A Core server is the center of a management domain.
LANDesk Management Suite consists of one or more Core servers, a console (user interface), a Web server (for browser-based access to administrative functions), a Core database and a Core Rollup database.
Impressively, LANDesk's agent watcher restarted the agents on the clients when, for example, "power users" attempted to end the agent processes on a client machine. For Windows 95 and 98, we used login script entries, while for other clients (Mac OS X, Linux), we directed local network administrators to visit each client to run the agent install tool. LANDesk Management Suite efficiently and accurately discovered our network and deployed agents to our Windows NT/XP/2000/2003/Vista clients via an easy-to-use wizard-guided console push operation.
LANDesk's Host Intrusion Prevention System did an adequate but not perfect job of alerting us to the external threats. Management Suite correctly identified and quarantined the desktop PCs whose OS patches we'd deliberately made out-of-date. LANDesk Management Suite also includes a feature called DHCP Network Access Control ( NAC), which integrated closely with Cisco devices' NAC implementations on our network. LANDesk's security score reflects our belief that it should work with these other tools, too. The LANDesk antimalware tool thwarted 90% of the miscreants we threw at it, but most enterprises already have antimalware tools they rely on. In terms of security measures, LANDesk Management Suite monitored, updated and configured LANDesk's own antimalware component, but, unfortunately, LANDesk doesn't support the monitoring and configuring of third-party antimalware tools. It correctly and easily monitored our software licenses. Backing out service packs and security patches was similarly easy. Operating system upgrades, service pack installations and security patch deployments were a breeze, with wizards guiding us unerringly along the way. LANDesk Management Suite successfully delivered and configured application software packages (either initial installs or patch updates) to Windows, Linux and Macintosh clients. The remote control feature gave us seamless, transparent access to any desktop machine in the organization. In addition to finding standard desktops, these scans detected VMware-based virtual machines on the network, but otherwise Management Suite did not offer any support for virtual clients or servers, which is becoming a growing concern in most enterprise networks. Its asset inventory scans were quick, accurate and unobtrusive. Plus, the LANDesk Management Suite's support for diverse platforms was superb. LANDesk gave us virtually everything we wanted in a client management product – and more.
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