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Once Spector CNE Server Components are installed, registered, and unlocked, you can begin installing the Client Recorder on computers you wish to monitor. Read Client Recorders and the Network to determine if you can do this remotely from the Control Center. Complete information about installing and managing Clients is provided in the Spector CNE Administrator's Guide.
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You may need to turn off network antivirus while installing the Client. In addition, you may need to configure an ongoing exclusion for the Spector Client in your antivirus software. See Configuring Antivirus to Ignore Spector CNE. |
Open the Control Center using Windows Start > All Programs > Spector CNE > Spector CNE Control Center. The Control Center opens to the Manage Computers view. To receive a Client installation, network computers must be visible in the Control Center's Manage Computers view.
If there are no computers in the Manage Computers list, the Add/Install Clients wizard automatically prompts you to add a computer. Specify a domain and computer name. Once computers are visible and "detected" from the Control Center's Manage Computers view, you can install the Client on them.
The Control Center provides several options for populating the list with network computers in addition to the Add/Install Clients wizard, all of which are discussed in the Administrator's Guide:
Continuing with the Add/Install wizard, after "adding" a computer you can click the Install Spector button provided by the wizard to immediately install the Client.
Select a computer to install to from the drop down list.
You are prompted to select a Spector Client Install file. Choose the spsetup_Settings.sds file and click Open. This is the default Client Install file.
Choose to Install Spector Immediately, or set an install schedule. Keep in mind that a Client Install will restart the network computer. Click OK.
Enter account information for an Administrator user (Domain Administrator) at the computer receiving the Client. Check Remember Credentials for this Session to reuse the Administrator credentials (user name and password) for all Client installations during this session. Click OK.
A message informs you that Spector has been scheduled to install on the computer.
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If you are upgrading from a previous version, you can load your old computer list, but be sure to install a NEW Client on all computers. The Client Recorder is continually being updated and improved along with other components. You do NOT need to uninstall the old Client from a computer before installing the new version. |
To install the Client in batch:
If a list of network computers is visible and "detected" in the Manage Computers view, you can install the Client on any or all of them.
Right-click on Manage Computers or in a blank area under the computer list.
Select All Tasks > Computer Batch Install Wizard.
From the Select Computers box, select the computers from the Manage Computers list to receive the Client installation, or click Add All. You will select the Client Install file and provide Administrator credentials, as described above. See the Administrator's Guide for complete instructions.
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You can also define groups of Client for installing, configuring, and monitoring IF you have Group Management enabled in the Control Center. Select Show Groups at the bottom of the Manage Computer view, right-click on a Group and select Install Spector Client. See the Administrator's Guide. |
To install the Client manually:
If you need to install the Client manually (see Client Recorders and the Network), copy the file spsetup_Settings.sds and give it a filename extension of .exe. Then copy the .exe file to media (memory stick or CD), bring it to the client computer, and run the setup. See the Administrator's Guide.
To build your own Client Install file:
Once the Client is installed, you can easily change the Record settings, specify Alerts, or turn blocking. It is also possible to BUILD a Client Install file before installing with all the settings you require. Do this at the Control Center using the Deployment Utility. Complete instructions are provided in the Administrator's Guide.
In the left pane of the Control Center window, right-click Manage Computers and select Deployment Utility.
The Deployment Utility walks you through all Record, Alert, Block, and Server Configuration Settings, and builds a Client Install file - by default spsetup_Settings.sds.
When the Client Install file has been built, you can select it for installation on a Client, a batch install, or installation on a Group.
