Configuring the Agent Failover monitor profile
This topic provides information about configuring the monitor profile for PATROL for Agent High Availability to start monitoring.
Prerequisites for configuration
- Both the primary and secondary agents must be configured to use a common virtual agent name.
- During failover configuration, the primary agent must be connected to BMC Helix Operations Management, while the secondary agent remains disconnected from BMC Helix Operations Management.
- It is recommended to use a tag-based policy configuration for the agents, ensuring that the required monitoring policy is already applied to the primary agent.
To configure the KM, set the following preferences on the Add Monitoring Configuration dialog.
Monitoring Solution | Monitor Profile | Monitor Type |
|---|---|---|
PATROL for Agent Failover | PATROL for Agent Failover | Environments |
Configuration details
Click Add button to add the FailOver Monitoring Configuration.
Field | Description |
|---|---|
FailOver Environment Settings | |
FailOver Environment Name | Enter a name to identify the failover environment configuration. |
Virtual Agent name used by Member Agents | Enter a virtual agent name utilized when setting up the PATROL_VIRTUALNAME_<port#> environment variable on both PATROL Agents responsible for data collection. |
Virtual Agent Port# used by Member Agents | Enter a virtual agent port number for configuring the PATROL_VIRTUALNAME_<port#> environment variable on both PATROL Agents involved in data collection. |
Debug Logging - located in log directory using PAW-host.kmlog | Select this check box to enable debug logging. |
Monitoring Control Tags | |
Agent Side TAG required for Actively Monitoring Solution | Enter the name of the Agent Tag to associate "Active" PATROL Agents with specific collection configuration policies. For instance, when utilizing a pair of agents for remote ping, the PING tag should be associated with the respective agents.
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Member Agents - Setup Details | |
Connection Credentials | |
User Name | Enter a user name. |
Password | Enter a password. |
Confirm Password | Confirm the password. |
Primary Server Details | |
Primary Agent Hostname | Enter a primary agent host name. |
Primary Agent Integration connect string | Enter a primary agent integration connect string |
Primary Agent Proxy Server Name | Enter a primary agent proxy server name. |
Primary Agent Proxy Server User | Enter a primary agent proxy server user name, if your primary agent needs to be connected to proxy server. |
Primary Agent Proxy Server Password | Enter a primary agent proxy server password. Important: A password is unnecessary when using a credentials-less proxy server. |
Secondary Server Details | |
Secondary Agent Hostname | Enter a secondary agent host name. |
Secondary Agent Integration connect string | Enter a secondary agent integration connect string, if blank then primary agent integration connect string will be used. |
Secondary Agent Proxy Server Name | Enter a secondary agent proxy server name, if your secondary agent needs to be connected to proxy server, If blank and primary agent proxy server details available then those details will be used. |
Secondary Agent Proxy Server User | Enter a secondary agent proxy server user name. |
Secondary Agent Proxy Server Password | Enter a secondary agent proxy server password. Important: A password is not needed when using a credentials-less proxy server. |