Monitor Computers View

Monitor Users/Computers

The default view for monitoring Clients is Monitor Users. If you prefer, you can switch to a Monitor Computers view, following the instructions in Switch Views. The Monitor Computers view lists Client Recorders by computer instead of user, and allows you to:

• Record events by computer

• View each computer's Operating System and recording status

• Start and stop recording

• View a log file for the Client

• Restart the Client computer

• Double-click a computer to view recordings

• Adjust the Client Settings directly from the Viewer

This view is useful when you need to view activity on each computer,  regardless of user. For example, library computers may have dozens of temporary user logins, making it preferable to view user all activity on each computer at once.

The Monitor Computers List

The Monitor Computers view records, organizes and provides access to recorded events by computer name. Any user activity that occurs on the computer will be available from the Viewer.

Note: Computers will NOT be listed in Monitor Computers until they have been added to the Manage Computers view.

Monitors Computers displays information from the Data Vault in the following columns:

• Computer Name - Displays the computer's name
  Indicates Control Center can communicate with computer.
  Indicates Control Center can not communicate with computer.

• Domain - Display either the Domain or Workgroup name.

• Description - A description of the computer.

• State - The state of the Client on the computer.
  Recording - Displayed if the Client is actively recording while a user is logged on to the computer, Recording will be displayed.
  Disabled - If a user is logged on to the computer and the Client is not recording, Disabled will be displayed.
  Log Off - If no user is logged on to the computer (and thus, the Client is not recording), Log Off will be displayed
  Blank (empty) - If the Control Center cannot talk to the Client on the computer, no text will be displayed under the State column.

Monitor Computers Options

There are four ways to access menu options in this view.  (1) Right-click the Monitor Computers icon in the left pane, (2) right-click a blank area in the right pane, (2) right-click on a computer in the right pane, or  (4) select a computer in the right pane and open the Action menu at the top of the window.

The options listed alphabetically below are available either from a menu or the All Tasks submenu:

• All Tasks - Displays a submenu of options.

• Archive Properties - (All Tasks) Set a backup and archive schedule. See Archiving Data.

• Export List -  Save the current list of computers in a file.

• Find Computer - (All Tasks) Search for a computer in the list.

• Properties - View the computer name, description, domain or workgroup, operating system and system root and task folders.  

• Refresh - Update the list with the latest Data Vault information.

• Restart Computer - (All Tasks) Restart the selected Client computer.

• Show Groups Only - (All Tasks) Display the domain, the workgroups, and "Local" login types that computers belong to.  

• Show Group Users - (All Tasks) Select a domain, workgroup, or "local" and then display all computers in the group.  

• Show All Computers - (All Tasks) Display all Computers.

• Start Recording - (All Tasks) Start recording on the selected computer.

• Stop Recording - (All Tasks) Stop recording on the selected computer.

• View - Change the Control Panel display by choosing column / icon / and list options.

• View Log File - (All Tasks) Display the log file for the selected Client computer.

• View Recordings - Open the Viewer for the selected computer. You can also double-click a computer to open the Viewer.

• View Log File - View computer log file.

Note  Background computer updating must be enabled. As the appropriate configuration files are copied to their associated computers, the computer names are removed from the DelaySettings.xml file.