Goverlan can detect the logged-in workstations of your users in real-time. To query the logged-in workstations of a user, double-click on the Logged-in Workstations icon. Once the logged-in workstations are displayed, you can also expand on any one of them and select the type of information needed. A set of features are also available through the context sensitive menu.
Tip: If you need to work on the selected machine from within the Computers Tab View, select Set focus in Machines View from the context sensitive menu and Goverlan will automatically open the Machines View and set the focus on that machine << click to see figure >>.
The detection of logged-in workstations is not a native feature provided by Windows NT or Active Directory. Goverlan has a proprietary search engine which has been designed to work with the largest number of configurations possible. However, this feature has a set of prerequisites to function properly.
Goverlan Agents - Detection is done by querying specific information from proprietary data files generated by the Goverlan Agents. Therefore, you won't be able to detect logged-in workstations until your machines are equipped with the Goverlan Agents.
User Roaming Profiles or Central Data Repository - Goverlan uses the roaming profile path of user accounts to store and querying proprietary data. If your user accounts are not configured with a roaming profile, you must configure a Goverlan Central Data Repository or this feature will not work.
DFS / Terminal Services Roaming Profiles - If your users are configured with a roaming profile which points to a DFS share or if your users are configured with a Terminal Services Profile path, you must enable a set of options. See Working_with_DFS_&_Terminal_Services_Profiles
If a user’s logged-in workstation is not detected, you can manually add a workstation name to the user (see the next section). See also: Understanding the Detection of User's Logged-in Computers
If the automatic detection of logged-in computers cannot be used, you need to manually insert the assigned computer to a user account. To do so, select the Logged-in Workstations icon of a user, right click on the mouse and select Manually insert a computer to user... This feature can also be activated by pressing the [Insert] key from the keyboard.
Enter the computer name or IP address and click on OK. Goverlan automatically checks if the user is indeed logged-into the specified machine. If the user was not found to be logged-in on the specified machine, Goverlan displays a warning message.
Goverlan can remember user assigned computers so that it is automatically inserted the next time you double click on the Logged-in Workstations icon of the user. If you do not want Goverlan to remember the inserted computer object, disable the Remember this computer for this user option.
To view the assigned computer cache, click on the View / modify cache link.
Use the cache manager window to view and update the assigned computer cache. Note: Only one computer can be entered for a user.
Note: The Machine Cache is stored in XML format in a file called GovUMACcache.dat located in the C:\Document And Settings\USERID\Application Data\Goverlan directory of your profile.