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Machine Summary

Machine Summary

The Machine Summary page allows users to perform tasks and functions solely for one managed machine. A series of tabbed property sheets provided access to various categories of information about the managed machine.

Actions

You can maintain an unlimited number of custom fields of information about managed machines. Custom fields can be maintained on both the Summary tab and the Hardware > Summary tab of this page. Custom fields can also be maintained on the Audit > System Information page.

  • New Custom Field - Creates a new custom field.
  • Rename Custom Field - Renames a custom field.
  • Delete Custom Field - Deletes a custom field.

Select a Machine

Select a machine in the middle panel to display data for that machine. When more rows of data are selected than can be displayed on a single page, click the and buttons to display the previous and next page. The drop-down list alphabetically lists the first record of each page of data using the sort order of the selected column on that page.

Summary

  • Collections - Displays the collections a machine is a member of. Defined using the Only show selected machine IDs option in View Definitions.
  • Name/OS Information - Displays the name, operating system and OS version.
  • System Information - Displays the manufacturer of system, the product name, version and serial number.
  • Network Information - Displays network configuration settings.
  • CPU/RAM Information - Displays CPU and RAM specifications.
  • Custom Fields - Displays custom fields and values assigned by the user to this machine.

Software

  • System Information - Lists system hardware attributes and related information.
  • Software Licenses - Lists all software licenses found for a selected machine ID. Duplicate license keys found on more than one machine display in red text. Clicking the number link next to the title of a duplicate license lists the machine IDs using the duplicate license.
  • Installed Applications - Lists all the applications installed on the managed machine.
  • Add/Remove - Displays programs listed in Add/Remove window of Windows machines.

Hardware

  • Summary
    • System Information - Lists system hardware attributes and related information.
    • Network Information - Displays network configuration settings.
    • Chassis - The chassis manufacturer, type, version, serial number and asset tag.
    • Motherboard - The motherboard manufacturer, product, version, serial number and external bus speed.
    • CPU/RAM Information - Displays CPU and RAM specifications.
    • Custom Fields - Displays custom fields and values assigned by the user to this machine.
  • Printers - Lists the printers and ports a machine can direct print jobs to.
  • PCI & Disk Hardware - Displays type, vendor, and product names.
  • Disk Volumes - Displays disk volume information.
  • Disk Partitions - Displays the partitions on each disk volume.
  • Disk Shares - Displays shared folders.

Agent

  • Settings - Displays information about the agent on the managed machine:
    • Agent version
    • Current User
    • Last check-in
    • Last reboot
    • First time check-in
    • Patch Policy Membership - Defined using Patch Management > Membership: Patch Policy
    • View Definition Collections - Defined using the Only show selected machine IDs option in View Definitions.
    • Working Directory - Can also be defined using Agent > Working Directory.
    • Check-In Control - Can also be defined using Agent > Check-In Control.
    • Edit Profile - Can also be defined using Agent > Edit Profile.
    • Agent Logs and Profiles - Can also be defined using Agent > Log History.
  • Logs - Displays the logs available for a machine: Alarm Log, Monitor Action Log, Agent Log, Configuration Changes, Network Statistics, Event Log, Agent Procedure Log, Remote Control Log, Log Monitoring.
  • Pending Procedures - Displays and schedules pending procedures for a machine and the procedure history for that machine. Includes the execution date/time, status and user who scheduled the procedure.
    • Click the Schedule Another Procedure

      button to schedule a procedure not yet pending. Once selected and scheduled, the procedure displays at the bottom of the Pending Procedures section.
    • Click the Schedule button to schedule a selected procedure to run in the future or on recurring basis.
    • Click the Run Now button to run a selected procedure once immediately.
    • Click the Cancel button to cancel any selected pending procedure.

Alerts

Patch Status

  • Displays Missing and Pending Microsoft patches and schedules missing patches. If a machine belongs to a patch policy, missing patches may be further identified as Denied (Pending Approval). The user can manually override the denied patch policy by scheduling the patch.
    • Click the Schedule

      button to schedule a selected missing patch.
    • Click the Cancel button to cancel a selected pending patch.
    • Click the Show History link to display the history of patches installed on the managed machine.

Remote Control

  • Displays the status of remote control sessions for the managed machine: Remote Control, FTP, and Chat. The VSA user can set the remote control package to use during a remote control session.

Documents

  • Lists documents uploaded to the KServer for a managed machine. You can upload additional documents. Provides the same functionality as Audit > Documents.

Users

  • Accounts - Lists all user accounts for the managed machine.
  • Groups - Lists all user groups for the managed machine.
  • Members - Identifies the users belonging to each user group for the managed machine.