Important This documentation space contains information about PATROL Agents when deployed in a TrueSight Operations Management environment. If you are a BMC Helix Operations Management user, see PATROL Agent 21.02 for BMC Helix Operations Management.

Overview of xpconfig functions


The following table provides an overview of the menus and menu commands included in xpconfig:

Menus and menu commands for the xpconfig utility

Menu

Command

Description

File

Open

Creates a new 

PATROL Agent

 configuration by loading the config.default file.

Save

Saves the change file for the 

PATROL Agent

.

Save As

Saves the change file for the 

PATROL Agent

 to a name you specify.

Exit

Closes the xpconfig window.

Edit

Add

Displays the Add Variable dialog box to insert a new variable into the configuration.

Modify

Displays the Modify Variable dialog box to modify an existing variable in the configuration.

Reset to Default

Resets the selected variable to its default value.

Delete

Displays the Delete Variable dialog box to delete an existing variable from the configuration.

Select All

Selects all variables in the configuration.

Deselect All

Deselects all variables in the configuration.

Delete All

Deletes all variables in the configuration.

Host

Add

Adds a host that is not on the Hosts box.

Delete

Removes the selected host from the Hosts box.

Select All

Selects all the host names in the Hosts box.

Deselect All

Deselects all the host names in the Hosts box.

Delete All

Deletes all the host names in the Hosts box.

Options

View

Use this command to view the contents of a change file. You can search for entries while viewing the file.

Reload

Reloads the config.default file and the change file for a 

PATROL Agent

.

Purge

Removes the existing configuration from a 

PATROL Agent

 and builds a new configuration from the config.default file and the change file for the 

PATROL Agent

.

Reinitialize Agent

Displays the Reinitialize Agent dialog box to restart the 

PATROL Agent

.

Stop Agent

Displays the Kill Agent dialog box to stop the 

PATROL Agent

.

Send Defaults

Use this procedure to send a complete set of variables to the PATROL Agents to use as the defaults.

 

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