The Agents screen is accessible by logging into the Web Console and navigating to [Manage→Internal Manage→DPOD Health→Agents].
DPOD agents are responsible for collecting data (either actively or passively) from monitored devices and storing it in the Big Data Store. This screen allows you to verify that the agents are up and running.
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The Agent Status section of the screen is a set of 3 widgets, each displaying data related to a different set of DPOD Agents: Syslog, WS-M and Resources. The agents are monitored internally by a KeepAlive service. For a list of all system services, and an explanation on KeepAlive processing, see section on System Services Management.
Each collector agent is displayed in a colored box (see below). Click an agent's name to open its details in the Agent's Detail view.
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| Graph | Details | Desired State |
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| Files Process Pending | The graph depicts the number of large payloads waiting to be processed. A value higher than 1000 indicates a high load on WS-M subscription. WS-M usage should be avoided until this folder is cleared by the system or you clear it manually. | Only a few files displayed |
Channel Utilization | The graph depicts stream processing usage in percentage. Each colored graph denotes a different agent. Verify that all agents use less than 80% of their stream processing capacity. If usage goes above 80%, data coming in from collector agents might be lost. | Under 80% for all agents |
Agents Free Memory | The graph depicts the collector agents’ free memory over time, where each agent is denoted in a different color. When an agent's free memory is too low, you might encounter performance problems. See how to Troubleshoot the issue. | Verify that each agent |
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| Message Rate (per sec) | This widget displays a graph of the number of messages per second going through this agent over the last 24 hours period | ||
| Dropped Syslog Messages | This graph shows the number of messages dropped by the agent.
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| Channels Utilization | The graph depicts stream processing usage of the current agent in percentage. | ||
| Free Memory | The graph depicts the collector agent free memory over time. |
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