Making Computers Visible to Component Services

If you have sufficient privileges on a remote computer, you can manage its COM+ applications and monitor its transactions from the Component Services administrative tool on your own computer.

To add a remote computer to the Component Services administrative tool hierarchy

1. In the console tree of the Component Services administrative tool, right-click the Computers icon, point to New, and then click Computer.
   
   
2. In the Add Computer dialog box, type the name of the computer to add. If you do not know the name, do the following:
   1. Click the Browse button, and then click the Advanced button in the Select Computer window.
      
      
   2. Narrow the search for the computer by filling as many fields as possible under the Common Queries tab, and click Find Now to view a list of computers that meet the criteria you specified.
      
      
   3. Select a computer from the Name (RDN) list, and click OK to return to the Add Computer dialog box.
3. Click OK.

After you have added the computer to the console tree, an icon representing it appears in the details pane. Using the Component Services administrative tool, you can now manage objects on the remote computer in the same way you manage objects on the local computer.

You can also remove a remote computer from the Component Services administrative tool hierarchy.

To remove a remote computer from the Component Services administrative tool hierarchy

1. In the console tree of the Component Services administrative tool, click the Computers icon.
   
   
2. In the details pane, select the computer or computers you want to remove.
   
   
3. Press the Delete key, or alternatively, right-click the computer you want to remove and click Delete.