Adding Exchange server hosts to the PATROL Console

After you install PATROL for Exchange Servers, you must identify the Exchange server hosts that you want to monitor by adding them to the PATROL console. Use the console connection account when adding new hosts to your PATROL console. For more information about the console connection account, see Accounts

PATROL Console connection account

In order to perform Exchange administrative tasks through PATROL for Exchange Servers, you must meet the permission requirements of an Exchange Administrator. For security purposes, PATROL for Exchange Servers validates the PATROL Console connection account for Exchange administrator privileges, which the PATROL Agent uses to carry out administrative menu commands. If the user account does not have Exchange Administrator privileges, PATROL for Exchange Servers displays a dialog box requesting an account that is authorized as an Exchange Administrator. This account is used to perform the task on the host computer from the console. The console connection account can be modified anytime while PATROL for Exchange Servers is in use and no account reconfiguration is required. The PATROLConsole connection account information is located at the host. Open the Customize Properties window and click the Security folder tab for access to the connection account.

To add Exchange server hosts to the PATROL Console for Microsoft Windows

1. From the PATROL Console menu, on the host that you want to add, select Hosts > Add.
2. Specify the following information for the host that you want to add:
   1. Host name
   2. Computer class
   3. Connection mode (operator or developer)
   4. Network communication protocol
   5. Port number
   6. Enter the user name and password for the host and confirm the password.

   7. If necessary, select the Copy Global Persistent Filteroption to apply a filter to the host.

      Note

      Before adding hosts, confirm that a PATROL Agent must be running on these hosts.

3. Click Apply.
   The host appears in the PATROL console. PATROL loads the KMs associated with the server type that you selected during the installation. The .kml files associated with the server types are shown in PATROL for Exchange Servers KML files.
4. Repeat step 2 and step 3 to add additional computers.
5. Click OK.
6. From the PATROL console menu, select File > Save KM and then File > Save Configuration.

To add Exchange server hosts to the PATROL Console for UNIX

1. In the PATROL console main window, select Host > Add from the menu bar.
   The Add Computer dialog box is displayed.
2. Specify the following information for the host that you want to add:
   1. Host name
   2. Computer class
   3. Connection mode (operator or developer)
   4. Network communication protocol
   5. Port number
   6. If necessary, select the Copy Global Persistent Filter option to apply a filter to the host.
3. Click Apply.
   The PATROL console creates and saves a computer icon for the computer in the main window.
4. Repeat step 2 and step 3 to add additional computers.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

To add Exchange server hosts to the PATROL Central Operator - Windows Edition console

1. If the Add Managed Systems wizard is not displayed, click the Add Managed Systems icon in the Common Tasks tab of the PATROL Central Operator Taskpad.
2. To start the wizard, click Next.
3. Select the check boxes for the managed systems that you want to monitor and click Next.
4. Click Finish.

To add Exchange server hosts to the PATROL Central Operator - Web Edition console

1. On the PATROL Central Operator General Tasks page, click Add Managed Systems.
   The Selecting Managed Systems page of the Add Managed Systems wizard is displayed.
2. From the list of discovered systems, select the managed systems that you want to monitor and click Next.
3. Click Finish.