8 Agent Configuration

This topic includes the following sections

• Configuring Agent Proxy Settings

• Customizing Agent Intervals

• Initiating Agent Update

Configuring Advanced Management Console Agent Proxy Settings

You can set the Advanced Management Console agent proxy host name and port in the Agents Download sub tab of the Configuration tab. The Agents Download sub tab consists of downloadable agent bundle files (zip files).

To configure the agent proxy setting:

1. In the Advanced Management Console UI, click the Configuration tab.
2. Click Agents Download.
3. Click Edit to display the Configure AMC Agent Proxy Settings dialog.
4. Enter the following details for the agent to connect to the Advanced Management Console server:
   • Agent Proxy Host Name: Specify a proxy server host name.
   • Agent Proxy Port: Specify a proxy server port number.

     Note:

     Clearing both the Agent Proxy host name and port deletes an existing proxy setting. If there is no proxy, then the proxy host name and port details are not needed.

Configuring Agent Intervals

In the Advanced Management Console web user interface, you can set the time between regular agent actions to different values. The Advanced Management Console checks for updates to these values. When you modify the agent intervals in the Advanced Management Console UI and save the changes, a command is created with the information of the new intervals. Agents then fetch this command the next time they check for new commands and update themselves with new interval values and the new values replace the old interval values.

To configure the agent intervals:

1. In the Advanced Management Console UI, click the Configuration tab.

2. Click Agent Settings.

3. Click Edit to display the Agent Actions Interval dialog.

4. Edit any of the following values. You can either edit all of them or just the ones that you want to:

   JUT Processing Interval

   Interval for the agents to report Java Usage Tracker records to the server

   Check Command Interval

   Interval to check if the server has any commands for the agent

   Standard JRE Scan Interval

   Interval to scan Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in the standard location (For example, on Windows it is C:\Program Files\Java) and report to server

   Application JRE Scan Interval

   Interval to scan JRE under the application location (For example, on Windows it is C:\Program Files) and report to server

   LocalStorage JRE Scan Interval

   Interval to scan JREs in the entire local storage system (not targeting any particular directory) and report to server

   Agent Auto Update

   Enable or disable the agent auto update

   Agent Log File Max Size (Kb)

   Maximum agent log file size in Kb

   Number of Agent Log Files

   Maximum agent log file number during agent log rotation

   Randomize Interval

   Enable or disable randomize interval

5. Click Save.

Agent Update Initiation

The agent update initiation setting provides you with a way to influence the frequency at which agent updates are initiated or retried. This frequency can affect the load on servers and the network.

To manage the agent update initiation window:

1. In the Advanced Management Console UI, click the Configuration tab.
2. Click Agent Settings.
3. Click Edit to be able to update values under the Agent Actions Interval or Agent Update Initiation sections of the Agent Settings sub tab.
4. In the Agent Update Initiation section, enter a time period in the Agent Update Initiation Period in Hours field. The Advanced Management Console uses this time period to calculate the frequency at which the agent updates are initiated. The Example gives an estimation of how frequently the initiations occurs. The values in the Example get updated dynamically, as you update Agent Update Initiation Period in Hours. The interval between update attempts is never greater than 1 second, regardless of the period selected.
   The calculation doesn't include agents that have been offline for approximately 60 days or more.