User`s guide

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Moving a machine to another group
To move the selected machine to another group
1. In the group tree, select the group the machine will be moved to.
2. Click OK.
The machine being moved leaves one group and becomes a member of another group. As a result,
the backup policies applied to the first group will be revoked from the machine, and the backup
policies applied to the second group will be deployed to the machine.
Adding machines to a group
To add machines to the selected group
1. In the groups tree, select the group whose machines you need to add.
2. In the right part of the window, select the machines.
3. To add more machines from other groups, repeat the steps 1 and 2 for each group.
4. Click OK to add machines.
Once the machines appear in the group, the policy that was applied to the group (if any), is deployed
to the machines. If any of the selected machines is not available or reachable at the moment, the
action will be kept in the management server as pending and will be performed as soon as the
machine becomes available to the server.
Machine details
Accumulates in four tabs all information on the selected machine. Lets the management server
administrator perform operations with the backup plans and tasks existing on the machine, and
policies applied to the machine.
This information is also duplicated on the Information panel.
Machine
The tab displays the following information on the registered machine:
 Name - name of the selected machine (taken from the Computer name in Windows)
 IP address - IP address of the selected machine
 Status - the machine's status. Determined as the most severe status (p. 177) of all backup plans
(both local and centralized) existing on the machine and backup policies (p. 288) applied to the
machine.
 Last connect - how much time has passed since the management server last connected to the
machine.
 Last successful backup - how much time has passed since the last successful backup.
 Availability:
 Online - the machine is available for the management server. This means that the
management server's last connection to the machine was successful. Connection is
established every 2 minutes.
 Offline - the machine is unavailable for the management server: it is turned off, or its
network cable is unplugged.