Adding Computers to the Control Center

In this topic:

Add a Computer

Add/Install Wizard

Add a Computer to a Group

Manage Computers

Before you can install the Client on network computers, the computers must be listed in Manage Computers. If you have started the Control Center for the first time, you are prompted to begin adding your network computers to this list (NetConfig.xml by default). Computers are saved in the list until you remove them. The Control Center provides other alternatives for populating the computer list. See Working with the Computer List.

To add a computer:

  1. Click Add Computer at the startup prompt, or
    right-click Manage Computers and select Add Computer to List.


    The Add Computer box appears.

  2. Type the network domain name and the Windows Computer Name or IP Address that identifies the computer.

  3. Click OK. Wait as the Control Center finds and adds the computer to the NetConfig.xml list. If it detects the computer on the network, the Windows operating system appears. If the Control center does not find the computer, it displays "Not Detected."  

If you have started the Control Center for the first time, proceed with the Computer Add/Install Wizard steps below.

To use the Computer Add/Install Wizard:

The Computer Add/Install Wizard leads you through steps to successively add computers and install the Spector Client until all Clients have been deployed.

  1. Continue from with the initial "Add Computer" prompt, or
    right-click Manage Computers and select All Tasks and Computer Add/Install Wizard to display the following:

  1. Choose Install Spector to install the Spector Client on any computer you have already added.

  1. Use the drop-down list to select a computer from the current Manage Computers list and click OK.

  2. Select the default Client configuration file (SPSetup_Settings.sds) and click Open.

  3. A message informs you that a license has been reserved for the computer under your serial number. Click OK.

  4. Choose to Install Spector Immediately or set an Install Schedule. The Client will be installed and the computer will restart either immediately or at the selected time, so take care not to interrupt work.  Click OK. See Installing the Client from the Control Center.

  5. Enter Administrator account credentials for the computer you are installing on. Click OK.

  6. A message informs you the Spector Client has been scheduled to install on the computer. Click OK.

  7. You return to the Install Spector / Add Computer / Done prompt.

  1. Choose Add Computer to add the next computer to the list.

  1. Type the network domain name and the Windows Computer Name or IP Address that identifies the computer. Click OK.

  2. The computer is added to the list, and you return to the Install Spector / Add Computer / Done prompt.

  1. Click Done when you are finished adding computers and installing Clients.

To add a computer to a group

It's possible to manage your computer list in "Groups," either domains or groups that you define. See Setting up Group Management. Groups make it possible to install and configure several Clients at a time.

  1. Follow the instructions to add a computer above.

  2. The Assign Group Name box below appears AFTER you click OK on the Add Computer box, allowing you to select the group where the newly added computer belongs.  Select the group or domain from the drop-down list.

  3. Click OK.

To get the Assign Group Name prompt, you must enable Group Management. Right-click Control Center  and select Properties and General.

The computer is added to the group that you specify. Note that the Group column appears only after Group Management is enabled.

 

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