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11 Apply a Sentral License Key ........................................................................................................... 22
12 Server Log and Settings ................................................................................................................. 22
12.1 Log Location .......................................................................................................................... 23
12.2 Specifying Log Destination: ServerConfiguration.xml ............................................................. 23
12.3 Turning off Logging ................................................................................................................ 23
13 Backups ......................................................................................................................................... 23
13.1 Backing up Sentral Server and Sentral Console ....................................................................... 24
13.2 Backing up Sentral Database Schema ..................................................................................... 24
13.3 Backing up Virtual Machines and Snapshots........................................................................... 24
14 Basic Operations ........................................................................................................................... 24
14.1 Installing Sentral Host Agent .................................................................................................. 25
14.1.1 Windows Embedded Standard 7 ...................................................................................... 25
14.1.2 Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux
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14.1.3 CentOS
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14.1.4 Ubuntu ............................................................................................................................ 32
14.2 Installing Sentral Thin Client Agent......................................................................................... 32
14.2.1 Windows Operating Systems ........................................................................................... 33
14.2.2 Linux-Based Operating Systems ....................................................................................... 36
14.3 Device Discovery .................................................................................................................... 37
14.4 Creating Groups and Subgroups (Required for All Management Tasks) .................................. 38
14.5 Renaming I/Ports (Zero Clients) ............................................................................................. 38
14.6 Adding Users to Sentral Database .......................................................................................... 38
14.6.1 Adding a User .................................................................................................................. 38
14.6.2 Adding Large Numbers of Users ....................................................................................... 39
15 Creating Device-Based Allocations ................................................................................................ 41
16 Administrator-Instantiated PCoIP Sessions ................................................................................... 41
17 Creating User-Based Allocations ................................................................................................... 41
18 Orchestrating User Moves ............................................................................................................ 42
19 Updating Sentral Host Agent Software ......................................................................................... 42
20 Firmware Update Process ............................................................................................................. 44
20.1 Uploading Files ...................................................................................................................... 44
20.2 Monitoring Progress and Restarting Devices .......................................................................... 44
21 Right-Click Menu Options from Hierarchical Tree ......................................................................... 45
21.1 Blade with PCoIP Host Card.................................................................................................... 45
21.2 Zero Clients............................................................................................................................ 46