Remote Update

Every Remote Update action requires a successful connection with the remote computer. This timeout value specifies how many seconds EventSentry will try to connect until it aborts a connection attempt and skips to the next computer. Increase this value for slow networks; the default is five seconds.

To selectively update only selected computers of a group you can activate this option. Instead of applying the selected action to all machines of the group(s) this will put a checkbox next to each computer object that you can check/uncheck. You can also enable/disable checkboxes by right-clicking a group in the remote update:

After you have choose on of the remote update options you will see a list similar to the one shown below:

When you are done selecting the correct computer objects you can right-click anywhere in the right pane and choose Go from the menu. Only the computer objects that are selected will be updated.

You can sort the resulting list of computers by clicking on any of the header columns.

You can also clear / check all computers by right-clicking and choosing either Clear All or Select All from the menu.

The checkbox selection will be preserved when you perform actions/updates on the same group.

For example, if you want to install & start the EventSentry service on selected computers then you can do that. Your selection will be preserved as long as you right-click the same group in the left pane.

Selecting this option will also push the current configuration out to the remote host(s) when performing an update of the remote agent (Manage Agent(s) -> Update).

You can create easy to remember aliases for IP address in the management application when adding computers. By default you are only able to add host names to the computers container in a group, but when activating this feature you can optionally also enter an IP address.

Activating this option will ping a remote host before attempting any remote update action. If this option is checked and a remote host is unpingable, then EventSentry will not attempt a remote update and skip that computer.

Checking this box will automatically sort the list of computers in the remote update window.

If you are managing hosts that are spread across multiple sites over slow network connections, then it is recommended that you check the this option. By default, EventSentry tries to determine what type of host the remote computer is running and also retrieves the current service status from the remote host when updating the configuration on remote hosts. Both features require additional network traffic and result in a slower update, and enabling this option will significantly decrease the time it takes to push the configuration to a remote host.

This option only affects the Update Configuration task, all other remote update options are not affected by this setting. You can always check the remote service status, including the version, by performing the Check Agent Status action.

If this option is checked and you have groups that are linked to Active Directory, then the management console will refresh each AD-enabled group with AD each time you open the management console. If this option is not checked then you will have to perform a remote update action (e.g. Check Agent Status) to refresh the list of computers.