Clarification on Agent Configuration Manager

[mdreher]

Hello all,

wanted to get some clarification on the Agent Configuration Manager.  If I specify an agent config with this tool, is it automatically applied to all agents that match the filter or is there some other thing I need to do?  Also, do I need to restart agents for this to take effect?  I read through the documentation, but it didn't go into much detail on this feature.

Thanks in advance.

[mdreher]

As an adendum, is there any way to apply a log parser config from the server, or will that need to be done on each server individually?

[lindeamon]

hi mdreher,

didn't do it but, log parsing is configured via xml file and an entry in the agent config file.
you can create such xml file and deploy it through the server via the file manager.
you can create an agent policy to use that xml file.
if i remember correctly, you need to restart the agent to load the new configuration.

Lindeamon

[mdreher]

so I would just need to add the file in the file manager?  Is there something I need to do to have the file deployed?  Sorry if I sound like a noob, I've only ever used the basic functionality of the product.

[lindeamon]

that's ok 
you need to create a xml file with the parser configuration you need.
you need to upload it to the server.
you need to deploy it to the relevant nodes.

now,
you need to create a policy to tell the agent to use this parsers
you need to apply the policy to the relevant nodes.
you need to restart the agents to use the policy.

[mdreher]

I've done both those things, but wanted to confirm on two items below.  How exactly does one deploy the file (I've looked for documentation... haven't seen much).  Also wanted to confirm about applying the policy to the nodes.  Again, the documentation talks about this, but doesn't show how to actually do it.  I may already be doing it... but not 100% sure.