Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

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NetWorker host management

The Hosts window on the NetWorker Administration window provides you with the ability to manage NetWorker hosts in the datazone.

The following figure provides an example of the Hosts window.

Host window — Figure 1. Hosts window

The Hosts window contains a taskbar and two window panels, the summary panel and a task monitoring panel.

The information that appears in summary panel changes based on the task option that you select on the taskbar. The following table provides an overview of the information that appears in the summary panel when you select a task on the taskbar.

Table 1. Summary pane
Selected Task	Summary panel description	Summary panel column description
Active Hosts	Hosts pane—Displays a list of NetWorker hosts in the datazone that have an associated Client resource in active state on the NetWorker server.	Hostname—The name of the NetWorker host as it appears in the Name attribute of the NetWorker Client resource. It can also be the FQDN. The FQDN of a NetWorker Client can contain up to 255 characters. For more information, see NetWorker Client FQDN compliant with RFC 1123. OS—The operating system of the client as it appears in the OS attribute of the NetWorker Client resource. The operating system attribute appears blank until you have performed one successful backup operation for the host or performed an inventory operation. NetWorker version—The version of the NetWorker software on the host. This attribute appears blank until you have performed one successful backup operation for the host.
Software Inventory	Software pane—Displays information about the NetWorker software that is installed on active hosts in datazone. The information that appears in this view is based on information that is gathered during the last inventory operation. You can only run an inventory operation after you add software into the software repository.	Hostname—The name of the NetWorker host. OS—The operating system of the host. OS Platform—The operating system architecture of the host. Package name—The names of the NetWorker packages that are installed on the host that you can use Package Manager to upgrade. Version—The version of the detected NetWorker software. Upgrade available—Displays Yes when the software repository contains a version of the NetWorker software that you can upgrade on the client.
Software Repository	Repository pane—Displays information about the NetWorker packages that are contained in the NetWorker software repository.	Software—The name of the NetWorker software in the software repository. Version—The version of the NetWorker software package. Package Name—The name of the NetWorker package. OS—The operating system for the package. OS Platform—The OS architecture for the package. Size—The size of the NetWorker package.

The NetWorker Update Guide describes how to use the Software Inventory and Software Repository panes to update the NetWorker software on active hosts.

The task monitoring panel is always visible for each task option. A splitter separates the task monitoring panel from the summary panel. You can click and move the splitter to resize the task monitoring panel.

The task monitoring panel contains three window panes:

Software Operations—Displays status information about operations that are performed for each task option.
Log—Displays the most recent notification logs for the NetWorker server.
Alerts—Displays alerts that are generated by a NetWorker server.

Monitoring NetWorker Server activities in the Administration window provides detailed information about the Log and Alerts window panes.