Redirect CurrentWare Clients to another CurrentWare Server

Redirect CurrentWare Clients to another CurrentWare Server

For the redirect feature to work, the PCs must be turned on. PCs that are not online will not retroactively update when turned on at a later time.

#1 – Redirect Clients From One Server to Another (Push)

This option is mainly for moving existing clients installed to a new CurrentWare server location. You can use this option in the case of upgrading or decommissioning an existing CurrentWare server.

  1. Log into your CurrentWare Web Console
  2. Select Tools from the left hand menu
  3. Go to Redirect Clients
  4. From the Redirect Clients dropdown choose “From this server to another server”
  5. Enter the new server name (IP or Hostname)
  6. Select the PC(s) you want to transfer over.
  7. Press the Redirect button at the bottom.
  8. It may take a couple minutes for your machines to move over.

#2 – Redirect Clients From the CurrentWare Console (Pull)

This option will attempt to hit all or selected endpoints on your network and check if there is a CurrentWare client to change the server pointer.

  1. Log into your CurrentWare Web Console
  2. Select Tools from the left hand menu
  3. Go to Redirect Clients
  4. From the Redirect Clients dropdown choose “To This Computer”
  5. Enter your client password. Default = Admin
  6. From the dropdown select to move all PCs or to enter specific PCs
  7. Press the Redirect button at the bottom.
  8. It may take a couple minutes for your machines to move over.

#3 – Run a command line

This is the command line that allows you to reconfigure the CurrentWare Client to connect to another CurrentWare Server. The command line can be made into a batch file. It can be run from your remote control tools. It can be made into a log on script for your group policy.

For 64-bit computers:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wcsystck\cwClient.exe -p Admin -ds 192.168.1.11

For 32-bit computers:

C:\Windows\system32\wcsystck\cwClient.exe -p Admin -ds 192.168.1.11
  • Replace Admin with your CurrentWare Client password (Admin is the default password)
  • Replace 192.168.1.11 with the new CurrentWare Server IP address or computer name.

#4 – Redirect the CurrentWare Clients Locally

If your clients are not connecting to the console even after you redirected them in the previous steps, you can try to redirect the clients locally.

  1. Go to the client workstation.
  2. Go to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wcsystck\
  3. Double click on cwagent.exe.
  4. Put in the client password (default password is Admin).
  5. Click on Server Settings.
  6. Modify the Server name to the IP address or computer name of the new CurrentWare Server.

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