User manual FARONICS CORE

[. . . ] | 1 Faronics Core User Guide 2 | Last modified: November, 2009 © 1999 - 2009 Faronics Corporation. Faronics, Deep Freeze, Faronics Core Console, Faronics Anti-Executable, Faronics Device Filter, Faronics Power Save, Faronics Insight, Faronics System Profiler, and WINSelect are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Faronics Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Faronics Core User Guide | Contents 3 Preface . Waking up Workstations via the Remote Workstation Wake up Web Interface . [. . . ] This is to ensure seamless communication between Core Console, Core Server and Core Agent. For more information on where the ports are specified, refer to Deploying the Core Agent from the Console. Faronics Core User Guide Wake-On-LAN | 55 Wake-On-LAN Critical management tasks in an organization include software installation, upgrades and hotfixes; data backup, system inventory and patch management. The Wake-on-LAN technology allows you to wake up the workstations remotely. In a scenario where Wake-on-LAN (WOL) broadcast packets cannot always cross routers and other networking equipment and therefore cannot always wake up workstations on remote subnets, it is possible to designate one or more workstations as WOL relays. To designate a workstation as a WOL relay, refer to Core Agent Installer. When Faronics Core Console attempts to wake up a workstation on a remote subnet, it contacts a WOL relay on that subnet, using it to re-broadcast the wake up message on the target subnet. For information on configuring Wake-on-LAN Web service, refer to WOL Web Service Tab. For information on how to wake workstations remotely refer to Waking up Workstations via the Remote Workstation Wake up Web Interface. Faronics Core User Guide 56 | Using Advanced Options Faronics Core User Guide | Deploying the Core Agent 57 This chapter explains the process of deploying the Core Agent on your network. Topics Discovering Unmanaged Workstations in Core Console Discovering Unmanaged Workstations on the Local Network Discovering Unmanaged Workstations using LDAP Deploying the Core Agent from the Console Deploying the Core Agent Manually on the Workstation (Attended Install) Displaying Workstations in Core Console Faronics Core User Guide 58 | Deploying the Core Agent Discovering Unmanaged Workstations in Core Console An unmanaged workstation is a workstation that does not have the Core Agent installed. Once the Core Agent has been installed, that workstation can be fully managed through Core Console. Core Console supports two methods for discovering unmanaged workstations. These methods discover workstations that exist on the Windows Network and stored in Microsoft Active Directory or Novell Directory Services using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP v3. 0). Once an unmanaged workstation has been discovered, the Core Agent can be remotely deployed onto the workstation directly from Core Console. For information on deploying the Core Agent via Core Console, refer to Deploying the Core Agent from the Console section. Faronics Core User Guide Discovering Unmanaged Workstations on the Local Network | 59 Discovering Unmanaged Workstations on the Local Network To discover workstations connected to the local network, select the Network Workstations node ([Core_Server_Name]>Workstations > Discovered Workstations > Network Workstations) and the workgroups are discovered automatically. To view the workstations, right-click the workgroup and select Refresh. Core Console re-scans the network in the background and creates a new node in the Console Tree pane for every workgroup or domain it discovers. Selecting any of these nodes displays the workstations that exist in that particular domain or workgroup. Core Console always stores and displays the results of the last network scan. To perform a re-scan click Refresh. Faronics Core User Guide 60 | Deploying the Core Agent Discovering Unmanaged Workstations using LDAP To discover workstations using a directory service, such as Microsoft Active Directory or Novell Directory Services, a new LDAP connection must be added. Select the LDAP Connection node ([Core_Server_Name]>Workstations > Discovered Workstations > LDAP Connections) and choose the Add LDAP Connection action. 2. Specify the following values: · · Select Windows Active Directory or Novell eDirectory. To the right of the ADS path label, the connection string that is used to connect to the LDAP server is displayed. Faronics Core User Guide Discovering Unmanaged Workstations using LDAP | 61 · This field is optional. A browser is launched, and you can browse to select the Active Directory. Once the Active Directory is selected, the details are automatically entered in the Optional field. [. . . ] Browse to select the Core Agent. msi file and click OK. A Core Agent can report to only the Core Server that it is configured for. To change the Core Server that the Core Agent reports to, a new Core Agent has to be created with the credentials of the new Core Server. The old Core Agent has to be uninstalled and the new Core Agent has to be installed. Faronics Core User Guide 88 | Using Core Console Faronics Core User Guide | Uninstalling Faronics Core 89 This chapter explains the process of uninstalling Faronics Core and its components. Topics Uninstalling Core Console and Core Server via the Installer Uninstalling Core Console and Core Server via Add or Remove Programs Uninstalling Core Console (Including Database) Uninstalling the Core Agent from the Workstation Faronics Core User Guide 90 | Uninstalling Faronics Core Uninstalling Core Console and Core Server via the Installer Core Console and Core Server can be uninstalled through the installer. Core Console and Core Server are removed from the computer. If there are multiple Core Servers, complete the uninstall process on each Core Server. Uninstalling Core Console through Add/Remove Programs does not delete the database. [. . . ]