APM Agent Settings

You can add or modify the agent settings for APM agent policy.

The followings are the main features available in APM Agent Settings.

• APM Agent Self Protection
• APM Agent Service Recovery
• Set APM Agent Operation

APM Agent Settings

You can add agent settings for APM agent as follows:

Note

To apply the default settings to the agent settings, click Default at the bottom of the screen.

1. Select Policy/Advanced Rule.
2. Select the Policy tab.
3. Click Add.
4. Click Add > APM Agent Policy.
5. Configure the integrity check interval from Interval. Integrity check for corruption or infection of the downloaded update files.

• Integrity Check Interval: Configure the integrity check interval for the APM agents. You can enter 30 to 240 minutes for the integrity check interval. (Default: 60 mins)

6. Configure the required settings for APM Agent Self Protection.

• APM Agent Self Protection: Blocks the malicious codes to change the folder for the agent program, process, or registry. Also blocks the agent program information change by malicious code to prevent further damage caused by infection. Select the protection targets such as installation folder, process or registry.

7. Enable to disable APM Agent Watchdog.

• Enable Watchdog service: Enables the watchdog service to monitor the abnormal behaviors in the agent service.

8. Configure the required settings in Monitor Settings.

• Show the APM agent icon on the taskbar: Displays the APM agent icon in the Windows taskbar.
• Create shortcut to Patch Information; Creates a shortcut for patch information to My Desktop.

9. Configure the required settings in Agent Service Recovery. Agent Service Recovery allows to restore the service settings when an agent is abnormally terminated.

• Maintain system settings: Never changes the system settings without additional restoration option in EPP product.
• Enable: If the agent service is abnormally terminated, restores the agent service.
• Restart agent service: Restarts the agent service after the configured time. The time can be from 1 to 30 minutes. (Default: 5 mins)

10. Configure the required settings for Set APM Agent Operation.

• Delete Agent: Allows or denies when terminating and deleting an agent.
• Allow when a correct agent password is entered: Allows deleting an agent only when the password is configured by administrator. Configure the password to use for deleting an agent.
• Always allow: An agent user can delete an agent.
• Always deny: An agent user cannot delete an agent. If you want to delete an agent from Add or Remove Programs, an popup message that you cannot delete an agent appears.