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Table of Contents
Install the Software.................................................................................................. 3
User Interface Overview ........................................................................................... 4
Main Window...................................................................................................... 4
Button Bar ......................................................................................................... 5
Menu Bar ........................................................................................................... 6
Settings & Preferences.............................................................................................. 8
Analyzing the Network ............................................................................................ 15
Discovering Systems .............................................................................................. 16
Discovering Windows Systems .............................................................................16
Specifying Unix Systems .....................................................................................19
Managing Systems & Groups ................................................................................... 22
System & Group Properties..................................................................................23
Understanding Scans.............................................................................................. 26
Analysis Icons .................................................................................................. 27
Saving Scans ........................................................................................................ 29
Installing Patches & Hotfixes.................................................................................... 30
Using Rollback ........................................................................................................30
Push & Rollback Jobs ...............................................................................................31
Job Settings ..................................................................................................... 31
User Delay ....................................................................................................... 33
Patch Repository Management ................................................................................. 34
Patch Repository Maintenance............................................................................. 35
Patch Notes & Properties......................................................................................... 37
Scheduling Patch Analysis ....................................................................................... 40
Scheduling Scans ...............................................................................................40
Windows Task Scheduler.....................................................................................41
Getting Updates..................................................................................................... 42
Scheduling Updates............................................................................................42
Migrating the Database .......................................................................................43
Agent Installation & Setup....................................................................................... 44
Installing the Agent Manager ...............................................................................44
Installing Agents ................................................................................................45
Agent Management ................................................................................................ 47
Agent Manager Console ......................................................................................48
Scheduling Analysis for Agents.............................................................................49
Using Alerts & Triggers ........................................................................................... 50
Policy Management ................................................................................................ 54
Creating Policies ................................................................................................54
Applying Policies to Systems and Groups ...............................................................56
Viewing by Policy Compliance ..............................................................................57
Remediation by Policy.........................................................................................57
Patch Test Center .................................................................................................. 58
Reporting Center ................................................................................................... 60
Installing the Reporting Center ............................................................................60
Using the Reporting Center..................................................................................61
Administering the Reporting Center ......................................................................63
Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 65
Ecora Copyright Notice ........................................................................................... 66
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