A Remote Update helps you install and configure EventSentry on a number of computers. Remote Update has the following capabilities divided into three categories:
Check Service Status
| • | Retrieve the current service status from a number of hosts (e.g. installed, running, stopped) |
Update Configuration
| • | Apply the service options to remote computers |
| • | Apply the filter configuration to remote computers |
| • | Apply the target configuration to remote computers |
| • | Apply health settings to remote computers |
| • | Apply ALL settings to remote computers |
Perform Action
| • | Install the service (including necessary files) |
| • | Update the service executable on remote computers |
| • | Uninstall the service (including files and configuration) |
| • | Start the service on remote computers |
| • | Stop the service on remote computers |
| • | Disable the EventwatchNT service on remote computers |
| • | Uninstall EventwatchNT from remote computers |
To perform a Remote Update:
| 1. | Make sure that the service files (eventsentry_svc.exe, eventsentry_msg.dll) are accessible on the Template Computer. |
| 2. | Add all the computers that you would like to update to the Computer list. If you would like to add computers from a text file or the network neighborhood then right-click a group and choose Import. Please see the next page for details on importing computers. You will not be able to add the local computer name into this list since it is assumed to already be up-to-date and to serve as the template.. |
| 3. | Right-click a group or right-click Groups. The former will only update computers in the selected group while the latter will update all computers from all groups. |
| 4. | Choose the desired category from the context menu |
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Context menu for all groups |
Context menu for a group |
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| 5. | Click on a category for more details: |
| • | Retrieving Service Status ("Get Status") |
| • | Performing Updates ("Update Configuration") |
| • | Managing Agents ("Manage Agent(s)") |
| 6. | If you selected Use Checkboxes then you will now need to check the computers to which the update should be applied to. Then right-click the list and choose Go from the context menu. |
Saving the results
You can always save the results of any remote update status / update / action by right-clicking the list and selecting Save List As.
This will save the current output in a text file.
Repeating an update
If you would like to repeat any status / update / action then right-click the list and select Repeat Update. The last action you performed will repeated.
Note: If you activated the Use Checkboxes feature then you will need to click on Go instead of Repeat Update.
The Remote Update feature is most useful for installing the service on a large number of hosts for the first time and for applying common configuration settings (e.g. an SMTP target and a default include filter) to all hosts in a short period of time.
If, over time, you add more filters and customize filters differently for each server, then it is recommended that you add those filters to the local filters group.
If you can categorize your installations of EventSentry then you should use groups to apply certain filters to certain installation groups. |