Device Management Node in Essentials
Applies To: System Center Essentials 2010
Use the Device Management node of the Essentials 2010 console Administration pane to perform the post-installation configuration of agent-managed computers and network devices. For more information about these managed objects, see Managing Computers and Devices in Essentials.
Note
For information about configuring settings for a management group, which can also be referred to as configuring global settings, see Settings Node in Essentials.
Agent-Managed Computers
Use the Agent Managed node of the Essentials 2010 console Administration pane to perform the following tasks on the selected agent-managed computer:
Repair the installation of the agent on the selected agent-managed computers. For more information, see How to Repair an Agent in Essentials.
Uninstall the agent from the selected agent-managed computers. Uninstalling the agent also deletes the respective computer from each group of which the computer is a member. The computer is not deleted from the reporting database.
Delete a computer from its computer group by using the Essentials 2010 console. For more information about deleting an agent-managed computer, see How to Delete an Essentials Managed Object from a Group. For more information about uninstalling the agent, see How to Uninstall an Essentials Agent.
Open views, such as an Alert view, for the selected agent-managed computer. For more information, see How to Open a View for an Essentials Managed Object. For information about views, see Views in Essentials.
View the properties of an agent-managed computer. For more information, see How to View the Properties of a Managed Object in System Center Essentials 2010.
Override the group agent heartbeat settings, and configure how often the selected agent-managed computer sends a heartbeat to its management server. A heartbeat is a periodic pulse from an agent to the management server that contains information related to the health of the agent. For more information, see How to Override Heartbeat Settings for an Essentials Agent.
Network Devices
Use the Network Devices node of the Essentials 2010 console Administration pane to perform the following tasks on the selected network devices and computers running operating systems other than a Windows operating system.
Configure a managed network device or computer running an operating system other than Windows to use a different Essentials 2010 proxy agent. You would do this, for example, if you have to load balance the number of devices managed by a proxy agent. For more information, see How to Configure a Network Device to Use a Different Essentials Proxy Agent.
Open views, such as an Alert view, for the selected network device or computer running an operating system other than Windows. For more information, see How to Open a View for an Essentials Managed Object. For information about views, see Views in Essentials.
Delete a network device from Essentials 2010. Deleting a managed object removes it from the Essentials 2010 database. The object is not deleted from the reporting database. Deleting a managed object is the only method to remove network device computers. For more information, see How to Delete an Essentials Managed Object from a Group.
View the properties of a network device. For more information, see How to View the Properties of a Managed Object in System Center Essentials 2010.
Pending Management
An agent installed with MOMagent.msi needs to be approved for the management group if the management group or the primary management server for the agent is configured to Review new manual agent installations in pending management view, but not Auto-approve new manually installed agents.
See Also
Tasks
How to Open a View for an Essentials Managed Object