Repetitive Tasks and Multiple Operations

Hyena contains a number of functions that can perform repetitive operations. The listing below explains where to find and access these functions. Note that all of these functions must be performed by selecting information in Hyena’s right list window, since this is the only window from which multiple items can be selected at the same time.  In some cases, the feature listed below will be found on the More Functions sub-menu.

Service Control Functions – Hyena supports multi-computer modification of service startup information, starting/stopping a service, and service installation.

Event Viewing – Hyena allows viewing all events or a particular series of events from multiple computers at the same time.

Viewing Drive Space – To view the drive space information for multiple computers, first display the computers in the right list window, select the computers whose disk space you want to display, right click, and select the Drive Space option.

Viewing / Disconnecting Sessions – Sessions can be viewed and disconnected on multiple computers at the same time by selecting the computers in the right list window, right clicking, and selecting the View Sessions option.

Shutting down computers – Hyena can initiate system shutdowns on multiple computers at the same time. Display the computers for a domain in the right list window, select the computers to shutdown/reboot, right click, and select the Shutdown… menu option.

Viewing computers from multiple domains – To view the computers from multiple domains in the right list window, first add the domains to Hyena’s list through the File->Add Domain option. Then, expand the Enterprise object located towards the bottom of the left tree window, and double-click on All Computers. Select the appropriate type(s) and Hyena will then display all of the computers matching the query in the right list window.

Exporting - Hyena can export information from a list of selected objects.  For more information, see the Exporting topic.

Multiple-user modification – Properties for multiple users can be modified at the same time.

Adding global group / user to specified local group – Hyena supports adding a designated global group or user to a specific local group on multiple computers at the same time. To access this function, select the computers in the right list window, and select More Functions->Add Member to Local Group.

Setting password on account on multiple computers – To set the password on a designated account on multiple computers, select the computers in the right list window, and select More Functions->Set Account Password.

Logged On Users - Hyena can view the current interactively logged on user for multiple machines.  Note that this may take some time if a large number of computers are selected, since the registry on each selected computer must be accessed.

Scheduled Jobs / Adding Remote Jobs - Hyena supports displaying, removing, and adding jobs to one or more computers at the same time.

Executing WMI Queries - Hyena can execute any WMI query on one or more computers at the same time, which provides for a way to manage or view information in any WMI class across multiple computers.