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Address Books

Address books contain and maintain information about computers and computer groups to which users connect. An entry in an address book displays the name of the remote host computer, the protocol used to connect, the address, and the user's credentials if the address book is a local address book (LAB). In a centrally managed environment, address books created by the system administrator are downloaded to Remote Control viewer users to populate the global address book (GAB). Remote Control viewer users cannot modify the contents of the global address book.

You can set the Global Address Book Root Group property using the Remote Control Permissions, Properties option. The computer group is added internally to the address books and all groups under it, as well as the computers in these groups. All root groups and their members build the global address book. Address books created in the DSM Explorer are downloaded to the Remote Control viewer component and populate the global address book.

In a multiple domain manager configuration, the domain manager maintains the domain address book, and the enterprise manager maintains the enterprise address book. The enterprise address book is replicated down to the domain managers and is merged with the global address book at the domain manager. The global address books of two domain managers are different; they consist of the enterprise part and their own domain part.

Note: For detailed information about importing address books and user permissions, see the