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Perform a Point Agent Configuration

CA Virtual Assurance provides the ability to make single or point configuration changes to a single agent without creating and applying policy. This functionality is meant for temporary changes to the monitoring configuration of a single system. The following scenarios provide examples of when a point configuration change may be useful or necessary:

• Any change considered temporary that is specific to an individual system
• A change to address a temporary aberration
• Changes to experiment with different monitoring severities and thresholds before committing these to a general monitoring policy

When you make a point configuration change, CA Virtual Assurance applies the change to the system on top of any existing policy or local configuration. However, the next time you apply policy to the system, the policy overwrites the point configuration change. Point configuration changes are reported as policy exceptions until they are merged into the base policy or overwritten by a policy application.

Point configuration is available for self and process monitors.

To perform a point agent configuration

1. Click Resources, and select the system to configure in the Explore pane.

   System information appears in the right pane.

2. Click Configuration in the right pane, and select Self Monitors or Process Monitors.

   The existing self or process monitors appear.

3. Click + (New) on the toolbar.

   Fields appear for creating a new self or process monitor.

4. Complete the necessary fields, and click Save.

   Note: For more information, see the SystemEDGE User Guide.

   The monitor is saved and appears in the updated list of self or process monitors.

You can also modify, delete, or copy and existing self or process monitor.