Site Creation Wizard: Client Deployment

Vector Asset Management uses a small Client (approximately 5 MB excluding data files) to collect data from PCs and to implement commands entered by Console users. Use the Client Deployment dialog to choose how you want to deploy the Client to computers on your network.

To choose a Client deployment method for your Site:

1    Select a deployment option. Choose:

Interactive Deployment to select the Windows NT, 2000, XP Professional, 2003 and Vista systems to which you want to deploy the Client.

Automatic Client Deployment to configure Vector AM to search your network for Windows NT, 2000, XP Professional, 2003 and Vista systems where the Client is not installed, and to automatically deploy the Client to specified nodes.

Deploy Clients later to create a Site without creating Clients. Use this option when, for example, you want to use this Site for Macintosh Clients, when you are linking the Console to an existing Site, or when you have linked the Site to an offline area which has existing Clients.

2    The Offline Scanner automatically checks the Site's offline areas for new Clients, collects hardware inventory and software inventory information from them, and adds the Clients to your Site database:

    Leave the Enable Offline Scanner check box selected to automatically add new Clients to your Site.

    Deselect the check box to populate the Site later using the Find Clients operation.

3    By default, Vector AM searches for all intelligent devices in the same subnet as the Console computer. If you want to search a different set of IP addresses, select a new entry in the Scan IP range list. If you do not want Vector AM to search for intelligent devices, deselect Perform Network Device discovery.

4    Click Finish to create your Site.

If you are creating a new Site, the wizard copies the default Vector AM Client Kit into the Kit subdirectory of the offline area, and customizes it with the information supplied in the Wizard. The Site database is then added to Console tree.

If you have enabled the Offline Scanner, Clients are automatically added to the Site and displayed in its All Clients folder when they are detected in the Site's offline areas.

Notes

    The Wizard can only be used to deploy the Client to computers running Windows NT, 2000, XP Professional, 2003 and Vista. For information on deploying to other platforms, see Deploying the Vector AM Client to Windows 95, 98, Me and XP Home.

    You can deploy the Vector AM Client at any time using the Console's interactive or automatic deployment options.

    You can also deploy the Web Client via the Vector Portal. More.