User's Manual

12 Kaspersky Administration Kit
• Distribute license keys across the computers in the logical network, store
information about license keys;
• Send alerts from tasks running on the computers in the logical network.
You can be notified, for example, about detection of a virus on a client
computer.
2.1.2. Hierarchy of the Administration
servers
The Administration servers may form hierarchy of type "main server - slave
server". Each Administration server may have several slave servers either on
one level of hierarchy or using nested hierarchal levels. In this case the structure
of the logical network of the main server will include the logical networks of all
slave servers. This way, individual independent from each other sections of the
computer network can be managed by different Administration servers that, in
turn, will be controlled by the main server (details see section 3.5.1 on page 40).
The ability to create a hierarchy of servers may be used:
• to restrict the load on the Administration server (compared with one
server installed in the network);
• to decrease the traffic within the network and simplify the interaction with
remote offices. There is no necessity to establish connection between the
main server and all computers of the network that may be located, for ex-
ample, in other regions. It is sufficient to install a slave Administration
server in each segment of the network, distribute the computers in the
logical networks of the slave servers and ensure connection between the
slave servers and the main server using fast communication channels;
• to ensure a more distinct division of responsibility between the anti-virus
security administrators. All features of centralized control and monitoring
of the corporate network anti-virus security status will be preserved.
Each computer included into the logical network structure can be connected
only to one Administration server.
The administrator must control the correctness of the computers' connection to
the Administration servers using the find computer by network attributes func-
tion to search for computers in the logical networks of various servers.
2.1.3. Client computer. Group
Interaction between the Administration server and the computers:
• delivery of information about the current status of the applications;