Novell GROUPWISE 7 - MONITOR Manual

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Configuring the Monitor Agent 973novdocx (en) 11 December 200759.2 Creating and Managing Agent GroupsYou might find it convenient to group related agents together for monitoring purposes. Initially, allagents are in a single group with the same name as your GroupWise system.Figure 59-3 Monitor Agent Console on Initial StartupAgent groups are displayed on the left side of the Monitor Agent server console. When you select anagent group, the monitored agents in the group and their status information are listed on the rightside of the Monitor Agent server console.Figure 59-4 Monitor Agent Console with Agent Groups DefinedYou can create additional groups and subgroups as needed to make monitoring similar agents easier.You might want to create agent groups based on geographical areas, on administrativeresponsibilities, or on agent configuration similarities. The number of agents in the group isdisplayed to the right of the group name in the agent groups window.In addition, by creating agent groups, you can provide configuration settings for monitoring justonce for all agents in each group, rather than having to provide them individually for each agent inyour GroupWise system. Section 59.2.1, “Creating an Agent Group,” on page 974 Section 59.2.2, “Managing Agent Groups,” on page 974 Section 59.2.3, “Viewing Your Agent Group Hierarchy,” on page 974 Section 59.2.4, “Configuring an Agent Group,” on page 975