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| Item | Description |
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| Connection | This shows the connection status of the PE Agent to SiteDeploy®. If the connection status is shown as 'Connected' then the PE Agent is communicating with SiteDeploy®. If the connection status is shown as 'Disconnected' the 'Connect' button on the right of the PE Agent can be used to connect to the SiteDeploy® Server. |
| Login | In order to access golden image stores for golden image creation and endpoint-initiated golden image deployment, the user accessing the PE Agent must authenticate against the SiteDeploy® server. You can read more about user management in this article. (Link to permissions and user management). If the current user has not authenticated, this will show 'Unauthenticated', and options in the PE Agent, that require authentication, will be disabled. |
| Server | This shows the SiteDeploy® server that the PE Agent is connected to. |
| Agent | This shows 'Recovery:X', with the X being an incrementing number for each computer that is booted using the deployment media. This recovery number will also be shown in the SiteDeploy® central management console and can be used to help identify endpoints. |
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At the bottom of the PE Agent are buttons that can be clicked to perform operations, and a brief description of what the button does:
Restore Agent
This button will initiate a guided restore of the computer if it is also being managed by Site Manager for backups:
Launch Reflect
This button will launch the rescue media version of Macrium Reflect. If the user that has authenticated in the PE Agent has the relevant permissions, a repository can be mapped in Macrium Reflect to make manual image restores easier.
(Replace Image When Fixed)
The mapped repository shares will be shown in the 'Existing Backups' tab of Macrium Reflect:
The repository can be selected from the listing of existing Site Manager repositories and then mapped to a drive a letter:
The mapped repository share is then accessible in the explorer:
This article contains more information about restoring an image using the rescue media version of Macrium Reflect.
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Selecting 'Deploy' will start an endpoint-initiated deployment. The window that opens displays a list of available golden images.
Once an image has been selected, the deployment wizard will open.
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