The Windows Agent Control window allows you to control the Operations Sentinel Windows Agent running on managed Windows systems. You can assign a different filter policy to the agent installed on each Windows system. You can also enable or disable all events coming from the agent.
The Windows Agent Control window has a row for each Windows system on which you have installed and activated the Operations Sentinel Windows Agent software. Click a row to select a system for further action. Double-click a row to select a filter policy for the system displayed in that row (or click Select Filter Policy on the Edit menu).
Both Operations Sentinel administrators and users can use the Windows Agent Control window.
Columns in the Windows Agent Control Window
The columns in this window are
| Determines whether the Windows Agent on the managed system is configured to send events to Operations Sentinel. The value is either
To change the value of Enabled for the systems you have selected, click Enable Agent(s) or Disable Agent(s) on the Edit menu. | |
| Host | Identifies the Windows system on which the Windows Agent is installed and activated to report events to Operations Sentinel. This system name is determined when the agent is installed and cannot be changed using this window. |
| Identifies the filter policy assigned to the agent running on the Windows system. To change the assigned filter policy, click the desired system row and click Select Filter Policy on the Edit menu. | |
| Indicates whether the filter policy and Enabled value shown for the system are currently being used by the agent on that system. Possible values are Yes and No. To change the value of Current from No to Yes, click Update Selected Agent(s) or Update All Agents on the File menu. |
File Menu Items
The items in this menu are
Refresh
Update Selected Agents
Update All Agents
Exit
Edit Menu Items
Select Fi lter Policy
Enable Agent(s)
Disable Agent(s)
Remove Row