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 21.3 for BMC Helix Operations Management.

Applying the configuration to a PATROL Agent

After you have modified the configuration displayed in the main window, you can apply the configuration to a remote PATROL Agent to update the PATROL Agent's configuration.

Some of the variables require the PATROL Agent to be reinitialized before they take effect. For information about when changes to configuration variables take effect, see When changes to the configuration take effect.

Before you begin

Before you begin to apply a configuration to an PATROL Agent, ensure that you have completed the following prerequisites:

To apply a remote agent's configuration

  1. Perform one of the following actions:
    • Select Tools > Apply Configuration.
    • Click the Apply Configuration toolbar button.
       The Apply Configuration dialog box is displayed. The dialog box is initialized using the values from the last agent communication.

      Apply Configuration dialog box
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  2. Specify the host name of the remote agent and the port and protocol to use when establishing the connection.
  3. Click OK.

The configuration for the PATROL Agent is updated.