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Goverlan has a flexible user interface organized into sections and panels which you can easily re-arrange according to your needs. The interface will also adjust to your current feature selection so that only the relevant commands are displayed at any time, allowing for an uncluttered interface.
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The Ribbon Bar displays the available actions for the current contents. The available tabs and buttons change based on the currently focused view.
You can configure the Ribbon Bar to automatically minimize itself by clicking on the Show/Hide Ribbon Bar button or by double-clicking on any tab.
You can change the color style and the font size for the interface by using the user interface settings button at the right of the application title bar.
Use the Feature Selector to switch from one feature to another. Note: Switching to another feature doesn't close or reset the previous feature, the current state of a feature is always preserved.
| Administration & Diagnostic |
| Use this feature to globally manage and configure your user account settings of your machines, generate extensive reports or detect objects with a particular configuration. |
| Click on this button to start the Goverlan Remote Control feature. The Remote Control feature allows you to remotely view a machine's screen and control its mouse and keyboard. |
| Click on this button to start the WMIX feature. WMIX allows you to perform sophisticated remote administration using Microsoft's Windows Management Instrumentation technology without scripting. You can also use this feature to automatically generate WMI scripts or queries. |
The Remote Control and WMIX features are links to external programs. When you select these features, a new instance of the respective program is started. There are other ways to start the Remote Control or WMIX features. For instance, you can start them for a particular remote machine while using the Administration & Diagnostics features (show me where).
Goverlan offers a set of sub-features which can be started independently from the main program. Single-click on a sub-feature to start it.
| Task Manager - Open the Goverlan Task Manager to monitor and control the running processes and performance counters on a local or remote machine. |
| Run As - Start a program on a remote machine. |
| Remote Console - Open a Remote Console window on a local or remote machine. |
| Wake On LAN - Send a Wake On LAN call for an IP address. |
| IP Scanner - Scan an IP segment for machines. |
| Send Popup Message - Send a popup message to a single or set of machines. |
| Chat - Open a chat session with a single or set of machines. |
Goverlan also provides an External Tools area which gives access to frequently used tools. Use this area to configure shortcuts to your favorite external tools so that they can be quickly accessed from Goverlan. Once an external tool is configured, simply double-click on it to open it.
Right-click on the External Tools title bar and select Add Tool.
Enter the Display Name and program path and click on OK.
Right-click on the shortcut to modify or remove.
Select Properties to modify the shortcut.
Select Remove this Tool to remove the shortcut.
The Search panel is the quickest way to access the remote administration features available for a user, machine or group. This feature is capable of searching for a single active directory domain, or an entire forest for objects with a specified string, or which matches the selected search template. Once the objects have been found, you can administer them straight from the Result window, or ask Goverlan to set the focus to the object in the Administration & Diagnostics feature.
For more information about the Search panel, see Searching and Selecting Objects.
The Console window displays information, warning and error messages as you are working with Goverlan. The Console window is capable of receiving information messages from the Management Console and also from the Remote Control and WMIX programs.
The type of information displayed in the console it solely dependent on the tasks currently being executed within Goverlan. For instance, if Goverlan updates the Goverlan Agents on a remote machine it will display the version number of the old agents as well as the version number of the new agents being installed. If an error occurs, extended error information is displayed in the console window.
The amount of information displayed in this console is extensive and is meant to help you troubleshoot potential problems you may have with a specific Goverlan action. The contents of the console window are also very useful to our support team when assisting you. Remember to always email the console window's contents when requesting support.
