Changing the Administration Server for client devices

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You can change the Administration Server that manages client devices to a different Server using the Change Administration Server task. After the task completion, the selected client devices will be put under the management of the Administration Server that you specify.

You cannot use the Change Administration Server task for client devices connected to Administration Server through connection gateways. For such devices you have to either reconfigure Network Agent or reinstall Network Agent and specify connection gateway.

To change the Administration Server that manages client devices to a different Server:

1. In the main menu, go to Assets (Devices) → Tasks.
2. Click Add.

   The New task wizard starts. Proceed through the wizard by using the Next button.

3. At the New task settings step of the wizard, specify the following settings:
   1. In the Application drop-down list, select Open Single Management Platform.
   2. In the Task type field, select Change Administration Server.
   3. In the Task name field, specify the name for the task that you are creating.

      A task name cannot be more than 100 characters long and cannot include any special characters ("*<>?\:|).

   4. Select devices to which the task will be assigned:
      • Assign task to an administration group

        The task is assigned to devices included in an administration group. You can specify one of the existing groups or create a new one.

        For example, you may want to use this option to run a task of sending a message to users if the message is specific for devices included in a specific administration group.

        If a task is assigned to an administration group, the Security tab is not displayed in the task properties window because group tasks are subject to the security settings of the groups to which they apply.

      • Specify device addresses manually or import addresses from a list

        You can specify DNS names, IP addresses, and IP subnets of devices to which you want to assign the task.

        You may want to use this option to execute a task for a specific subnet. For example, you may want to install a certain application on devices of accountants or to scan devices in a subnet that is probably infected.

      • Assign task to a device selection

        The task is assigned to devices included in a device selection. You can specify one of the existing selections.

        For example, you may want to use this option to run a task on devices with a specific operating system version.

4. At the Task scope step of the wizard, specify an administration group, devices with specific addresses, or a device selection.
5. At this step of the wizard, confirm that you agree to the terms of changing the Administration Server for client devices.
6. At this step of the wizard, select the Administration Server that you want to use to manage the selected devices:
   • Change to another primary Administration Server

     To move client devices to another primary Administration Server, specify the following Administration Server connection settings:

     1. In the Administration Server address field, specify the address of the new primary Administration Server.
     2. In the Port number field, specify the port number to connect to Administration Server.

        The default port number is 14000.

     3. In the SSL port field, specify the number of the SSL port on the primary Administration Server.

        The default port number is 13000.

     4. If necessary, enable the Use proxy server option.

        If this option is disabled, direct connection is used to connect the device to the Administration Server.

        If this option is enabled, specify the proxy server parameters:

        • Proxy server address
        • Proxy server port

        If your proxy server requires authentication, in the User name and Password fields, specify the credentials of the account under which connection to the proxy server is established. We recommend that you specify the credentials of an account that has minimum privileges required only for the proxy server authentication.

     5. If necessary, upload a new Administration Server certificate.
   • Change to another virtual Server on this primary Server

     Select this option to move client devices to virtual Administration Server on the current primary Administration Server. To do this, in the Name of virtual Administration Server drop-down list, select the necessary virtual Administration Server.

7. At the Selecting an account to run the task step of the wizard, specify the account settings:
   • Default account

     The task will be run under the same account as the application that performs this task.

     By default, this option is selected.

   • Specify account

     Fill in the Account and Password fields to specify the details of an account under which the task is run. The account must have sufficient rights for this task.

     • Account

       Account under which the task is run.

     • Password

       Password of the account under which the task will be run.

8. If you want to change the default task settings, at the Finish task creation step of the wizard, enable the Open task details when creation is complete option.

   If you do not enable this option, the task is created with the default settings. You can change the default settings later, at any time.

9. Click the Finish button.

   The task is created and displayed in the list of tasks.

10. Click the name of the created task to open the task properties window.
11. If you want to change the default task settings, in the task properties window, specify the general task settings according to your needs.
12. Click the Save button.

    The task is created and configured.

13. Run the created task.

After the task is completed, the client devices for which it was created are put under the management of the Administration Server specified in the task settings.