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SAVAdmin is a graphical management tool which makes the installation, configuration and monitoring of Sophos Anti-Virus (SAV) across a multi-server Windows network fast and controllable. It allows network administrators to deploy Sophos Anti-Virus remotely across the entire network from a single, central Windows NT/Windows 2000 machine. Installations to individual machines or all domains can be performed in one simple, user-transparent operation. Monthly updates and interim virus identity files are automatically distributed to all specified machines. In practice, a network of 1000 or more clients can be updated within 10 minutes.
SAVAdmin allows remote graphical selection of the servers, workstations and portables onto which Sophos Anti-Virus is to be installed and administered.
Central installation directories (CIDs) on a networked machine contain distribution copies of Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows. Once the CIDs have been created, all supported Windows computers (servers, workstations and portables) are installed from the CIDs. Running on a Windows NT/Windows 2000 machine, SAVAdmin allows the administrator to perform this task remotely.
When a CID is subsequently updated, all Windows machines auto-update without user or SAVAdmin intervention. Meanwhile, SAVAdmin can monitor the updates in real-time.
| Types of network supported | Any network supported by the Windows operating system and the underlying network protocols. |
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| Browsing modes | Live network browsing - locates machines within active domains. Network view - a grouping utility for computer names, allowing machines and hierarchies to be logically structured, and providing information for each entry. |
| Adding machines to group lists | Drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste from the Entire Network list. |
| Deployment technique | Minimal push and full pull technology - a proactive technique in which all networked clients take part in a global and also simultaneous installation or update. |
| Initial rollout of SAV | Supported client machines access SAV via the 'AutoUpgrade account' which has read access to SAV in the central installation directory (CID). SAV can be installed onto selected machines using the Computer menu within SAVAdmin. (Separate CIDs are required for Windows NT Intel, Windows NT Alpha and Windows 95/98/Me machines.) |
| Updating SAV using SAVAdmin | Monthly SAV updates and identity files downloaded from the web are placed in the CID, ready for automatic distribution to clients. For more details please read: Installation of virus identity (IDE) files. |
| Monitoring updates | Real-time - machines that are upgrading are marked with an updating icon. |
| Security | Uses native Windows NT/Windows 2000 security including automatic use of the Windows NT/Windows 2000 domain trust relationship; however, it uses a special network account with very few access rights and the domain supervisor's password is not required.
Any user can run SAVAdmin and view the status of SAV across the network. Administrators with appropriate rights can modify the status of the machines. Explicit log in to a single or series of machines can be used where the domain model is not available e.g. for a workgroup or a NetWare environment. SAVAdmin administers Windows 95/98/Me machines using a locally installed agent (SAVAgent) with very specific functionality limited to monitoring and configuring Sophos Anti-Virus. SAVAgent is protected by a proprietary remote access control algorithm. |
| System requirements | Windows NT/Windows 2000 Intel or Windows NT Alpha. |
| Supported clients | Windows 95/98/Me; Windows NT/Windows 2000. |
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