Excluded Computers

The Excluded Computers group contains the network computers that were excluded from the management of BitDefender Management Server. These computers are not monitored at all by BitDefender Management Server.

Note

Computers can be excluded both from the Unmanaged Computers and from the Managed Computersgroup. As a rule, exclude the management switches and router interfaces automatically detected by BitDefender in the broadcast domain as well as the computers that you do not want to be managed by BitDefender Management Server.

To display this group, do one of the following:

● In the tree menu, go to Computers Directory > Excluded Computers.

● In the Computers Directory pane, click the corresponding link.

Excluded Computers

You can see the excluded computers listed in the table. The table columns provide you with useful information about the listed computers:

● Computer Name - the name of the computer.

Note

If No Name is displayed under this column, the respective computer may be a management switch or a router interface.

● Description - the computer description.

● IP Address - the IP address of the detected computer.

● Last Synchronization - the last time the computer was detected.

● Agent Version - if BitDefender Management Agent is installed on the computer, you can see its version.

15.3.1. Refreshing Computer List

To refresh the computer list, either press the F5 key or right-click the group in the tree menu and select Refresh from the shortcut menu.

15.3.2. Sorting through Computer List

You can sort computers by:

● name

● description

● IP address

● the time when they were last detected

To sort computers by one of the previously mentioned criteria, just click the corresponding column heading in the table.

For example, if you want to order computers by name click the Computer Name heading. If you click the heading again, the computers will be displayed in reverse order.

15.3.3. Searching for Computers

You can easily find a specific computer by its name using the keyboard. First, select a computer from the table and then press the key corresponding to the first letter of the computer name until the respective computer is displayed.

Another method to find a specific computer is to sort through the computer list and scroll up or down in the list to find the respective computer. In this way, you can search for computers using various criteria, such as name, IP address or activity.

15.3.4. Deleting Computers from Table

You can delete any computer listed in the table. In this way, you can remove from the database the computers that are no longer part of the network.

To delete a computer from the database, right-click it and select Delete from the menu.

You will have to confirm your action by clicking Yes.

To delete several computers from the database, select them, right-click the selection and then select Delete items from the menu. You will have to confirm your action by clicking Yes.

Note

If you delete a computer while it is still connected to the network, BitDefender will eventually detect its activity. The following situations may occur:

● If BitDefender Management Agent is installed on the computer, then the computer will appear in the Managed Computers > Not Grouped group.

● Otherwise, the computer will appear in the Unmanaged Computers group.

15.3.5. Restoring Excluded Computers

You cannot directly restore an excluded computer to its original group.

The only method that you can use to restore an excluded computer is to delete it from the table. This works however only for the main groups. If the computer was excluded from a sub-group within the Managed Computers group, after BitDefender Management

Agent contacts the server, the respective computer will be placed in the Not Grouped group.

Note

For more information, please refer to“Deleting Computers from Table” (p.133).

15.3.6. Changing Displayed Information

You can change the displayed information by adding or removing columns from the table or by changing their order. By default, all available columns are displayed.

Right-click the table header to choose which columns to display. To change their order, drag&drop the column header to the desired position.

15.3.7. Exporting Computer List

You can export the list of the computers in the group to an HTML, XML, text or comma-separated values (CSV) file. This is very useful if you need printed statistics.

To export the computer list:

1. In the tree menu, right-click the group.

2. Select Export groups/clients to a file from the menu. A new window will appear.

3. Click Browse.

4. Save the file under the desired name and type.

5. Click OK.

16. Policies

BitDefender client products can be managed remotely through policies. A policy defines a set of security rules a client computer must comply with.

Policies are sent by BitDefender Management Server to BitDefender Management Agent, which applies them to the local BitDefender client product. Once a policy has been successfully transmitted to BitDefender Management Agent, it will be applied to the local BitDefender client product no matter if communication with BitDefender Management Server fails.

Policies can be assigned to individual clients or to entire groups of clients. You can also assign policies to local or network (Active Directory) users.