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KACE Systems Management Appliance 14.0 Common Documents - Administration Guide

About the KACE Systems Management Appliance Getting started
Configuring the appliance
Requirements and specifications Power-on the appliance and log in to the Administrator Console Access the Command Line Console Tracking configuration changes Configuring System-level and Admin-level General Settings Configure appliance date and time settings Managing user notifications Enable Two-Factor Authentication for all users Verifying port settings, NTP service, and website access Configuring network and security settings Configuring session timeout and auto-refresh settings Configuring locale settings Configuring the default theme Configure data sharing preferences About DIACAP compliance requirements Configuring Mobile Device Access Enable fast switching for organizations and linked appliances Linking Quest KACE appliances Configuring history settings Configuring Content Security Policy
Setting up and using labels to manage groups of items Configuring user accounts, LDAP authentication, and SSO Deploying the KACE Agent to managed devices Using Replication Shares Managing credentials Configuring assets
About the Asset Management component Using the Asset Management Dashboard About managing assets Adding and customizing Asset Types and maintaining asset information Managing Software assets Managing physical and logical assets Maintaining and using manual asset information Managing locations Managing contracts Managing licenses Managing purchase records
Setting up License Compliance Managing License Compliance Setting up Service Desk Configure the Cache Lifetime for Service Desk widgets Creating and managing organizations Importing and exporting appliance resources
Managing inventory
Using the Inventory Dashboard Using Device Discovery Managing device inventory
About managing devices Features available for each device management method About inventory information Tracking changes to inventory settings Managing inventory information Finding and managing devices Registering KACE Agent with the appliance Provisioning the KACE Agent Manually deploying the KACE Agent Using Agentless management Adding devices manually in the Administrator Console or by using the API Forcing inventory updates Managing MIA devices Obtaining Dell warranty information
Managing applications on the Software page Managing Software Catalog inventory
About the Software Catalog Viewing Software Catalog information Adding applications to the Software Catalog Managing License assets for Software Catalog applications Associate Managed Installations with Cataloged Software Using software metering Using Application Control Update or reinstall the Software Catalog
Managing process, startup program, and service inventory Writing custom inventory rules
Deploying packages to managed devices
Distributing software and using Wake-on-LAN Broadcasting alerts to managed devices Running scripts on managed devices Using Task Chains
Patching devices and maintaining security
Using the Security Dashboard About patch management Subscribing to and downloading patches Creating and managing patch schedules Managing patch inventory Managing Windows Feature Updates Managing Dell devices and updates Managing Linux package upgrades Manage quarantined file attachments
Using reports and scheduling notifications Monitoring devices
Getting started with monitoring Working with monitoring profiles Managing monitoring for devices Working with alerts
Using the Service Desk
Configuring Service Desk Using the Service Desk Dashboard Managing Service Desk tickets, processes, and reports
Overview of Service Desk ticket lifecycle Creating tickets from the Administrator Console and User Console Creating and managing tickets by email Viewing tickets and managing comments, work, and attachments Merging tickets Using the ticket escalation process Using Service Desk processes Using Ticket Rules Run Service Desk reports Archiving, restoring, and deleting tickets Managing ticket deletion
Managing Service Desk ticket queues About User Downloads and Knowledge Base articles Customizing Service Desk ticket settings Configuring SMTP email servers
Maintenance and troubleshooting
Maintaining the appliance Troubleshooting the appliance
Appendixes Glossary About us Legal notices

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fast switching for organizations and linked appliances
Fast switching makes it possible to switch from one organization to another using a drop-down list in the top-right corner of the Administrator Console instead of logging in to each organization separately. Also, it makes it possible to switch between linked K-Series appliances without logging in to each appliance separately. See Enable fast switching for organizations and linked appliances.
File Synchronizations
File Synchronizations enable you to distribute files to managed devices. Unlike Managed Installations, however, File Synchronizations do not install files; they simply distribute files. Use File Synchronizations to copy files of any type to managed devices. See Create and use File Synchronization.
filters
See labels and organization filters .

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Inventory
Inventory includes information about the devices, applications, processes, startup programs, and services on managed devices on your network. Inventory is collected by the KACE Agent, which is installed on managed devices, uploaded using the inventory API, or obtained through connections to Agentless devices. You can view detailed data about individual managed devices, as well as aggregated data collected across all managed devices. In addition, you can use inventory information in reports, and in decisions about upgrades, troubleshooting, purchasing, policies, and so on. See Provisioning the KACE Agent.
IP Scans
See Discovery .
ITNinja
Sponsored by Quest KACE, ITNinja.com (formerly AppDeploy.com) is a product-agnostic IT-focused community website. It is the Internet’s leading destination for IT professionals to share information and ask questions about system management related topics. The website provides a question and answer section and a blogging platform. If you choose to share anonymous usage data with ITNinja, the ITNinja feed appears on pages such as the software, Managed Installation, and File Synchronization detail pages in the Administrator Console. The feed is not available on Software Catalog detail page. See Enable the ITNinja feed.

Quest publishes a base set of Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor (PerfMon) templates and non-Windows open-source Perl scripts on ITNinja, so that users can extend their server monitoring capability and identify system and application performance issues. These unmanaged templates and scripts are available for download so that users do not have to create them from scratch.

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KACE GO
KACE GO is an app that enables administrators to access Service Desk tickets, inventory information, monitoring alerts, and application deployment features from their smart phones or tablets. The app also allows non-admin users to submit Service Desk tickets, view the status of submitted tickets, and read Knowledge Base articles from their mobile devices. You can download KACE GO from the Apple App Store for iOS devices, or from the Google Play Store for Android devices. See Configuring Mobile Device Access.
KACE SDA series appliances
The K2000 series includes system deployment appliances designed to fully automate the deployment of operating systems (OS). For more information about the KACE SDA series, go to the Quest website, https://quest.com/products/kace-systems-deployment-appliance/.
appliance series appliances
The appliance series includes system management appliances designed to fully automate system management tasks such as system management, application deployment, and asset management. For more information about the appliance series, go to the Quest website, https://quest.com/products/kace-systems-management-appliance/.
Knowledge Base
Quest has a Knowledge Base of articles about the appliance, which you can access at https://support.quest.com/kace-systems-management-appliance/kb. The Knowledge Base is continually updated with solutions to real-world issues that administrators encounter.
Konductor
Konductor is an internal appliance component that regulates communications between the appliance and managed devices to keep the system running smoothly. The number of tasks Konductor is running appears on the Tasks in Progress widget. In addition, task throughput information appears in the General Settings (on appliances with the Organization component enabled) or in the Agent Settings (on appliances without the Organization component enabled).

See:

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About Dashboard widgets
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Configuring System-level and Admin-level General Settings
KScripts
See Offline KScripts , and Online KScripts .

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labels
Labels are containers that organize and categorize items, such as devices, so that you can manage them as a group. For example, you can use labels to identify devices that have the same operating system or that are in the same geographic location. You can then initiate actions, such as distributing software or deploying patches, on all of the devices that in that label. Labels can either be manually assigned to specific items or automatically assigned to items when they are associated with criteria, such as SQL or LDAP queries. See Setting up and using labels to manage groups of items.
label groups
Label groups enable you to organize labels so you can manage them as a group. Label groups share their types with the labels they contain. Not only can a label group include multiple labels, but a label can be associated with more than one label group. See Add, view, or edit label groups.
LDAP Browser
The LDAP Browser is a wizard that enables you to browse and search data located on an LDAP server, such as an Active Directory server. See Use the LDAP Browser.
LDAP Labels
LDAP labels are labels that interact with the Active Directory or LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) server. You can use LDAP Labels to automatically label device records and user records based on LDAP or Active Directory queries or search filters. LDAP Labels are applied to devices that match the search criteria. See Managing LDAP Labels.
linking
See appliance linking .
Localization component
A appliance component that enables you to choose the language to use for the Command Line Console, Administrator Console, and User Console. See Configuring locale settings.
Locally Cataloged applications
Applications that are not in the official version of the Software Catalog, but that have been added to the local version on the appliance, are referred to as Locally Cataloged applications. Locally Cataloged applications can be metered, marked as Not Allowed, and associated with License assets. See About Locally Cataloged applications.
Log Enablement Package
Log Enablement Packages (LEPs) enable performance threshold monitoring and monitoring for applications such as Exchange, Internet Information Services (IIS), and so on, for servers. In the Log Enablement Packages list page, Quest publishes a base set of Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor (PerfMon) templates and non-Windows open-source Perl scripts, so that users can extend their monitoring capability and identify system and application performance issues. Monitoring on the appliance works without these additional templates and scripts, but the profiles that are created from the templates and scripts are helpful if users want to do performance threshold monitoring. See Configuring application and threshold monitoring with Log Enablement Packages.
logs

See Search the scripting logs.

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