KBI 311091 New Feature: Network Hop Scanning

Version

Argent Advanced Technology 3.1A-1407-T6 and later

Date

Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014

Summary

New Feature to help determine if a server should be considered “Local” or “Remote

Feature is located in Screen G1 (License Manager), Right click to bring up the menu:

After the scan, Argent updates the server’s node properties in SQL with the correct hop count which can be used to create Monitoring Groups based on the hop count i.e.:

Remote servers having HOPS greater than 2:

Local or HQ Servers having HOPS less than 2:

The above examples helps when performance becomes an issue and separation of Monitoring Groups is essential to help distribute monitoring load based on server location

Technical Background

N/A

Resolution

Update to Argent AT 3.1A-1407-T6 or later

Please review performance troubleshooting KBI:

KBI_310516