The Remote Computers folder contains the remote computers (clients) section of the console tree. This folder has an All Computers group underneath for adding your remote computers to the software.


Actions for Remote Computers include:


  • Add Group


For organizational purposes, you can group your remote computers together under a meaningful heading, or group name. For instance, any remote computers you add to the All Computers folder are listed in the All Computers group. To streamline organization, you could create a specific group for all computers in the sales department. To create a new group, click Add Group and enter a name. Any computer you add to your custom group is automatically added to the All Computers group. Conversely, any computer you remove from your custom group is not automatically removed from the All Computers group. The computer is not completely removed until you remove it from the All Computers group.


  • Add VMware Group


This action starts the Add VMware Computer Group Wizard for protecting VMware virtual machines. Click the wizard's Browse button to select a vCenter server or VMware host to find virtual machines to include in the group. After virtual machines have been added to the group they can be protected like any other computer in the Remote Computers section. All virtual machines included in the group are protected with a default policy.


  • View Log


Click the View Log action for remote computers to see the commands that have run for remote computer plans. See the Log Files topic for more information.



Actions available for remote computers in the Remote Computers section include:


  • Protection Plans


Select the Protection Plans action to show all protection plans for the selected remote computer. From this view, each plan can be manually run, reconfigured, scheduled, and deleted.


  • History


You can see the history for all plans for a remote computer by selecting the History action. Each time a plan runs or is restored, an entry is added to the history list. To view the run log for a given plan, select an entry from the history list. Next, click the View Log link located in the Result Details area. The run log for the selected entry appears. See also, Protection Plan Results and Log Files.


  • Restore


All restore points for a remote computer can be seen by selecting the remote computer, and then clicking the Restore action. If the desired protection plan has been deleted from the computer, you may still be able to access restore points from the Archives folder in the store. Days that contain restore points are highlighted in bold font in the calendar. To restore a restore point, select it from the list. Click the Restore button in the lower-right area of the screen. A restore dialog box appears. Refer to Restoring Your Data for more information. If the restore point was from a Files and Folders or Computer System type protection plan, you can also click the Explore button to restore files. See Explore a Plan's Archive for more information.


  • Export Plan History


See Exporting History to learn about exporting remote plan histories.


  • Event Viewer


To aid in troubleshooting, this software records its activity in log files and writes significant events to the Windows Application Event Log. Clicking the Event Viewer action for a remote computer opens the Windows Event Viewer for the remote computer.



See Adding Remote Computers for additional information.