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Change Continuous Discovery Agent Polling Interval

By default, the Continuous Discovery agent has a one hour polling cycle, that is, the status of the agent is updated once per hour.

If you need to change this polling interval, edit the following registry key and restart the Continuous Discovery services:

hkey_local_machine\software\computerassociates\discovery\SharedComponents\
AgentService\AgentHandler\poll_interval

More information:

Set Properties for Continuous Discovery Agents

Change Continuous Discovery Agent Manager

You can change the Continuous Discovery Manager that a Continuous Discovery Agent points to by editing a registry entry on the agent machine.

To change Continuous Discovery Agent Manager

1. Enter the new manager name in the following registry entry on the agent machine: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\Discovery\SharedComponents\AgentEngine\AgentManager.

   Note: Do not edit the OldManager entry for this purpose.

2. Restart the Continuous Discovery Agent service.

   Note: You do not need to restart the Continuous Discovery Manager service.

   Once the service is restarted, the previous manager machine displays the new manager as the agent manager in the 2D Map on the run time tab of the agent icon, and the agent icon enters the unknown state.

   If the manager service of the newly assigned manager is running, the agent's icon appears on the new manager machine's 2D Map in the normal state with the newly assigned manager displayed as the agent manager.

   Note: You cannot use the agent manager field in the agent notebook to change an agent's manager. You must edit the registry key to make this change.