The following brief glossary provides basic definitions of Remote Management terms:
Managed server: A Windows server that you want to remotely manage. You must install the ZENworks 6.5 Remote Management Agent on it. If you manage the server through the Server Remote Management Policy, you must install the ZENworks 6.5 Subscriber component also'.
Management console: A Windows 2000/XP workstation or 2000/2003 server running Novell ConsoleOne® with the ZENworks 6.5 Remote Management ConsoleOne snap-ins installed. The management console provides the interface where you manage and administer your network.
Management server: A server with Novell eDirectoryTM and the ZENworks 6.5 Distributor components. The eDirectory and Distributor components must be installed if you want to manage servers through the Server Remote Management Policy. Your management server can be a managed server.
Remote operator: A user who can remotely manage servers.
Administrator: A person who has the rights to install Remote Management components. All administrators are remote operators but all remote operators are not administrators.
Remote Management Agent: A Server Management component that is installed on a managed server so the remote operator can remotely manage that server. The Remote Management Agent starts automatically when the managed server boots up and authenticates the remote operator when the remote session is initiated.
Viewing window: A representation of the managed server desktop. It is displayed on the management console when the remote operator initiates a Remote Management session.