Offline Path, Share and Client Kit Dialog

Offline areas are shared directories which Vector AM uses to transfer data from and instructions to Client PCs. They can also store and distribute the kit that is used to deploy the Vector AM Client to the computers you want to manage. Use the Offline Path, Share and Client Kit dialog to create new offline areas, or link an existing offline area to the current Site database; to copy the standard Vector AM Client Kit to an offline area; and to specify the accounts with which Clients, Consoles and Schedulers can access the offline area.

To specify a new Offline Area for the current Site:

1    In the Offline Paths dialog, click Add. The Offline Path, Share and Client Kit dialog is displayed.

2    To create an offline area on this PC, select Create local share for Offline Area. Alternatively, to create an offline area on a remote share, or to populate a Site with Clients from an existing offline area, select Use existing share for Offline Area.

3    In the Location field, type the path of the offline area, or click Browse to search for the offline area directory. To create a new directory for the offline area in this location, click Create Directory.

4    In the Share field, type the name of the share.

5    By default, Clients and Consoles use the Offline Area account to access the offline area.

If you want Clients to use another, existing account, enter the Username and Password of the account in the Client section. If the account belongs to a domain, you must also enter its Domain name.

If you want the Console to use another account, enter the Username and Password of the account in the Console section. If the account belongs to a domain, you must also enter its Domain name.

The accounts must have user-level privileges, ideally with Interactive Logon disabled, and must be valid for all Clients using this offline area.

6    If you are creating a new offline area and you want to distribute a pre-configured Client Kit from it, or if you want to restore the default kit settings to the specified offline area, select Copy Client Kit .

If the offline area already contains a configured Client Kit, deselect this option to prevent the existing kit from being overwritten.

7    The One-shot Kit collects hardware and software data from PCs without permanently installing the Client. If you want to create a kit to collect one-shot data to this offline area, select Copy One-shot Kit.

8    Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.

Note

    If you want to use the offline area for Macintosh Clients, it must be located on a Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server with Apple Sharing enabled. For more, refer to the Vector Asset Management User manual.