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Using the Agent Explorer

Immediately after you install a CA User Activity Reporting Module server, you have a default agent listed in the Agent Explorer. That agent is installed when you install the CA User Activity Reporting Module server, and you use it for direct syslog event collection.

The Agent Explorer tracks and lists agents as you install them in your network, and provides a centralized place for configuration, command, and control of agents and connectors. Agents register with the CA User Activity Reporting Module server you specify the first-time you start them. When that registration takes place, the agent name appears in the Agent Explorer and you are ready to configure a connector to begin event log collection. Connectors gather event logs and send them to the CA User Activity Reporting Module server. One agent can control many connectors.

Using the Agent Explorer to install, configure, and control connectors and agents involves the following basic steps:

  1. Download the agent binaries.
  2. Create one or more agent groups (optional).
  3. Create and configure a connector, including creating or applying suppression and summarization rules.
  4. View agent or connector status.

See the CA User Activity Reporting Module Administration Guide for more information about creating and working with agent groups, connectors, and how to apply suppression rules on agents.

More information:

About Agents

About Agent Groups

About Log Sensors

Suppression Rule Effects