Category: Argent Omega

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2410-B and later Date Tuesday, 19 November 2024 Summary The unique workflows in Argent Omega have been enhanced with a new option: ‘Run Workflow For Selected Nodes In Parallel’ Technical Background A Workflow is essentially a multi-step job — with dependencies — as in a classic Job Scheduler Another way to view […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2410-B and later Date Monday, 18 November 2024 Summary User can forecast execution time for Relator and Workflow now If the option ‘Ignore Node Maintenance Schedule’ , the forecast is solely based on Relator/Workflow schedule including time exclusion If individual server/device is selected, node maintenance schedule and suspension status are also considered. […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2410-B and above Date Wednesday, 13 November 2024 Summary There are scenarios where multiple CMDB-X entries refer to the same server or device, known as redundant nodes This is most common when migrating servers from Argent Advanced Technology This KBI explains how to remove these redundant CMDB-X entries from Argent Omega Technical […]

Version Argent Omega – All Versions Date Thursday, 27 June 2024 Summary Argent Omega uses self-signed certificate by default. Certificate is used in two areas: Communication between Generators, especially remote Secondary Generators and Offload Generators. Argent Web Reverse Proxy Service Though self-signed certificates are safe enough for most internal usage cases, customers might want to […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Wednesday, 26 June 2024 Summary Password-less SSH logon is considered more secure than typical user/password logon. It is very common for Linux/UNIX administrators. It is accomplished by implementing public key authentication between Linux/UNIX hosts. Argent Omega implements public key authentication as well. It makes use of PuttyGen.exe, which […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and earlier Date Monday, 24 June 2024 Summary When running a Compliance Report to report over a long period, such as one week or longer, the report can fail with SQL Query timeout error. A common case is reporting on logon activity A typical Domain Controller can generate more than a […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-B and later Date Monday, 24 June 2024 Summary Performance Reports in Argent Reporter normally display numeric values with two digits after decimal point For example, 23.378% of Free Space is displayed as 23.38%. Sometimes users may want to display the only the integer or a number in greater precision. Argent Reporter […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-B or later Date Monday, 24 June 2024 Summary Performance Reports in Argent Reporter normally display date/time in the format of 2024-06-23-06:05:23 Customers may want to display in a different format. For example, European customers may want to display 23/06/2024 06:05:23 instead Argent Reporter 2.2A-2404-B has been enhanced to allow specifying the […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Friday, 14 June 2024 Summary PowerShell is extensively used to manage Microsoft and other vendors’ software. Examples include Azure Cloud, PowerShell Remoting, VMware PowerCLI, etc. When monitoring a remote resource, it is typical to log on and connect with the remote resource first. If doing this directly in […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Friday, 14 June 2024 Summary The CMDB-X browser display can become sluggish when there are over 1,000 nodes, because the browser tries to hold all node information in memory. When memory usage skyrockets, browser performance deteriorates and becomes unstable. The new Page Mode feature has been implemented to […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Friday, 14 June 2024 Summary Users can use CMDB-X Bulk Operation to select nodes and quickly apply licenses, set flags etc. The feature is available in right-click context menu. Click For Full Size In the popup select nodes; the nodes currently selected on CMDB-X are the default selection. […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Friday, 14 June 2024 Summary Administrators can receive email messages with subject line ‘Task Cancelled’. The message body reads as Task (Relator: xxxx Machine: xxxx) is cancelled because previous instance has been running too long and unresponsive The Relator trace log, it shows either failed to get performance […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Friday, 14 June 2024 Summary It is best practice to dynamic pool with Argent Omega Executors for better performance. Often many Relators need to be updated For example, Relators migrated from Argent AT might use ‘Spawn New Task Executor Process’, which causes less optimal performance Now the new […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Friday, 14 June 2024 Summary It is best to use dynamic scheduling when Relator includes more than five nodes to spread the load over the schedule interval so that Argent Omega Generator is less likely to be overwhelmed at any one moment. Users can run Argent Omega CLI […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary Performance-monitoring Relator uses the option ‘Do NOT Apply Rules In This Relator To An Inaccessible Node’ for better performance — reading Windows performance metrics is quite expensive This is especially true when a machine is offline, because the Rule has to wait to […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary PowerShell script can run as a command or as batch file Combined with PowerShell Remoting option, Argent PowerShell Script Action can run commands at remote machines Click For Full Size This significance is enormous. Typically, to run commands at a remote machine, the […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and earlier Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary When deployed, Secondary Generators periodically uploads runtime data including Relator trace log, connectivity status, network scan results, etc. to the Primary Generator The Primary Generator then updates SQL database The runtime data is compressed before uploading. The compressed files can be found in […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary SQL Query reports are versatile and extremely flexible to report any SQL data Argent Reporter provides built-in SQL queries for both Compliance Reports and SQL Query Reports. Compliance Reports Click For Full Size Generic Compliance Reports Click For Full Size SQL Query Reports […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary It is common for users to use Windows Performance Rule to check CPU usage for target machines When CPU usage is found high, users might want to know what processes pegs the CPU Argent Omega has bundled CPU and memory PowerShell Script Actions […]

Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary Search function is always available for tables and grids in Argent Omega. When clicking on ‘Search’ button, it expands to allow entering keyword for searching After entering keyword, click on button to filter list. To return to the original list, click on button […]

Version Argent Omega – All Versions Date Wednesday, 12 June 2024 Summary When running Argent Omega WUI on a server with no internet access, users will find charts not working The areas on the report that should show chart or graph would be simply blank. Affected modules include Enterprise View, Dashboard, Problem Preventor, Event Console […]