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Host Management Activities

The Activities pane available at the Host Management node and at the individual host list nodes provides the tools needed to manage hosts and host lists.

| Activities pane in Host Management node | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | | Host Management Node | Individual Host List Nodes |

The available actions are:

  • Add Hosts – Create a new host list by manually entering hosts or importing a host list (only available in the Host Management node)

  • View/Edit Host – Open the Host Details View, which displays the collected host inventory information for the selected host in an easier-to-read format and allows you to manually edit the host inventory information

  • Delete Host(s) – Delete host from the selected list (permanently deletes host from the host master table if used in the Host Management node)

  • Import Location – Import the physical location data for hosts from a CSV file or database without creating a new host list. Location column is in the Host Inventory Data Grid.

  • Refresh Hosts – Manually executes the host inventory query for the selection

  • Save Current View – Create a dynamic host list from the current (filtered) data grid view

  • Save Selected To List – Create a static host list from the selected hosts within the current data grid

  • Schedule (Activities Pane Option) – Opens a customized Schedule Properties window to schedule a host inventory query

  • Export Data – Export the current data grid to a HTML, XML, or CSV file

  • Suspend/Resume Host Inventory – Pause an In progress host inventory or resume a paused In queue host inventory

  • External commands – Sub-header (not activity) that separates the Activities above which occur within the Access Analyzer Console from the Activities below which open external processes:

    • Manage Host – Opens the Microsoft Management Console interface for the selected host if it has that feature enabled
    • Explore Host – Opens Windows Explorer, displaying the shares on the selected host
    • Ping Host – Opens a Command Prompt to run a ping command targeting the selected host
    • Trace Route to Host – Opens a Command Prompt to run the TraceRoute command, locating a path to the selected machine in less than 30 hops

Activities available only at the individual host list nodes are:

  • Edit List – Edit the selected host list in the Host List Wizard
  • Edit Query – Edit the Host Discovery query settings for the selected query-created host list
  • Rename List – Rename the selected host list (should not be used if the host list has already been assigned to a job for execution)
  • Delete List – Delete the selected host list
  • View Query – Opens the Host Discovery Queries window