps:

1)Use the network tree view to select the hosts to which the update should be applied.

2)Use the Feature selector to select the action to be performed.

3)Specify options with the feature options panel, as needed

4)Apply the update by clicking on the Update button.

5)Results are displayed in the status column for each computer.  Red text indicates a failure, while green text indicates success.

 

Custom Groups

Custom groups allow computers to be grouped in an arbitrary fashion. This can be useful, e.g., if there is a subset of a domain that is commonly updated.

 

Computers can be added to custom groups via the following means:

•Drag-and-drop from the Windows Networking or Active Directory lists

•Context menu for the Windows Networking or Active Directory lists

•Context menu for a custom group

•Manually entered names need not exist in Windows Networking or Active Directory