Operation Manual

Getting Started with Trend Micro™ ServerProtect™
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Note: Only one Management Console can manage an Information Server. This means once a
Management Console is connected to an Information Server, no other Management
Consoles can connect to it.
The ServerProtect domain browser tree shows all the ServerProtect servers installed
on Windows Server 2003/2000/NT and Novell NetWare servers with the status of
each server. Status information includes: the version of the virus pattern, scan engine
and program file, type and version of operating system, direction of real-time
scanning, and others. Note that the administrator can configure how all this data is
displayed.
Tip: You can use the Management Console to remotely install one or multiple Normal
Servers. See Installing a Normal Server on page 2-18.
The Information Server
An Information Server is the main communication hub (middleware) between the
Management Console and the Normal Servers it manages. It simplifies control of
Normal Servers by allowing administrators to send instructions and receive
information from remote sites.
WA RN I NG ! An Information Server by itself is defenseless unless a Normal Server is installed
on the same machine.
Information Server Tips
• If you are performing the very first ServerProtect installation on your network, you
need to set the destination server as an Information Server, and then configure the
other Normal Servers to join this Information Server.
• An Information Server must have at least one member domain for supporting
Normal Servers.
• Because an Information Server is simply a delivery system for information, the
number of Normal Servers it can manage is, theoretically, only limited by the