Hosts/Agents

There are two different Views belonging to the Host/Agents Section. One View displays a list of all known Agents and the second View contains all available Agent details. The Host List View will be automatically opened after starting the boom Workbench. Double-click on a single Host in the tree to open the Agent Details View:

Agent Auto-Inventory:

ID - agent ID
VERSION - agent version
HOSTNAME - agent hostname
IP - agent IP address
OS.NAME - OS name (i.e."Windows 7")
OS.VERSION - OS version (i.e."6.1")
OS.ARCH - Architecture of the system (i.e. "amd64")
HW.CPUN - number of CPUs
JAVA.HOME - home directory of JVM running boom agent
JAVA.VMNAME - Java virtual machine implementation name
JAVA.VMVENDOR - JVM vendor name
JAVA.VMVER - JVM version

ID:	The unique host ID.
IP:	The Host IP Address.
Firewalled:	The flag is set when the boom Server recognized this host as firewalled. It can be also set manually.
Disabled:	This will set the Agent mode to 'disabled'. If the Agent is disabled, it will only be able to run actions. The Agent will not run any monitors or submit any messages. The agent will be marked with a (X).
Approve:	Any automatically discovered Agents must be approved by administrator before they are becoming functional.
Delete:	Deletes an Agent entry, all assignments and all links to node groups from the server.
Label:	The host label.
Host:	The host name.
Port:	The agent port.
OS:	The Operating System that is installed on the host.
Description:	A description of the host.
Save:	Save changes that have been made to the Agent Details.
Restart:	Restarts the Agent on the remote system.
Redeploy (Upgrade Agent):	Updates the Agent jar file on the remote system and restarts the Agent.
Inventory Data:
Trigger Inventory:	Fetch inventory data.
Monitored Hosts:	A list of all monitored hosts. Double-click on a host name to open all related indication in the Indication View.

Agent List

Agent Status Symbols

	Agent is running.
	Agent is running and Agent is firewalled.
	Agent is not running.
	Agent is not running and Agent is firewalled.
	Agent is disabled.
	Agent is waiting for approval.

Search Function

Search text: Specify the full host name or part of the name. The host tree opens with the search results.

Right-click to open the context menu:

Open Agent: Opens the Agent Details View. Approve Agent: Any automatically discovered Agents must be approved by administrator before they are becoming functional. Upgrade Agent: Updates the Agent jar file on the remote system and restarts the Agent. Disable Agent: This will set the Agent mode to 'disabled'. If the Agent is disabled, it will only be able to run actions. The Agent will not run any monitors or submit any messages. The agent will be marked with a (X). Set firewalled-OFF/ON: The flag is set when the boom Server recognized this host as firewalled. It can be also set manually. Add Agent: By default the boom Server is able to discover and display any new installed boom Agent automatically. When an agent has no access to the server due to the firewall settings (OUT only mode), it is necessary to manually add this system to the host list by providing the agent IP-Address. The server will then try to connect to the specified IP-Address and obtain the Agent details. Restart Agent: This will restart the Agent on the remote system. Delete Agent: To delete an Agent entry from the server. Undeploy Deleted Policies/Packages: Undeploys no longer existing policies or packages from the selected agent. Show Related Information: This will display related information of the selected agent. For example: Status, Operating System, IP, Version, Port, date of last inidcation and a list of all Groups to which this agent is liked to.           Show Indications: Opens a new Indication View and displays all active Indications delivered by selected agent. All other context menu functionalities are already described in the Agent Details section above! Trigger synchronization: Allows a single agent or host group to synchronize its configuration with the actual boom server configuration if its configuration concerning policies and packages is no longer consistent with the server configuration. A undeploy/deploy is started automatically to synchronize the configurations.

Filter on status:

Filter on name:

Deployed Assignments and single deployed Policies

			Conflict: The red exclamation mark indicates that there are some conflicts inside this assignment.
			Policy version conflict: Any changes to a Policy will be saved with a new version. In this case the "BOOM_Messages" Policy has been changed and then saved with the next version 2.15 but has not yet been redeployed to the agent. Right-click on the Policy and deploy this Policy. Do not forget to refresh the tree (right-click and choose "Refresh" from the content menu)
			Policy has been deleted: Policy no longer exists on the boom Server. To remove the Policy from the deployed assignment tree right-click on the Policy and undeploy it. Do not forget to refresh the tree (right-click and choose "Refresh" from the content menu)