Agent Settings

All Monitoring Agent settings are stored in the Windows registry, in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ALC\ALVAO Monitoring Agent branch.

Communication Settings

The following values affect the communication between the Agent and the WebService.

ServerAddress – Monitoring Portal URL
AuthenticationMethod – the Agent authentication method for sending data. You can select among the following options:
- Certificate – 1
- Password – 0 (default)
AuthenticationPassword – the authentication password (only takes effect if the password authentication method is selected)
UploadDataIntervalMinutes – the period of data sending in minutes. The default value is 60 minutes
UploadDataRetryMinutes – the period in minutes between an unsuccessful sending attempt and the next attempt. The default value is 15 minutes

AgentUIMode – affects the display mode of the Agent icon in the Windows Taskbar. The following values are available:
- 2 – the Agent icon will be displayed in the Taskbar and the user will be able to use the Private Mode (default)
- 1 – the Agent icon will be displayed in the Taskbar, bu the user will not be able to use the Private Mode
- 0 – no icon will be displayed in the Taskbar

The PrintMonitorMethod value is used to set up print monitoring:

0 – print monitoring is disabled.
1 – active print monitoring over WMI (method used in ALVAO 7.0 and earlier).
2 – passive print monitoring (default value). This method reduces the traffic when using print servers.

These values are used by the Agent to store its current status

LastUploadTry – the date and time of the previous attempt to send data
LastSuccessfulUploadTry – the date and time of the previous successful attempt to send data

Do not edit these values.

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