The System Manager screen has a number of menus and buttons, which are described in the procedures in the following sections. It also has two lists — Schedules and Monitored Nodes — and a status line, which are described here.
- Schedules:
Lists the names of the available surveillance schedules that can be downloaded to agent hosts. To select a schedule, left-click on the schedule. To view or edit the schedule double-left-click the schedule.
- Monitored Nodes:
Lists the current monitored agent hosts. The columns displayed can be changed; for more information see Chapter 8: “Using the Preferences Screen”. The following column fields are displayed on this screen:
Table 4-1 Monitored Nodes
| Column | Description |
|---|
| Status | The current state of an agent host and any surveillance schedule. The possible status values are described in Table 4-2. |
| Host | The host name assigned on the Host Manager screen. |
| Address | The host IP address assigned on the Host Manager screen. |
| Tag | The tag name assigned on the Host Manager screen. |
| Schedule | The name of the surveillance schedule that is currently loaded, scheduled or running on this host. Displays None if no schedule is currently loaded. |
| Total Alerts | The total number of alerts generated by a host. The highest severity of all alerts is color-coded with a red (high), yellow (medium), or blue (low) bar. |
| Unseen Alerts | The number of alerts that have not yet been marked as seen. The highest severity of all unseen alerts is color-coded with a red (high), yellow (medium), or blue (low) bar |
- Status line:
the bottom line of the screen shows the processing and completion status for the commands you execute.
Table 4-2 Status Field Values
| Status Value | Description |
|---|
| Activating | The agent is activating the schedule. |
| Available | The agent is running on the host, but is not running a schedule. |
| Downloading | The System Manager is downloading a schedule to the agent. |
| Error | The agent detected an error; check the error log. |
No Agent Available | No agent was detected. |
| Polling | The System Manager is communicating with the host. |
| Resyncing | The System Manager and agent are resynchronizing. |
| Running | The schedule is running on the agent. |
| Scheduled | The schedule is waiting for its next active time block on the agent. |
| Status Unknown | The System Manager does not know the status of the agent host. |
| Stopping Schedule | The agent is stopping its current schedule. |
Using the System Manager screen, you can perform the following tasks:
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