Accessing remote systems with VirusScan Enterprise installed
To connect to remote systems that you want to administer, with VirusScan Enterprise installed, use Open Remote Console on the VirusScan Console.
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For option definitions, click Help in the interface.
- From the Tools menu on the VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Console, select Open Remote Console.
- Under Connect to computer, type the name of the system that you want to administer, and select a system from the list, or click Browse to locate the system on the network.
Note: If environmental variables are used while configuring the path name of the file or folder for a remote task, be sure that the environmental variable exists on the remote system. The VirusScan Enterprise 8.8 Console cannot validate environmental variables on the remote system.
- Click OK to make a connection attempt to the destination system. When you connect to the remote system:
- The title bar changes to display that system’s name.
- The console reads the remote system’s registry and displays the tasks of the remote system.
- You can add, delete, or reconfigure tasks for the remote system.