Remote Agent Properties

The Remote Agent Properties defines the settings for a Remote Agent.

Property Pages

Agent

Agent Address

Specify the network name or IP address of the remote computer. The adTempus service must be installed on this computer, and adTempus must be configured to run as an Agent.

Instance

If the Agent is configured to use a named instance of adTempus, specify the instance name.

Port

If the Agent is configured to use a nonstandard port, specify the port.

Optional Name

Optionally, provide a descriptive name for the Agent to be used instead of the address in the user interface.

Enable this agent

Check this box to enable the Agent.

If the Agent is not enabled, no jobs will be run on the agent.

This computer is not in the same domain as the Master

Check this option if the Agent is not in the same domain as the Master (or a domain with a trust relationship with the domain of the Master). In this case you must install a server certificate for on the Agent.

Certificate Thumbprint

If the server certificate used by the Agent is not trusted by the Master computer (e.g., it is a self-signed certificate), enter the certificate thumbprint (available from the Endpoint Configuration Tool) of the Agent's certificate to force the Master to trust the certificate and allow the connection.

Advanced connection settings

Advanced options can be entered to accommodate special connection scenarios. No advanced options are currently defined.

Variables

The Variables page allows you to define Job Variables for this Agent. You can add new Variables, or override the values of Variables inherited from the server level.

Variables you define here will be available to all jobs assigned to this Agent. When a job runs on more than one Agent, it receives the appropriate variables on each Agent.

Job Variables can be used to accommodate differences in the file structure or environment between different Agent computers. For example, suppose you have a job that is being mirrored to three different Remote Agents. This job runs program myprogram.exe. On two of the Agents, this program is installed in folder c:\myprogram, but on the third it is installed in folder c:\program files\myprogram. Your job needs to be able to find the program in the correct folder on each of the three computers.

To accomplish this, you would create a Job Variable named "MyProgramPath" for each of the three Remote Agents, and set this variable to the correct path for that Agent. In your job, you would set the target of your Program Execution step to %MyProgramPath%\myprogram.exe. When the job is executed, adTempus will replace %MyProgramPath% with the correct path on each Agent.

Security

The Security page is used to view or modify the security settings for this object. See the Security Editor topic for more information on editing security settings.

The following permissions apply to Remote Agents:

Permission	Description
Full Control	Permission to perform all actions on the agent.
List/Use	Permission to schedule jobs to run on this agent.
View	Permission to view the properties of the agent.
Modify	Permission to modify the properties of the agent.
Delete	Permission to delete the agent.
Administer security	Permission to change the security settings for the agent.
Change owner	Permission to take ownership of the agent.

Permission to create new agents is controlled through the Default Remote Agent Security options.