Table 4-10
Description Field
Select this option so that the client receiving the Ghost Solution Suite Agent connects to the Ghost Solution Suite Server you selected to configure.
Connect directly to this Deployment Sever
Enter the IP address or NetBIOS name of the Ghost Solution Suite Server computer.
Address/Hostname
Enter the port number communicating with the Ghost Solution Suite Server.
Port.
Select this option to specify mandatory authentication for client computers to connect to the Ghost Solution Suite Server. This helps keep rogue computers from connecting to unauthorized Ghost Solution Suite Servers.
Enable key-based authentication to Ghost Solution Suite Server.
Managed computers can use the multicast address if they are on the same segment as the Ghost Solution Suite Server or if multicast is enabled on the network routers. Ensure that the multicast address and port match those set up on the Ghost Solution Suite Server. Try using defaults on both the client and Ghost Solution Suite Server if you have problems while connecting.
Managed computers should use the Ghost Solution Suite Server IP address if multicasting is disabled on the network routers or if they are not on the same network segment as the Ghost Solution Suite Server.
The port number must match the number set on the Ghost Solution Suite Server.
Otherwise, the client computers cannot connect.
Discover Ghost Solution Suite Server using TCP/IP multicast
Enter the NetBIOS name of the computer running the Ghost Solution Suite Server.
Server Name
Enter the port number distributing the multicast address.
Port
Enter the group multicast address.
Multicast Address
Table 4-10 (continued)
Description Field
Specifies the number of routers the multicast request can pass through. Change this setting if you want to locate a Ghost Solution Suite Server that is more than 32 routers away (default setting) or to restrict the search to a smaller number of routers, making it easier to find the closest Ghost Solution Suite Server.
TTL
This check box and set the refresh time in hours or days. The Ghost Solution Suite Server closes the connection after the specified time and immediately tries to re-open the connection. This sends a message to client computers that the network is down.
The default checking is of 28800 seconds or 8 hours. We recommend keeping this setting above 28800. Do not set this option too low-reconnecting to the Ghost Solution Suite Server increases bandwidth when connecting.
If this option is set too low, your client computers will take longer to connect than to refresh their connections.
Refresh connection after idle
Select this option to preserve bandwidth when running deployment tasks on slower connections.
Abort files transfers if rate is slower than
Access
Set these commands to control the way the client handles requests from the server.
Table 4-11 Access
Description Field
Select to let the administrator remotely control the selected computer. The default setting is to NOT let the computer be remotely controlled.
Allow this computer to be remote controlled.
Table 4-11 Access (continued)
Description Field
You can select the following options to prompt the user before the corresponding action is performed:
■ Shut down and Restart.
Prompts the user before shutting down and restarting the computer. This feature overrides the Power Control option from the Ghost Solution Suite Server to force applications to shut down without a message.
■ Copy file and Run command Prompts the user before running a program or executing file copy commands.
■ Remote Control
Prompts the user before running the Remote Control commands.
Prompt the user before performing actions
If one of the Prompt the user before perform actions is selected and the user is not at the computer to respond, you need to decide whether to continue or abort the operation. Specify the time to wait for the user's response, and select one of the following:
■ Continue the operation
Select to continue if there is no response from the user.
■ Abort the operation.
Click to not continue if there is no response from the user.
Time to wait for user response
Select the days and set the start and end times when access to the Ghost Solution Suite Agent is denied.
Select when the Ghost Solution Suite Server is denied access to the Ghost Solution Suite Agent.
Security
This page lets you secure data between the Ghost Solution Suite Server and the Ghost Solution Suite Agent, or to set a password so that the user on the client computer can only view and modify the User Properties of the Ghost Solution Suite Client Settings on the managed computer.
Table 4-12 Security
Description Field
Select to allow encryption from this managed client computer to the Ghost Solution Suite Server. This lets encrypted data
transmissions between the Ghost Solution Suite Server and the Ghost Solution Suite Agent on the client computer. If selected, the client computer can connect (but is not required to connect) using encryption.
To enable encryption protocols, you must open the Symantec Ghost Solution Suite Server Configuration Utility, click Options and select the Transport tab. Select the Allow encrypted sessions check box to let Ghost Solution Suite Server transmit using encryption protocols.
Encrypt session communication with Ghost Solution Suite Server
Select to require encryption between the managed client computer and the Ghost Solution Suite Server. If this option is selected and the option to allow encryption in the Deployment Configuration tool is not selected, the Ghost Solution Suite Server does not communicate with the Symantec Client on the managed client computer.
Note:Selecting encryption options slows down the communication path between the agent and the Ghost Solution Suite Server.
Require encrypted session with any server
Select to let users on the managed computer access the Admin properties only if they enter the set password. If the check box is selected and the user does not know the password, they will have rights only to view the User Properties, which includes only the User Prompts and Remote Control tabs on the Symantec Client Settings dialog.
Enter the password in the Password field and re-enter the password for confirmation in the Confirm password field.
Password protect Admin properties from user
Table 4-12 Security (continued)
Description Field
Select to hide the Symantec Client icon in the system tray of the managed computer. If you hide the icon, you must run AClient.exe with the -admin switch to view and modify the complete administrative properties from the managed client computer.
Hide client tray icon