Editing an Inventory Agent’s Configuration Options

This section provides instructions for editing an agent’s configuration options.

To edit an agent’s configuration options

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Navigate to the Agent Configurations screen.

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Click the agent configuration tile to edit its configuration.

The selected agent configuration appears.

3.

Click Edit next to any of the following sections to make alterations. (Or click Inventory Groups to modify inventory group assignments.)

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Details—Allows you to edit any of the details entered when Creating or Configuring an Inventory Agent. In addition, you can choose whether to enable or disable the configuration.

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Disable—Stops inventory gathering for the selected agent configuration.

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Enable—Starts inventory gathering for the selected agent configuration.

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Inventory Groups—Allows you to assign the inventory groups to which the agent configuration applies. See Specifying Inventory Groups to Which the Agent Configuration Applies.

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Inventory Agent Options—Allows you to edit details including whether deploy new versions of the Inventory Agent manually or perform automatic deployment of Inventory Agent on newly discovered devices, and includes the ability to select which platforms should be automated or managed manually. See Editing Inventory Agent Options.

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Inventory Agent Common Settings—Allows you to edit settings common to all agents, such as IBM Reporting and Archiving Settings or Encryption, by making changes to the Default Configuration. See Editing Inventory Agent Common Settings.

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Scheduling—Grants you control over Editing Agent Configuration Scheduling Options and Flagging Outdated Agents.