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 or later Date Monday, 24 June 2024 Summary Performance Reports in Argent Reporter are usually used to display key performance counters side by side in tabular format. A typical usage is to show the latest disk space usage for all machines in the network. When there are more than 100 machine […]
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 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary Users might need to put a large batch of Relators into Production Mode, Test Mode or Suspended status Instead of doing it one by one in Web UI, users can accomplish this by running Argent Omega CLI. An option is also provided to […]
Version Argent Omega – All Versions Date Thursday, 13 June 2024 Summary When an Argent Omega installation is upgraded on Primary Generator, all Secondary Generators and Offload Generators are supposed to be upgraded to the same version automatically. When the upgrade is done, the Windows service should be restarted. However, it has been reported that […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Wednesday, 12 June 2024 Summary Argent Omega keeps hardware information in CMDB-X. Node properties ‘Hardware’ contains following hardware information: Processor Type – CPU make/model etc. Core – Physical CPU cores Logical Processors – count of logic processors Memory – Physical memory in MB Click For Full Size A […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2401-A and earlier Date Wednesday, 12 June 2024 Summary When auto start service exclusion in Service Rule is used, Service Rule will exclude all auto start services. As result, Service Rule will never break It is caused by a coding error. It has been addressed in Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A Click For Full […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A and later Date Wednesday, 12 June 2024 Summary URL monitoring could fail with error ‘Server Certificate Verification Failed. Connection Aborted’. It happens when executing a connectivity test or running System Down Rule or Website Availability Rule. Click For Full Size This is caused by the invalid website certificate. For example, the […]
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 […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A or later Date Wednesday, 29 May 2024 Summary Added the Summary Graph property group to both Event and SuperMaps screens to configure the appearance of Summary Graph in Argent Omega 2404-A Argent Omega 2401-A and below versions use a Pie chart for summarizing the event statistics in Event and SuperMaps Console […]
Version Argent Omega 2.2A-2404-A or later Date Thursday, 16 May 2024 Summary This KBI explains how to migrate Report Definitions from Argent Reports to Argent Reporter. Argent Reporter is the reporting facility built into Argent Omega The most important aspect of Argent Reporter is that it can take data from any database – SQL Server, […]
Version All Versions of Argent Omega Date Tuesday, 07 May 2024 Summary Offload Generators are the same as Trusted Agents in Argent AT products. Offload Generators are the workhorses who do the heavy lifting and monitoring work on a remote machine. Offload Generators can also be employed in diverse architectures where a single Argent Generator […]
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 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 […]
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
This document discusses the benefits of Argent Compliance Automator. Argent Compliance Automator can easily detect and stop hacking from any platform – Windows, Linux, Unix; if the application has a log, the Argent Compliance Automator can monitor it.
This document discusses the benefits of Argent Omega. Argent Omega is the next generation of Argent’s monitoring products. Argent Omega provides an easier-to-use interface with integrated AI learning.
This document discusses the benefits of Argent for Microsoft 365. Argent for Microsoft 365 automates the monitoring and management of Microsoft 365. Argent for Microsoft 365 tool sets provides a clear and detailed view into the health of every component of your Microsoft 365 infrastructure, including license details, service health, endpoint status, etc.
This document discusses the benefits of Argent for SNMP. Argent for SNMP is a complete automation solution, automating all the essential but labor-intensive chores that all customers must perform to ensure your SNMP devices run smoothly.
This document discusses the benefits of Argent for SQL Server. Argent for SQL Server includes Tool Sets for flexible and real time SQL Server monitoring; supported versions are: SQL 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022. Argent for SQL Server offers out-of-the-box discovery, availability, health, and performance tracking.
This document discusses the benefits of Argent Web Defender. Argent Web Defender provides Toolsets for comprehensive monitoring of websites, so that network administrators can collect data related to internet latency, network hop issues, and other metrics to help build a snapshot of the website or web server’s performance. These performance data are then […]
This document discusses the benefits of Argent Reporter. Argent Reporter is the reporting facility in Argent Omega. Argent Reporter uses RDLC (Report Definition Language Client) to generate reports by taking an RDL file designed with Microsoft Report Builder to generate RDLC files for reporting. The most important aspect of Argent Reporter is that it can […]
This document discusses the benefits of Argent Omega over Argent Advanced Technology. Below are the most important features and benefits of Argent Omega Brand-New Argent Omega Super Console. Enhanced And Simplified User Interface. Modernized And Improved Graphical User Interface. Reporting Feature Is Now Out-Of-The-Box. Network Topology Mapping Capability.