Selecting an agent
The Agent Selection page allows you to configure conditions to select BMC PATROL Agents based on the following properties, and the policy is applied on the selected agents.
Property | Description |
|---|---|
Agent Host Name | Host name of the computer on which the BMC PATROL Agent is installed. Note: The argument to each matches property should be a strict regular expression. |
Agent Port | Port number through which the BMC PATROL Agent listens for incoming connections from the BMC PATROL Console. You can use port numbers only from 1025 to 65535. |
Agent Version | Version of the BMC PATROL Agent. |
Agent Operating System | Operating system of the computer on which the BMC PATROL Agent is installed. |
Agent IP Address | IP address of the computer on which the BMC PATROL Agent is installed. If you select the Agent IP Address in the range condition, only IPv4 range is supported. |
Agent Tag | Tag applied on the BMC PATROL Agent. |
BMC ProactiveNet Integration Service | Display name of the BMC ProactiveNet Integration Service. |
BMC ProactiveNet Server | Host name of the BMC ProactiveNet Server that is registered with Central Monitoring Administration. |
You can set multiple conditions and also group the conditions to identify the agents.
To select an agent or multiple agents
- On the Agent Selection page, select a property.
- Select an operator to create the condition. The available operators depend on the property that you select.
- Type a search entry to select the BMC PATROL Agents.
- (Optional) To add more than one condition, click the
button, and perform step 1 and step 3.
A new condition is added to the page. - (Optional) To group the conditions, use the following parentheses and Boolean operators from their corresponding lists:
- (
- ((
- (((
- )
- ))
- )))
- AND
- OR
- (Optional) To remove any existing condition, click the
button. - Click Next to add configurations to the policy.
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