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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 for BMC Helix Operations Management 23.4.

Applying the changes to a PATROL Agent

Once all the changes have been added to your configuration file, you can apply them to one or more PATROL Agents by using the following procedure. The configuration utility sends the new or changed variables to the PATROL Agent. The PATROL Agent updates the change database ($<PATROL_HOME>/config/config_<hostName>-<port>).

Before you begin

Before you begin to apply the change in a change file to a PATROL Agent's configuration, make sure you have completed the following prerequisites:

Error
Warning

Take care to only apply configuration changes that you intend to change. Pay special attention to any asterisks that are displayed next to variables listed in the Variables Box of the Primary Window. An asterisk means that the variable has changed. Review all modified variables before clicking the Apply Configuration button. If you do not want to apply the change associated with a variable that is marked by an asterisk, you must delete the variable from the Variables Box before clicking the Apply Configuration button.

To apply the changes

  1. Use the up and down arrows to set the port number for the agent's host.
  2. From the list of hosts, select the hosts to be configured with this configuration. Use one of the following methods:
    • Scroll the list and click the host name of each host you want to configure.
       The selected hosts are highlighted.
    • Select Host > Select All (or use MB3 to choose Select All when the cursor is in the host name area) to select all the host names in the list.
       The selected hosts are highlighted.
  3. Click Apply Configuration at the bottom of the window.

The changes are applied, and the system displays a series of messages that show the progress of the operation.

Warning

Note

Modifying some variables require reinitializing the agent. Verify whether any variable that you have modified has this requirement. Restart the agent if this is true for one or more variables.

 

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BMC PATROL Agent 23.4