User guide

Using ViewSonic Device Manager
ViewSonic Device Manager
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3.1.2 Available Tasks at a Glance
The following table shows functionality provided in each tab. For more details, please refer to the corresponding
section as shown below:
Tab Function List Section Page
System
• Creating accounts for administration
• Managing thin client rmware les
• Managing WES package les
• Managing client snapshots
• Managing certicates of remote computers
• Conguring remote deployment settings
• Conguring settings for ViewSonic Device
Manager
• Backing up the management database
• Managing database archive les
• Restoring management database
• Scheduling automatically performed tasks
3.2
Establishing a Basic Administration
Environment
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Scan
• Looking for clients in the whole range
of a local network
• Looking for clients in a specied range
of IP addresses
• Looking for clients with predened
IP range lists
3.3
Adding Clients into a Managed Group 40
Thin Clients
• Creating group conguration for clients
• Using individualized conguration for clients
• Using hybrid conguration for clients
• Pushing settings to clients
• Pulling settings from clients
• Pushing certicates to clients
• Sending messages to clients
• Rebooting clients remotely
• Shutting down clients remotely
• Waking clients remotely
• Monitoring the use of clients
• Controlling clients remotely
• Exporting client data
• Digging out proles/clients with Quick Search
• Digging out clients with lters
3.4
Managing All Your Clients 47
Logs
• Viewing event logs
• Exporting event logs
• Emptying event logs
3.5
Viewing and Managing Event Logs 98
About
• Viewing information on ViewSonic Device
Manager
• Viewing ViewSonic contact information
• Viewing software license agreement
3.6
Viewing Software Information 102