Opening Host Files

After you have uploaded Local Configuration files to the knowledge base (see Uploading Local Configuration Files), and installed these files on managed hosts (see Distributing Local Files), you can access the files from the hosts. This feature allows you to view, edit, and save-as the content of files on remote hosts, directly on their hosts.

Make sure that:

• The file is installed on the managed host

• The managed host is online

• The managed host is not busy with a job

To Access a File from a Remote Host

1. Log in with full permissions or as the admin user.

2. From the drop-down list in the tool bar, select a distribution-architecture.

   The Components list shows Local components applied to the selected distribution.

3. Select a host. You can view files from only one host at a time.

4. From the Components list, select Local/Configuration files/[category]/file declaration.

   The Configuration files on the knowledge base are versions for knowledge base organization. Select the File Declaration to point to the installed file on the remote host.

   Local

   -->Configuration Files

   ---->[category]

   ------>File Declaration (path name of file on host)

   -------->File version (on knowledge base)

5. Do one of the following:

   • From the tool bar, click the Open Host File button.

   • Right-click the File Declaration and choose Local -> Open -> Open Host File.

   • From the Components menu, choose Local -> Open -> Open Host File.

     The Remote File Editor window opens. Wait until the contents of the remote file are uploaded and displayed.

6. Change the text as needed.

7. Do one of the following:

   • Click Cancel, to close the file without changing it.

   • Click Save As, to save a copy of the file, with any changes included. The Save As window opens, from where you can determine the path name of the copy.

   • Click Save, to overwrite the file on the selected remote host.

     The File Editor window closes.