R-Studio Agent

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R-Studio Agent should be installed on a network computer to enable R-Studio access to its drives. R-Studio Agent should be registered.

If, due to file system crash, the network computer where you are going to recover your data cannot start, you may use R-Studio Agent Emergency to start the computer.

Attention Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 users: R-Studio Agent should be installed under an administrator account.

When installed, R-Studio Agent starts automatically and runs as a service. To configure it, R-Studio Agent should be started again manually.

The following switches are available:

-?

evokes a help screen;

-install

installs R-Studio Agent as a service

-remove

removes R-Studio Agent services

-console

starts R-Studio Agent as a console application

Started without a switch, R-Studio Agent runs as a GUI application and its icon appears on the taskbar tray. In this mode, it can be configured and its log may be viewed.

Simply connect to the remote computer providing a desired password for R-Studio Agent in the Connect to Remote Computer dialog box. R-Studio checks if there is R-Studio Agent running on this computer. If not, a Can't connect... message will appear.

Click the Yes button, and R-Studio will remotely install R-Studio Agent.

Attention Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 users: R-Studio Agent may be remotely installed over a network from a computer running Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 to another computer running Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. To do so, you must have administrator accounts on both computers.

To access the R-Studio Agent main panel,

Click its tray icon
ÜThe main panel will appear. You may view its log

R-Studio Agent main panel

To configure R-Studio Agent,

Right-click its tray icon and select Configure
Specify required parameters on the Please configure R-Studio Agent dialog box and click the OK button

Please configure R-Studio Agent dialog box

R-Studio Agent Options

Password:

Enter a password to obtain access to this computer from a network.

Re-Enter:

Re-enter the password.

Accepted Protocols

Pipes

supported by Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 only. To improve security, this option should be disabled.

TCP/IP

supported by any network OS.

Port

port for incoming connections

Accepted IP Addresses

IP Address

specifies addresses from which this computer can be accessed.

Subnet Mask

specifies subnet mask of the network from which this computer can be accessed.

ÜR-Studio Agent will now run with the specified parameters