6.7 Configuring Agent Properties

You can configure individual Windows agent properties if necessary, including buffering, service checking, event collection, communication failure handling, and response handling parameters, among others.

You can also modify the Global Settings used by all Windows agents in your configuration group. For more information about modifying Global Settings, see Configuring Global Settings.

NOTE:If you modify settings in the Communications, Buffering, Temporary Storage, Response Handling, or Advanced tabs, Agent Manager automatically restarts the Agent Manager service on all affected agent computers.

To configure individual Windows agent properties:

  1. Log on to the Agent Manager Console computer using an account that is a member of the OnePointOp ConfgAdms group.

  2. Start the Agent Manager Console in the NetIQ Sentinel Agent Manager program group.

  3. In the left pane, expand Agent Manager Agent Manager Console, and then expand Configuration.

  4. Click central computers.

  5. In the right pane, click the central computer for the agent you want to configure.

  6. On the Action menu, click Properties.

  7. On the Managed Computers tab, click the computer with the agent you want to configure.

  8. Click Settings.

  9. Specify the appropriate values on the Properties tabs. For more information about the fields on a window, click Help.

  10. Click OK.