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Argent Omega is the next generation of Argent’s monitoring products. Argent Omega provides an easier-to-use interface with integrated AI learning. Argent Omega consists of: Argent Compliance Automator Argent Baseline Argent for Microsoft 365 Argent for SNMP Argent for SQL Server Argent Omega for Oracle Argent Omega for VMware Argent Web Defender Argent Reporter
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Argent Commander is an interactive, real-time facility based on Web 2.0 technology that integrates with your existing Argent Extended Technology and Argent Advanced Technology installation. Argent Commander provides pre-defined “command modules” that report on key performance indicators, Top X charts and tables, as well as event and alert summaries for all the individual servers in […]
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These articles explain how Argent Job Scheduling works, the product’s architecture, and important concepts. Argent Job Scheduling consists of two components: Argent Scheduler Argent Queue Engine The important concepts to understand are: Rollover Background Jobs Security Fault Tolerance And Backup Nodes
Argent Reports is a robust, web-based reporting product that allows customers to construct elaborate and stylish reports from system administrators to C-level management. The data can be taken from Argent, or from external sources, making Argent Reports a flexible product with a powerful scheduler built into it. Some of the useful built-in Reports include: SLA […]
The Argent for Compliance White Papers area series of technical articles that discuss some of the powerful features in Argent for Compliance
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Version Argent Cloud Scheduler – All Versions Date Monday, 25 March 2024 Summary When the nightly Rollover is executed at midnight, Rollover locks the scheduler (SCH) component to ensure all new jobs have been rolled over, otherwise jobs could be scheduled to run out of sequence If you have a Job that runs in the […]
Version Argent Cloud Scheduler Date Monday, 18 March 2024 Summary Argent Cloud Scheduler log zip files are not found even after running for 24 hours Technical Background Argent Cloud Scheduler log zip files are not found in the LOGS directory even after running continuously for 24 hours: Click For Full Size This can be caused […]
Version Argent Clout Scheduler Date Thursday, 7 March 2024 Summary The free Microsoft Process Explorer and the vanilla TaskMgr sometimes show the Argent Cloud Scheduler services and sometimes do not. Technical Background This is caused by the way these tools are invoked: Not Admin: not shown Admin: shown Argent strongly recommends using the far superior […]
Version Argent Clout Scheduler Date Wednesday, 28 February 2024 Summary The following Microsoft bug is logged when executing ABL350_EOS.exe: Click For Full Size The following Microsoft bug is logged when executing ABL350_EOS.exe: Click For Full Size This unstable Microsoft bug can be mitigated – but not corrected – by a server reboot Argent is investigating
Version Argent Cloud Scheduler Date Monday, 11 March 2024 Summary Found the following Microsoft bug when executing ABL350_STEP_EXECUTOR.exe The instance of ABL350_STEP_EXECUTOR.exe was missing in the Process Explorer application. When checked, it was found that ABL350_STEP_EXECUTOR.exe is prematurely exiting with the following log: Technical Background N/A Resolution N/A For further assistance, please contact Argent on […]
Version Argent Cloud Scheduler, Any Version Date Tuesday, 27 February 2024 Summary The following Microsoft bug is logged when executing ABL350_SCH.exe: The same Microsoft bug is seen when explicitly executing the query in SQL Server Management Studio: This unstable Microsoft bug can be mitigated – but not corrected – by a server reboot Argent is […]
Version Argent Clout Scheduler Date Wednesday, 28 February 2024 Summary The following Microsoft bug is logged when executing ABL350_EOS.exe: Click For Full Size This unstable Microsoft bug can be mitigated – but not corrected – by a server reboot Argent is investigating
Version Argent Omega All Versions Date Monday, 26 February 2024 Summary Argent Omega has extensive and powerful port monitoring. However this very power can inadvertently lead to being flooded with spurious alerts. This article describes the process of tagging ports on a network device to be alerted only on relevant alerts. Once tagged, this enables […]
Version Argent Job Scheduler 10.0-2401-A and above Date Friday, 23 February 2024 Summary Option to configure Exchange Web Service for Microsoft 365 in Argent Job Scheduler Following are the benefits of integrating Exchange Web Service, which includes: Effortless Email Communication Customers can send emails straight through the application with ease, which expedites their communication procedures. […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Summary Customer might need to move Argent Omega installation to a different drive for reasons like current drive is too small. Instead of re-install Argent Omega, Argent Omega CLI can help to accomplish this task fairly easy. Customer should take following steps: Write down […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Summary Customer might need to move Argent Omega SQL backend to a new SQL database for reasons such as rebuilding SQL Server, SQL database running out of storage, etc. To accomplish this task, customer should take following steps: Write down Argent Omega Administrative Protection […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Summary Customer might need to rename Argent Omega Generator names. Some examples include: Secondary Generator is moved to a new server. Offload Generator is moved to a new server. Rename old Argent AT engine names after migration. Argent Omega Relators, Workflows etc. refer to […]
Version Argent WorldView – All Versions Date Monday, 5 February 2024 Summary Ad Hoc Job did not start in Argent WorldView after submitting. Technical Background Create a Job that is configured to only run one instance at a time Click For Full Size Submit that Job in 'Held' mode Click For Full Size Instance will […]
Version Chrome web browser using Argent Omega, Argent Reports, Argent Commander: all versions Date Wednesday, 10 January 2024 Summary While using the Chrome web browser to access Argent Omega, Argent Commander or Argent Reports, users may experience slow load times or errors when navigating the web user interface This KBI explains the most common cause […]
Version Argent Omega all versions Date Wednesday, 10 January 2024 Summary By default, Argent Omega retains ALL data without any limitations. Customizing your retention settings is always recommended and highly important to maintain a predictably sized repository in the long term Technical Background Configure the three primary data retention settings seen below: 1. Argent SIEM-Complete, […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Monday, 25 December 2023 Summary Monitoring Group used to rely on ODBC Query to define adaptive Monitoring Group. For example, &MG_LICENSED_WINDOWS includes all licensed Windows machines. Click For Full Size However, users might not be experts of SQL query or not familiar with structure of Argent Omega SQL […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Monday, 25 December 2023 Summary The Find feature on Argent Omega Home module is very useful to search static information such as screen tags, module name, folder name, screen text, etc. It is enhanced to be Super Find, which allows find any definition simply by entering the object […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary When Relator is reloaded in Web UI, Option ‘Automatic Resolve Events When Rule Is No Longer Broken’ is ALWAYS off. If users check the option and save Relator, the option is saved correctly to database so that Relator will be executed properly by Argent Omega […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or earlier Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary When migrating Argent for Compliance Rules, PowerShell Script Rules are skipped so not migrated at all. The issue has been addressed in Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A. Technical Background N’A Resolution Upgrade to Argent Omega 2.2.2401-A or later. For further assistance, please contact Argent on […]
Version Argent Omega — All Versions Date Saturday, 23 Dec 2023 Summary To get a production key for Argent Omega, you will need to provide some information about the machine that you will be installing Argent Omega on. A key request will then be submitted using the information you provided. Once the key request is […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or earlier Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary When running System Down Rule using Windows NetRemoteTOD API option against offline or non-existent machine, Argent Omega could report the erroneous up status once or a few times for every 24 hours. It results in mistaken condition corrections and system down alerts immediately […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or earlier Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary Scheduled Task screen shows all currently scheduled tasks and their executed instances. When refresh happens, either automatically or manually, the current row selection of task list (upper one) might go off screen or is simply lost. This is more likely when there are […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary When user research events in Argent Omega Event Console, he might decide to see the definition of related Relator or Rule. In earlier versions, a user might have had to write down the Relator or Rule name, then opens Control Information tree, and […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and later Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary Argent Omega control information is arranged in tree structure. Folders can be big and deep. For example, Relator folder can have several levels and more than a hundred Relators in total. It becomes difficult to find a Relator by name. Search function is […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or earlier Date Friday, 22 December 2023 Summary When defining a Windows Service Rule, users might use ‘Browse Computer’ option to select one or multiple Windows Services from the list. However, users might encounter ‘Access Denied’ error when doing so. The feature has been implemented in Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A. Technical Background […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or earlier Date Monday, 18 December 2023 Summary SQL Query Rule in Argent Omega for SQL Server generates alerts randomly. Events might be automatically resolved in the next runs. However, when testing Rule interactively in Web UI, correct results are always returned. The issue has been addressed in Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A. […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Monday, December 4, 2023 Summary Creating a Rule works and returns value of the Used Disk space but when you try to go to Top X to see the variable or formula (CUsedMB) Technical Background The variable CUsedMB is not available in Top X to create a graph […]
Version Argent Omega all versions Date Monday, 13 November 2023 Summary This document explains how to associate unique connectivity credentials to a single device when monitoring with Argent Omega The unique credentials also allow Argent Omega to monitor devices in a different domain Technical Background By default, Argent Omega will store the Active Directory credentials […]
Version Argent AT and Argent Omega — All Versions Date Wednesday, 22 November 2023 Summary This article lays out a more streamlined and optimal process for migrating a customer’s Argent AT environment over to Argent Omega. Ensure you have a clean, freshly set up test environment with the latest version of Argent Omega installed for […]
Version Argent Solaris Queue Engine all versions Date Wednesday, 15 November 2023 Summary In environments using Solaris Queue Engines where there may be large number of Jobs being submitted and executed at a time, users may notice large numbers of read and write events in their audit logs being captured for one or more of […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A and later Date Wednesday, 8 November 2023 Summary Network printer is represented as Printer Queues in Windows network. Printer Queue has various statuses such as online, offline, no paper, paper jam, etc. Printer Queue also has queued jobs. A lengthy queue could indicate an unhealthy state. Printer Queue’s intrinsic name is […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A and later Date Wednesday, 8 November 2023 Summary Node in CMDB-X can have one or several Credentials depending on whether it is a SNMP managed device or it is hosted in some virtualization environment. Nodes in CMDB-X are organized with Network Groups. It is convenient to define default Credentials at Network […]
Version Argent Omega all versions Date Sunday, 5 November 2023 Summary Argent Omega monitors VMware using PowerCLI. It used to be a separate setup package downloaded from VMware web site (www.vwmare.com). Now PowerShell CLI can be installed as PowerShell module. To do so, run Windows PowerShell as administrator, then issue following command to install: Install-Module […]
Sunday, 5 November 2023 Summary When running Windows Compliance Rule against target machine with limited or disabled remote access to WMI, WMI audit failure events can be generated. It could be annoying as it pollutes the real audit failure events. It is caused by Windows Compliance Rule tries to check whether system audits are enabled. […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Sunday, 5 November 2023 Summary SQL Query Rule failed to resolve automatically when the Rule is no longer broken. Though Azure SQL Management Instance can be discovered or manually added in CMDB-X, only Argent Omega Baseline can be licensed. Without Argent Omega for SQL Server license, majority of […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Thursday, 2 November 2023 Summary SQL Query Rule failed to resolve automatically when the Rule is no longer broken. It has been corrected in Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A. Technical Background The issue is caused by coding error. Resolution Upgrade to Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later. For further assistance, please […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Thursday, 2 November 2023 Summary Argent Omega reads Windows performance metrics through Windows performance counters. They are not always available. For example, Remote Registry service might be disabled on purpose for security reason; as results, no performance counters are available remotely at all. Another example, user might turn […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Wednesday, 1 November 2023 Summary Both Windows Compliance Rule and Windows Event Log Rule can filter on event IDs. Some of such event ID combinations could be used in multiple Rules. For example, events 4722 and 4725 are about account enabled or disabled, events 4728,4732 and 4756 are […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Tuesday, 31 October 2023 Summary System CPU usage can be very high when Argent Omega Generator monitors a significant amount of servers, or runs resource intensive monitoring tasks, such as archiving compliance data, running Web Session Rules etc. Because of that, the system could become unresponsive interactively. It […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and earlier Date Tuesday, 31 October 2023 Summary When running Windows Compliance Rule migrated from Argent AT, excessive growth of Compliance database can be resulted. To verify, run standard report ‘Disk Usage by Top Tables’ in SQL Management Studio. Click For Full Size The typical result shows ARGSOFT_COMPLIANCE_LOG_ARCHIVE uses majority of […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Monday, 30 October 2023 Summary Argent Omega now supports Azure SQL Management Instance as SQL backend. It is now just an option when selecting SQL database. Everything else works just as SQL Server. Click For Full Size Technical Background N/A Resolution Upgrade to Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later. […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Monday, 30 October 2023 Summary Argent Omega Generator sends email messages for important internal events, such as expiring license, offline SQL backend, etc. Argent Omega is enhanced to enable or suppress email messages for some or all internal events. Click For Full Size Technical Background N/A Resolution Upgrade […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Monday, 30 October 2023 Summary Argent Omega Generator sends email messages for important internal events, such as expiring license, offline SQL backend, etc. Multiple email addresses separated by commas can be used now for internal events. However, a better way is to use the Email Recipient Macro feature. […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A or later Date Tuesday, 17 October 2023 Summary Both Argent SMS Generator and Argent AT Engine use GSM modem to send SMS messages. GSM modem is operated through COM port. Normally COM port cannot be opened by two processes at the same time. Argent Omega 2.2A-2310-A has been enhanced to share […]
Version Argent Advanced Technology 5.1A-2310-A and above Date Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Summary From Argent Advanced Technology version 1610-A onwards, Argent for Oracle is only compiled with the 32-bit Oracle 12.2.0 C++ Call Interface (OCCI) library; thus, it requires a 32-bit Oracle client to be installed on the Argent server as a prerequisite. Because of […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2310.11) or later Date Wednesday, 11 October 2023 Summary Argent Omega runs LINUX/Unix Rule through SSH or Telnet. Due to intermittent network issues, scripts might not be executed successfully. Retry mechanism is implemented to mitigate this unavoidable environmental issue. Click For Full Size Technical Background N/A Resolution Upgrade to Argent […]
Version All Versions of Argent Omega Date Thursday, 14 September 2023 Summary This document will tell you how to configure Argent Omega to use gMSA account for authentication across multiple servers in a monitored environment Technical Background The group Managed Service Account (gMSA) provides automatic password management and extends that functionality over multiple servers When […]
Version All Versions of Argent Omega Date Friday, 22 September 2023 Summary This document will describe both the process of updating the Argent Omega license after the product is installed and how to manipulate which parts of the license are applied to each monitored object Technical Background Argent Omega only has 1 license file that […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or earlier Date Thursday, 28 September 2023 Summary When a user leverages the Argent Omega Migration Tool to import Argent AT Rules into Argent Omega, it might be found that only partial or none of Windows Performance Rules are imported. Further checking the migration logs, in Warning and Errors section, following […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Tuesday, 24 October 2023 Summary Argent Omega might encounter SQL error “The transaction log for database XXXXXXXXXX is full due to ‘LOG_BACKUP’”. This is caused by SQL Server running out of space for transaction logs. Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2210.4) has been enhanced to periodically backup and shrink […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Monday, 9 October 2023 Summary Heartbeat Events for Argent Omega allows both Primary and Secondary Generators to do the full internal checks and send email messages periodically. Product Administrators can easily tell the health of the system by simply checking the received messages. If any message is missing, […]
Version Argent Omega All Versions Date Monday, 16 October 2023 Summary Unlike Argent Advanced Technology, Argent Omega provides the facility to configure multiple instances on the same SQL Server in the CMDB-X. Use the Argent Omega for SQL Server Tool Sets to monitor these configured instances. The following sections describe how to do this. Technical […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Sunday, 15 October 2023 Summary Argent Omega Migration Tool might fail to import some Email Alerts. The error message in log shows: Validation failed for one or more entities. See ‘EntityValidationErrors’ property for more details. The validation errors are: The field To must be a string or array […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and earlier Date Friday, 13 October 2023 Summary When running Connectivity Rule and VMware Rules against VMware objects, such as ESX host, Virtual Machines, Datacenter, etc., Rules can randomly fail. Following lines can be found in ArgentOmegaExecutor*_Log.txt: Runtime Error: You have modified the global:DefaultVIServer and global:DefaultVIServers system variables. This is not […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and earlier Date Friday, 13 October 2023 Summary Using the Easy Automator, Argent Reporter can be configured to automatically send Reports to recipient either as an email attachment or as a download URL (the default setting). However the email is sent in only HTML format, there is no option for the […]
Version Argent AT 5.1A-2307-A and earlier Date Tuesday, 10 October 2023 Summary The current checkbox text on screen G26 – ‘Fail Rule If The Data Is Not Available Or Script Error’ is misleading; in future releases the text will read ‘Script Error, Or Timeout, Or No Data’. Click For Full Size In most cases, the […]
Version Argent AT 5.1A-2207-A and earlier Date Monday, 9 October 2023 Summary When Argent AT Daughter Engine starts, it checks the installed version of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable. It will try to install bundled VC++ 2015 Redistributable if no compatible VC++ Redistributable is found. Support of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable was introduced in Argent […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2210.3) or later Date Tuesday, 3 October 2023 Summary Argent Alert Mechanism has a built-in SMS Generator for sending SMS alerts. However, mobile signal might be weak at the location of Primary Generator. To address the issue, an Argent SMS Generator can be installed on a separate machine, where the […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2210.3) or later Date Tuesday, 3 October 2023 Summary When a Rule failed, it could be useful to figure what has caused it. Some common cases could be as follows: System Down Rule fails to reach a device, it could be that device is offline, or an upstream switch is […]
Version Argent Job Scheduler and Argent Queue Engine 10.0-1912-A and above Date Thursday, 21 September 2023 Summary Argent Queue Engine service may drop connection with Argent Job Scheduler with a message “Argent Queue Engine service is deactivated” This issue happens when multiple Argent Queue Engines have same license key Refer the below screenshot: Click For […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2310.2) or later Date Monday, 2 October 2023 Summary System Command Rule can test exit code and output of CLI process. However sometimes the user might require more complicated logic. Following are some examples: Rule is broken if output contains some strings but no other strings Rule is broken if […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Monday, 2 October 2023 Summary CPU usage can spike constantly when running Relators with SYLOG Message Rule. It is especially obvious with a busy network with more than a hundred SYSLOG messages received every minute. The issue has been addressed in Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2310.2) Technical Background […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Monday, 2 October 2023 Summary When running Argent Compliance Automator Rules, user may find that the ‘ARCHIVE_DATA’ folder accumulates thousands of pending ARC files. File time can be hours or days old. Other symptoms include empty Compliance reports, high CPU and memory usage of SQL Server process, etc. […]
Version Argent Omega all versions Date Sunday, 1 October 2023 Summary After upgrading Argent Omega to a new version, user might encounter warning message ‘Old version UI is used (Current engine: vxx.xx.xx.xx). Please Clear Browser Cache And Restart UI’. This is by design, not an error. To address the issue, take steps shown as follows: […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2309.30) and later Date Sunday, 1 October 2023 Summary It could be useful to refer to built-in keywords and CMDB-X node properties in PowerShell Action Script. There are built-in menu items for the purpose. Click For Full Size A sample Rule and test result are like following: Click For Full […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and later Date Sunday, 1 October 2023 Summary Using Rule parameters is very useful to make Rule generic and reduce accidental mistake by end user. For example, using threshold parameter in CPU Rule allows checking the performance metric for different scenarios. Take following steps to add parameter. Step 1: Clicking on […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2309.29) and later Date Friday, 29 September 2023 Summary Node Extended Properties in CMDB-X allows to define any key/value pairs as custom properties. User is no longer limited to product predefined node properties. This greatly enhances the usefulness of CMDB-X as enterprise inventory. Node Extended Properties can be for the […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2309.29) and later Date Friday, 29 September 2023 Summary Argent Omega supports Keywords for customized alert context. The feature enables alert context customization to suit any need. User might need to include server or device properties in alert text. The following example shows how to display server domain, operating system, […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2309.29) and later Date Friday, 29 September 2023 Summary Argent Omega supports Keywords for customized alert context. The feature enables alert context customization to suit any need. Example of keywords is shown below. Click For Full Size The following Agent Omega Alerts support Keywords: Email Event Log Network Message System […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2309.28) or earlier Date Friday, 29 September 2023 Summary When using the Argent AT Migration Tool to import ArgentWhen installing Argent Omega, setup program might only show the status ‘Failed’ when prerequisites are not met for specific Tool Sets. A sample screen might look like following when PowerShell module ‘Active […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: 2.2.2309.27) or earlier Date Thursday, 28 September 2023 Summary When using the Argent AT Migration Tool to import Argent AT Rules into Argent Omega, it is found that only a partial set, or none, of the Windows Performance Rules are imported. Furthermore, when checking the migration logs under the Warning […]
Version Argent Advanced Technology All Versions Date Tuesday, 26 September 2023 Summary To support both 32-bit and 64-bit Oracle database server environments, Argent for Oracle requires 32-bit Oracle 12 client libraries and 32-bit Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 needs to be installed in the Argent Server There are two ways to install and […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A or later Date Sunday, 24 September 2023 Summary Nodes in CMDB-X is grouped by Network Group by default. Network Scanning in CMDB-X places newly found servers or devices into selected Network Group. Network Group can be seen as a placeholder for Network Scanning. Click For Full Size However, users might need […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Sunday, 24 September 2023 Summary PowerShell Script Action might have very complicated logic. Besides coding error that PS failed with exception errors, script should report failure status for condition even script itself completes without any error. For example, a script back up file as follows: $file = “C:\some_important_file” […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A or later Date Sunday, 24 September 2023 Summary When user creates an Internal Account, or user tries to test a Correction Alert, he is prompted with Administrative Protective Password. User does not know what the password is. Click For Full Size Click For Full Size Administrative Protective Password is defined on […]
Version Argent Job Scheduler and Argent Queue Engine 10.0-1912-A and above Date Thursday, 21 September 2023 Summary Argent Queue Engine service may drop connection with Argent Job Scheduler with a message “Argent Queue Engine service is deactivated” This issue happens when multiple Argent Queue Engines have same license key Refer the below screenshot: Click For […]
Version Argent Job Scheduler 10.0-2309-A and above Date Thursday, 21 September 2023 Summary Option to configure text alignment in J1 screen in Argent Job Scheduler Job Control Panel Technical Background Argent Job Scheduler has now been enhanced with the option ‘Column Text Alignment’ in the ‘Job List’ tab of the ‘Configuration Options’ screen Click For […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Monday, 18 September 2023 Summary Date and time keywords have been implemented for Report and Report Group Titles. They are listed as follows: • %DATE% – Date (E.g., 18 Sep 2023) • %DATE_TIME% – Date/Time (E.g., 18 Sep 2023 18:31) • %DAY% – Day of Month (E.g., 18) […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Monday, 18 September 2023 Summary SLA Report in Argent Reporter uses CMDB-X node name by default. New option ‘Show Node Alias For IP Address’ has been implemented to display node alias together with IP address. Click For Full Size Click For Full Size Technical Background N/A Resolution Upgrade […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and later Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary Though Argent Omega service account and password can be edited in Service Control Manager (SCM), it is inconvenient if there are many Argent Omega Generators to update. Typical cases include: • Pooled Primary Generators in Argent Advanced Clustering • Secondary Generators using Mother-Daughter […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and later Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary Global Status in Argent Omega displays real-time status of server, device and ports. Regarding to a down port of network device, it could be truly down as network cable is disconnected, or it could be intentionally disabled. The user should be alerted for […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary CPU usage can spike constantly when running Relators with SNMP Trap Rule. It is especially obvious with a busy network with more than a hundred SNMP Trap messages received every minute. The issue has been addressed in Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B. Technical Background Argent […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary Argent Omega Migration Tools imports CMDB-X nodes, Rules, Relators etc. from Argent AT. It can fail to import some CMDB-X nodes when the nodes in Argent AT have maintenance schedules. The issue has been addressed in Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B. Technical Background It is […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary Network Scan in Argent Omega scans Active Directory, SNMP devices etc. and updates CMDB-X automatically. In Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and earlier, Network Scan does not honor the exclusion settings. As results, the excluded nodes are added to CMDB-X regardless. The issue has been […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary Argent Omega for Active Directory has been implemented. It monitors Domain Controllers and Active Directory. • LDAP Query Rules – They monitor user, group, password and any LDAP objects. • DNS Rules – They monitor the health of DNS server. • Active Directory […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B or later Date Sunday, 17 September 2023 Summary When defining SNMP Trap Rules, it is very useful to see what trap messages are received but not handled. Argent Omega for SNMP is enhanced to do exactly that. Click For Full Size Technical Background N/A Resolution Upgrade to Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B (Build: […]
Version Argent Omega and Argent Advanced Technology versions 2.2A-2307-B or newer Date Friday, 15 September 2023 Summary Monitoring Linux servers is important to ensure your applications and services are alive and healthy Argent Omega and Argent AT support both complex and simple monitoring – this article details the simple yet arguably most important questions – […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and later Date Friday, 15 September 2023 Summary By default, Argent Omega service account is a Product Administrator. A Product Administrator has full access to all features and control information in the product. One common case is that Argent Omega uses a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA) as a service account. […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and later Date Friday, 15 September 2023 Summary Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) adds additional security later to Argent Omega. It can be useful if Argent Omega is exposed to the Internet. MFA is enabled for individual login account. It can be configured in Security module. Click For Full Size With MFA enabled, […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-B and later Date Friday, 15 September 2023 Summary To install Argent Omega Lite, the user must enter a valid email address. Other customer information including company and contact name are also required. Click For Full Size After the user clicks on the button ‘Next’, a prompt of verification code is shown. […]
Version Argent Omega & Argent AT any version Date Thursday, 7 September 2023 Summary If you are using the website-based rules in Argent Omega or Argent AT and receiving false positive alerts, you may need to change the configuration Technical Background There are several ways this false positive alert behavior can manifest For example – […]
Version Argent Reports 7.0A-2309-T1 and above Date Tuesday, 5 Sep 2023 Summary Email retry feature in Argent Reports Technical Background Argent Reports has been enhanced with the email retry feature. This will retry sending of email if it is failed to send. By default, it will retry 5 times with 15 seconds interval before failing. […]
Version Argent Reports 7.0A-2309-A and below Date Tuesday, 5 Sep 2023 Summary Email message truncates in Argent Reports Technical Background Scheduled Reports in Argent Reports truncates Email message. Below are the screenshots of Reports Schedule and Received Email • Reports Schedule Click For Full Size • Received Email Click For Full Size This was a […]
Version Argent Omega & Argent AT any version Date Friday, 1 September 2023 Summary If alerts are not being sent out when a website has issues, there is likely a configuration issue There are several places to verify configuration Technical Background Check CMDB-X When adding your website into CMDB-X, make sure you use ‘URL Object’ […]
Version All versions of Argent Omega Date Monday, 21 August 2023 Summary Argent Omega Lite is a zero-cost version of Argent Omega with basic monitoring capabilities Argent Omega Lite is installed by skipping the input of a license file during the Argent Omega installation This document describes the differences in functionality between Argent Omega Lite […]
Version Argent Omega All Versions Date Wednesday, 26 July 2023 Summary Argent Omega supports customizing of the port number used by the Web User Interface (WUI) Technical Background Out of the box, Argent Omega’s Web User Interface (WUI) listens on TCP port 6100 for the HTTP protocol and the next port number in sequence is […]
Version Argent WorldView – All Versions Date Thursday, 10 Aug 2023 Summary Argent WorldView is showing ‘Queue Not Found’ error when submitting a Job to two Argent Queue Engines Technical Background While submitting a Job from Argent WorldView to two Argent Queue Engines, the following error message is shown: Click For Full Size Log contains […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and above Date Tuesday, 8 Aug 2023 Summary Advanced Web UI Configuration Option in Argent Omega. Technical Background Argent Omega enhanced with a new option, Advanced Web UI Configuration, which helps to configure the different settings for Argent Omega. Below is the screenshot of the new option listing in the Home […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and above Date Tuesday, 8 Aug 2023 Summary Home Icon Library Option In Argent Omega Technical Background Argent Omega enhanced with a new option, Home Icon Library, which helps to change the Home icons design. Below is a screenshot of the new option listing in the Home screen right-click menu: Click […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2307-A and above Date Monday, 7 August 2023 Technical Background With default installation, the product web console is accessible locally via HTTP protocol on port 6100. Example — http://localhost:6100 Click For Full Size Argent Omega service is implemented as self-hosted web server. As a fully functional web server, it is fine to […]