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The computers that have been added to the system are broadly classified and displayed based on their operating systems as Windows and Linux groups. You can view all the computers in the setup from : Systems tab » All Systems link
Visit Systems tab » Windows link on the left. The table on the right, displays the list of Windows machines including the machine(s) that you added. Details like the IP Address of the system, Display name, the OS language (column disabled by default, enable from Edit Column option), the mode of operation (Remote), its operating system type and version number are also displayed.
Visit Systems tab » Red Hat link on the left. The table on the right, displays the list of Red Hat machines including the machine(s) that you added. Details like the IP Address of the system, Display name, the mode of operation (Remote), its operating system type and version number are also displayed.
Visit Systems tab » Debian link on the left. The table on the right, displays the list of Debian machines including the machine(s) that you added. Details like the IP Address of the system, Display name, the mode of operation (Remote), its operating system type and version number are also displayed.
Click on the 
icon in the menu option that appears on mouse-over 
icon against the system name, to add or view user comments. Comments
provided by a user or administrator about a particular system, can be viewed
here. Existing comments can be edited or new comments can be included. This
option can be used to specify any information about the patching status,
vulnerability status or health of a system.
From the Systems list table you can view the System Groups to which each system has been associated. In order to do this, you will need to enable the 'Groups' column in the 'Edit Column Settings' option in this view (column is disabled by default). If the system is present in multiple groups, the group names will be comma separated.
Computers that have agents installed will automatically be added to the setup and will be displayed in these views based on the operating system type. The 'Mode' column in the table will be 'Agent'.
The operational state of the PatchQuest agent in the target system i.e. if it is running or it is shutdown (offline) can be seen from the Systems screen. The 'running' state of the Agent is displayed as a green arrow in the Mode column of the table. If the agent is shutdown or offline or if the target system itself is down, the 'offline' state is displayed by a red arrow.
The PatchQuest agent sends an intimation to the PatchQuest server about its operational state, which is maintained in the server. Say, if a shutdown request is sent to the agent in the target machine, before shutting down it the Server will receive a notification and display the state of the agent accordingly.
An agent that is running in a version older than 4.2.0.1 (version 2.0) will show up as an Incompatible Agent. When you see this status, you will need to uninstall this agent and reinstall and start the latest agent (from the 'Download Agent' link in the Home tab) in the respective systems.
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