5.4 Configurations Using Agent Manager

You can use Agent Manager to manage assets, install agents on the assets, apply agent packages, and collect agent logs. This section provides the following information:

For troubleshooting information, see Issues in Agent Manager.

5.4.1 Adding Assets

An asset is a device that you can monitor using Change Guardian.

An asset group is a set of assets or devices that you want to associate with one another. Each asset group can contain assets, another asset group, or a combination of assets and asset group. Asset groups allow you to assign policies to the group instead of to each individual computer. When you add an asset to a group, Change Guardian automatically deploys the policies assigned to the group to the new asset.

To add assets:

  1. Open the following URL:

    https://<IP_Address_Change_Guardian_server>:<port_number>

    The default port is 8443. You can use a custom port if Change Guardian was installed with custom configurations.

  2. In the web console, click AGENTS.

  3. Click All Assets > Manage Assets > Add.

  4. (Conditional) To import assets from an Active Directory server, use the Active Directory tab.

    NOTE:If you are using Active Directory over SSL or TLS connection, ensure that you have imported the Active Directory SSL certificate to the Change Guardian server. For more information, see Using CA Signed Certificates.

  5. (Conditional) To import assets from a text file, use the Hosts List tab.

    Create a text file with a header line containing the columns Hostname, MajorType, and Addresses, and use a tab to separate the columns. In the Hostname column, specify the fully-qualified domain names of the computers where you want to deploy agents. Optionally, you can specify the IP addresses under the Addresses column. In the MajorType column, specify whether the operating system is UNIX or Windows.

  6. (Conditional) To manually add an asset, use the Host tab.

You can move an asset from one group to another:

  • To move an asset to Approved asset, check whether the Client Agent Manager service is communicating with Agent Management Service.

  • To move assets from Assets not in any group to any user defined group, select the asset, go to Manage Asset > Move Assets to a Group, and then select the required group.

  • To organize and manage assets, create asset groups under User defined groups and copy assets from Approved Assets group to User defined groups.