Configuring Probe Deployment

IMPORTANT  No tabs display unless a domain row in the upper panel is selected. At least one agent must be installed on a domain computer to see its domain row displayed in the upper panel.

  1. Click the Discovery > Domains > Domain Watch > Probe Deploymenttab.
  2. Select the row of the Domain Name in the upper panel you want to configure.
    • The Probe Status displays Word 80% / HTML 100% Un-installed.
    • Domain machines with Kaseya agents installed on them display in the lower panel.
    • Initially you may only see a single domain computer with a Kaseya agent installed on it displayed in the lower pane. As agents are automatically installed on other domain computers using Discovery policies, these domain computers will all be displayed in the lower pane.
  3. Select one of the machines in the lower panel.
    • Click the enabled Install button in the lower panel.
  4. The first thing the Install dialog asks you to enter is a credential. Discovery requires a domain credential authorized to perform the following types of updates:
    • Create a GPO for the purpose of storing Kaseya install packages
    • Reset a password
    • Enable or disable a user account
    • Must have administrator level permissions to the assigned probe machine (either locally through the built-in Administrators group OR as a Domain Admin)

      NOTE   A domain administrator credential provides the necessary authorization.

  5. Click the Verify and Set Credentials button.
    • If the credential is valid, the dialog displays a second Install button.
  6. Optionally filter the scan performed by the probe machine using the Filter String. Useful for large domains. Use distinguished name notation. For example, CN=Users,DC=myDomain,DC=com

    NOTE   Semicolon can be used to separate multiple OUs, for example: CN=OU1,DC=myDomain,DC=com;CN=OU2,DC=myDomain,DC=com.

  7. The Install dialog asks you to specify a unique VSA organization for each domain integrated with Discovery.
    • When agents are installed on machines for this domain, the machine ID accounts created in the VSA become members of this organization.
    • When user records or staff records are created in the VSA for this domain, they are associated with the organization you select.
    • After the install, the association with the organization cannot be changed without Uninstalling the Probe and Detaching the Org. This prevents creating duplicate users, staff and computer records in multiple organizations.
  8. Click the Install button in the dialog. The dialog closes.
    • Discovery probe components are installed on the agent machine.
    • After the install, the probe agent automatically begins "harvesting" a preview of all folders and items in the domain concerning the OU/container hierarchy, computers, contacts, groups and users. No detailed information is requested. The preview populates the Policies tabs with this summary data.
    • The Probe Status displays Word 80% / HTML 100% Previewing while harvesting the data. This can take several minutes. Use the Refresh button to update the page. Refreshing of the page is not done automatically.
    • When the preview is complete, the Probe Status icon displays Word 80% / HTML 100% Installed.
    • Notice that the Org Id and Org Name for the domain network is now shows the organization you selected.