• Introduction
• How To Deploy
• Step-by-Step Guide
• Administration
• Administration
• General Options
• System Policies
• Users
• Users
• Manage Users
• Editing Users
• Registring the Program
• Managing Licenses
• Interface
• Main Menu
• Main Window Interface
• Toolbar
• Views
• Network Diagram
• Network Diagram
• Network Scanner
• Network Node Properties
• Agents
• Agents
• Managing Agents
• Agent Options
• Tests
• Tests
• Creating Tests
• Test Properties
• Test Variables
• Duplicating Tests
• Test Types
• CPU Usage Test
• Device Status Monitoring Test
• Drive Free Space Test
• ICMP Ping Test
• File Integrity Test
• File/Folder Size Test
• Firebird Database Connection Test
• HTTP Request Test
• MSSQL Database Connection Test
• MySQL Database Connection Test
• Network Traffic Monitor Test
• Oracle Database Connection Test
• POP3 Server Test
• Process Memory Test
• SNMP Get Test
• TCP Connection Test
• Windows Services Test
• Windows Update Test
• WMI Test
• Mib Browser
• MIB Browser
• MIB Browser Interface
• MIB Browser Menu
• MIB Browser SNMP Profiles
• Actions
• Actions
• Managing Actions
• Creating Actions
• Action Properties
• Schedule

System PulseMeter Agents

Agents Basics

System PulseMeter uses agents for monitoring and actions performing on remote hosts on the network.

Such actions like restarting services, running applications, playing sound notifications, etc can be performed on remote hosts only by agents. For agentless network monitoring try using SNMP tests.

An agent is a small program that can work as a service or as an application. Agents are being started at target hosts and listen to a certain port (7171 by default) for commands from the System PulseMeter Core. When a command is received, Agent performs it and sends the result back to the Core. Agents can be password protected to avoid usage by a third-party software. All the essential data transferred between the Core and Agent are TrippleDES encrypted.

Agent Installation

Agent installation package is located at Program Folder\Agent\spmasetup.exe . To install an Agent at a certain host please copy spmasetup.exe to the host and run it as Administrator (Rights click spmasetup.exe, select "Run As..." and enter System Administrator credentials). Follow the installation wizard steps and select if you want to install Agent as service.

Configuration

To view System PulseMeter agent configuration dialog, perform the following actions:

• Service: In case if the agent was installed as a service, stop System PulseMeter Agent  service. Open Agent folder and start spma.exe with /conf parameter.
• Application: In case if the agent was installed as an application, double-click System PulseMeter Agent icon in the system tray.

The following "System PulseMeter Agent Configuration" dialog will appear.

Registering Agent at the Core

To register an Agent at the Core, start System PulseMeter and go to "Tools"->"Administration" menu. In the displayed "Administration" dialog, click "Manage Agents". The "Manage Agents" dialog will be displayed. To automatically detect installed agents, in the "Manage Agents" dialog click "Search for installed agents" button and set ports range parameters. To register an agent manually, click the "Register" button and input parameters in "Agent Options" dialog.

Command line parameters

• /start - Starts Agent service.
• /stop - Stops Agent service.
• /conf - Brings Agent configuration dialog up.

Agent Interface

In the Agent window you can configure:

• Port - the port number the agent listens while working.
• New password - input a new password into the field to change the current password.
• Confirm new password - confirm inputted new password.
• Current password - input the current password.
• Start on Windows startup (Application mode) - set this option to checked to start the Agent automatically in the "Application" mode. In "Service" mode Agent is started automatically.