Remote configuration via the BMC Defender web interface

To execute a remote configuration operation at the BMC Defender web interface, you might first need to enable remote configuration by accessing the Device Information screen for the host device. You can accomplish it by clicking on the target device hyperlink (found in various locations within BMC Defender, in particular in the Messages > Device tab).

To enable remote configuration, on the BMC Defender Device Information screen, you click the Edit Device Info hyperlink and set the value of Enable Remote Config Editor to be Yes, and commit the data. This causes a new Edit Remote Config link to appear on the Device Information screen whenever it is accessed. Clicking the Edit Remote Config hyperlink will download the remote configuration, permit editing, and uploading of this data.

When you click on the Edit Remote Config hyperlink, the BMC Defender Remote Configuration Editor screen downloads the remote configuration and displays an edit dialog that permits you to modify and upload the data back to the CO-sysmsg.exe process. This Remote Configuration Editor screen is as follows:

As shown in the screen, you make changes to the remote configuration and can check the information or upload the information back to the remotely executing CO-sysmsg.exe program.

Clicking Upload automatically initiates a check of the data. The data cannot be uploaded if any errors are encountered. You can also manually check the data before uploading via Check.