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Remote Update helps you deploy and manage the EventSentry agent on remote hosts as well as verify connectivity with network devices. The agent configuration as well agent patches can also be managed by the collector.

 

Remote Update has the following capabilities divided into three categories:

 

Check Status

Performs a connectivity test based on the heartbeat settings of the group (or host), also checks the agent status when processing Windows hosts.

 

Check Agent Status

Retrieves the current agent status and installed version from a number of hosts to help you make sure that the EventSentry agent is running and has the latest version. Only adds full hosts to the list when selected from the "Computer Groups" context.

 

Update Configuration

Pushes the current configuration to the remote host(s)

 

Perform Action

Install the service (including necessary files)

Update the service executable on remote computers

Uninstall the service (including files and configuration)

Start the service on remote computers

Stop the service on remote computers

 

Requirements

The remote update tasks have different requirements, depending on which action is performed. The table below shows you which tasks have which requirements.

 

Remote Update Requirements

 

 

 

- required access/features on remote host -

Remote Update Task

Remote Registry

ADMIN$

ES$

Service Control Manager

Install Service

optional, to set automatic service restart option

yes, to copy service file and initial configuration

no

yes, to install service

Uninstall Service

yes, to remove config

yes, to remove service file

no

yes, to uninstall service

 

 

 

 

 

Update Configuration

no

yes, if ES$ not present

yes (requires RemoteUpdate directory)

no

Update Configuration

(with "minimize traffic" activated)

no

optional, to query version

of remote agent

yes (requires RemoteUpdate directory)

no

 

 

 

 

 

Check Agent Status

no

yes, to query version

of remote agent

no

yes, to query the current

service status

Update Agent

no

yes, to update service file

no

yes, to stop and

start service

 

 

 

 

 

Start Service

no

no

no

yes

Stop Service

no

no

no

yes

 

For example, to update the configuration on a remote host, the remote host either needs to have the ADMIN$ share or the ES$ share present. To install the service remotely, the ADMIN$ share is mandatory and access to the service control manager is also required.

 

To perform a Remote Update:

 

1.Make sure that the service files (eventsentry_svc_x64.exe, eventsentry_svc_x64.exe) are accessible on the Management Computer.

 

2.Add all the computers that you would like to update to the Computer list. If you would like to add computers from a text file, the network neighborhood or Active Directory then right-click a group and choose Import. Please see the next page for details on importing computers.  You will not be able to add the local computer name into this list since it is assumed to already be up-to-date and to serve as the template..

 

3.Right-click a group or right-click Groups. The former will only update computers in the selected group while the latter will update all computers from all groups.

 

4.Choose the desired category from the context menu

 

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Context menu for all groups

Context menu for a group

 

5.Click on a category for more details:

 

Retrieving Service Status ("Get Status")

Performing Updates ("Update Configuration")

Managing Agents ("Manage Agent(s)")

 

6.If you selected Use Checkboxes then you will now need to check the computers to which the update should be applied to. Then right-click the list and choose Go from the context menu or click the green arrow in the toolbar.

 

Saving the results

You can always save the results of any remote update status / update / action by right-clicking the list and selecting Save List As.

 

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This will save the current output in a text file.

 

Repeating an update

If you would like to repeat any status / update / action then right-click the list and select Repeat Update. The last action you performed will repeated.

 

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Note: If you activated the Use Checkboxes feature then you will need to click on Go instead of Repeat Update.