St. Bernard Software v7.01

St.BernardSoftware,Inc. ProtectingYourNetworkInvestment

June19th,2006 UpdateEXPERTPremiumv7.01EvaluationGuide 9

Note:WhenyoudeployadditionalMasterAgents(usingFile>Agent>Install Wizard)youcan

connecttothemusingFile>Agent>Connect/Configure.AdditionalMasterAgentsaretypically

deployedfordelegationorscalingreasons.

TheNetwork Pane (upperleft) is where you “discover” machines, simply by expanding the

WindowNetworkorActiveDirectoryobjects.Theseviewsareidenticaltoviewingyournetwork

from“NetworkNeighborhood”.Unixmachinescanalsobediscoveredwith“Network>IPScan”,

andaddedtotheUNIXobject.IPScanworksforWindowsmachinesalso,buttheyareadded to

theDomain tree.GroupsandProfilesareempty till you create a Group, or run the Profile

Wizard.See“Help>Contents”toaccesstheonlineUserGuideformoreinformation.

The UpdatesPane on the right (empty on initial launch, as shownabove) populates with

machinespecificpatch information (installed& notinstalled patches) when youQ ueryone or

more machines. Note:configureyour Web Proxy (next topic), then Download the latest

databasebeforequeryingtargetmachinesforameaningfulandaccuratepatchinventory.

TheWebBrowsertab(shownonpriorpage)displays:

· Announcements(upgrades,etc.)

· Linktothe“UpdateEXPERTKnowledgebase”

· Linktothe“PatchInformationDatabase”

· KBArticlesforWindows,Solaris,RedHatLinuxplatforms

· HTMLreports

Linksontheleft(shownonpriorpage)allow:

· Checkingyoursubscription

· DownloadingtheDeploymentGuide(moredetailonAgentArchitecture)

· Submittingsupportrequestswithaform

TheJobStatustab allowsdisplayofUpdateEXPERTeventhistory. Thisisa3 leveldrilldown.

Atthe top level one or more MasterAgents are listed. Next/Back allow drillingdownto Job

StatisticsandTaskStatisticslevelsfordetailsaboutvariousoperations.Allstatusinformationcan

bedeletedfromJobStatustab.Machinespecificstatusinformationcanalsobedeletedfromthe

DeploymentStatuswindow.