User manual FARONICS DEEP FREEZE SERVER ENTERPRISE

[. . . ] | 1 Deep Freeze Server Enterprise User Guide 2 | Last modified: March, 2010 © 1999 - 2010 Faronics Corporation. Faronics, Deep Freeze, Faronics Core Console, Anti-Executable, Faronics Device Filter, Faronics Power Save, Faronics Insight, Faronics System Profiler, and WINSelect are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Faronics Corporation. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Deep Freeze Server Enterprise User Guide | Contents 3 Preface . 16 Installing Deep Freeze Configuration Administrator and Enterprise Console . [. . . ] Once entered, this information can be retrieved by right-clicking a port in the Network and Groups Pane and selecting Properties. If the connection to a Remote Console has been severed, it can be reconnected by clicking the Reconnect to Remote Console icon in the sidebar or by right-clicking on an entry in the Network and Groups pane. Deep Freeze Server Enterprise User Guide Managing Deep Freeze with the Console | 51 Managing Deep Freeze with the Console The Enterprise Console contains a toolbar at the top of the screen that allows quick access to the functions of the Console. These commands can also be accessed using the contextual menu, as shown below, that appears by right-clicking on one or more computers. When a particular action is chosen, the selected computer performs the action and the status icons update accordingly. Specific icons are disabled if the selected computer does not support that action. For example, a computer that has a Target icon, will not show the option to be Thawed or Frozen, because the program has not been installed yet. Updating Deep Freeze Software To update Deep Freeze computers (where Deep Freeze 6. 3 or higher is installed) with a new version of Deep Freeze, complete the following steps: 1. In the Configuration Administrator of the new version of Deep Freeze, create a blank workstation installation file. Deep Freeze Server Enterprise User Guide 52 | Using Deep Freeze Server Enterprise Console 2. The selected computers update to the new version of Deep Freeze software, but retain all settings from the current version. This feature works only on computers with Deep Freeze 6. 3 and higher currently installed. Sending Messages to Computers To send a message to one or more computers, complete the following steps: 1. A dialog appears asking for confirmation to send the message to the selected computers. Click OK to send or Cancel to close the dialog without sending the message. Target Installing Deep Freeze Complete the following steps to remotely install a Full Workstation Installation on any computer that has the Workstation Seed installed. A dialog box appears to select the file to be installed on the remote computer. Once the installation is complete, the Enterprise Console reflects the change in the computer's status, and displays it as Frozen. Updating a Deep Freeze Configuration File Complete the following steps to update the configuration on one or many computer(s) with the settings of an existing . rdx file. (An . rdx file is a file containing the conditions specified in the Deep Freeze Configuration Administrator). Right-click on the computer(s) and select Update Configuration, as shown below. Locate a file and click Open to update the configuration on the selected computer(s) with the settings in the . rdx file. Click Cancel to cancel the configuration update. Deep Freeze Server Enterprise User Guide Managing Deep Freeze with the Console | 53 If the Network options in the new configuration have changed, the computer(s) may lose communication with the existing Enterprise Console. If communication with the computers is lost, check the Network settings on the updated computers to ensure that the port numbers and/or IP address of the Console have not been changed. Changes to passwords take effect immediately. ThawSpace and/or Frozen Drives cannot be changed through updating the configuration file. Dynamically Updating a Deep Freeze Configuration Complete the following steps to dynamically update the configuration on a single or multiple computers. Right-click on the computer(s) and select Update Embedded Events from the contextual menu. Or, select the desired computer(s) and click the Update Embedded Events icon in the toolbar. A menu bar with six buttons appears at the bottom of the Workstations pane. Choose one of the following options: -- Click New to create a new sub-configuration set. -- Click Import to import the settings from an existing Deep Freeze Configuration file (. rdx) or Deep Freeze Workstation Installation File (. exe) into the sub-configuration window. In either case, a Configuration Screen, similar to the Configuration Administrator, appears containing the Embedded Events tab and Maintenance tab. Deep Freeze Server Enterprise User Guide 54 | Using Deep Freeze Server Enterprise Console The two tabs on the Configuration Screen can be used to update the configuration on remote computers. [. . . ] In this example, we will create a limited Console suitable for distribution to a teacher or computer lab instructor. In this scenario, we want the teacher to be able to restart machines, lock the keyboard and mouse on demand, and send messages to the students. However, we do not want the teacher to be able to boot the machines into a Thawed state, uninstall Deep Freeze, or perform other IT-exclusive tasks. The Console Customizer can be launched from Tools > Console Customizer. We will leave Console functions > Activation selected. [. . . ]