You can install the EventSentry agent on remote machines in several ways:
Remote Update
The preferred and easiest way to install the EventSentry agents on remote computers is to use remote update. With remote update you can install agents, update them to the latest version or push the latest configuration. See below if you are using the "Collector" service.
EventSentry MSI
If the monitored computers are part of an Active Directory environment or if you are running other software that supports the deployment of MSI files, then you can create an EventSentry Agent MSI file and deploy the EventSentry agent in this way. This option might be preferable if you do not have access to the ADMIN$ share of the monitored computers (the free WIX Toolset v3.x is required to generate 32-bit MSI packages, 64-bit MSI installer packages can be created natively by the management console).
Collector
Once the agents are deployed (either via the management console or with MSI files), the collector can patch the remote agents to the latest version and also automatically transfer the latest configuration (more info).
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The default administrative share ADMIN$ (which shares the %SYSTEMROOT% directory) will need to exist in order to deploy the agents with the management console. |
