The following brief glossary provides basic definitions of Remote Management terms:
Managed workstation: A workstation that you want to remotely manage. To remotely manage a workstation, you must install the ZENworks 7 Remote Management Agent on it.
Management server: A server where ZENworks 7 Desktop Management server is installed.
Management console: A Windows machine running Novell ConsoleOne®. The management console provides the interface to manage and administer your machines.
Remote operator: A user who can remotely manages workstations from management console.
Administrator: A person who has the rights to install Remote Management. All administrators are remote operators but all remote operators are not administrators.
Remote Management Agent: A Desktop Management component that is installed on a managed workstation, which enables the remote operator to remotely manage that workstation. The Remote Management Agent starts automatically when the managed workstation boots up. It verifies whether the Remote Operator is authorized to perform operations on the workstation before the Remote Management session proceeds.
Viewing window: A representation of the managed workstation desktop. It is displayed on the management console when the remote operator initiates a Remote Management session.
Registered workstation: A workstation that is registered in eDirectory and imported as an eDirectory Workstation object.