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File-Based Configuration

You can configure the agent in the following ways:

When you configure the agent remotely through CA Virtual Assurance, the CA Virtual Assurance manager sends the configured sysedge.cf file to the CASYSEDGE_DATADIR directory of the specified agent instance or instances. This directory location contains and completes any runtime configuration deployed from CA Virtual Assurance. When the agent detects a new file uploaded to this directory, it completes a warm start and applies the changes. Any modifications made by SNMP Sets are overwritten when a sysedge.cf file is delivered to the agent by a CA Virtual Assurance manager.

When you use SNMP sets to configure the agent, the changes are applied and saved to the sysedge.mon file.

Note: You cannot use SNMP sets to configure some system settings, such as SNMP and security information.

When you configure the agent by directly updating the local sysedge.cf file you must restart the agent for the changes to take effect.

The following topics describe the parameters in the sysedge.cf file and the configuration options available for each parameter. For configuration procedures using CA Virtual Assurance, see the CA Virtual Assurance Administration Guide and Online Help.

The default entries in the sysedge.cf file are prefixed with a template directive. The template directives control the creation of actual configuration entries when you configure the agent through CA Virtual Assurance. When you configure the agent through CA Virtual Assurance, actual configuration entries are automatically created when you deploy the file.

When you edit the sysedge.cf file manually, you must manually enter configuration entries that do not have the template directive to implement the parameter setting. Entries are described and grouped into relational areas in the file. Enter necessary entries manually beneath the template directives in the appropriate area.

Use the sysedge.cf file in the data directory when manually editing the file.