How to start or stop the Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) process? (4221641)

How to start or stop the Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM) process?

Starting or stopping the Agent Manager process. How to start or stop the Foglight Agent Manager (FglAM)?

The Agent Manager should be installed in a directory that is local to the system. It should also run using a local account, not a network or domain account. This should also include a local user home directory. Because the Agent Manager monitors and detects problems such as network and disk failures, having the Agent Manager installed in a local directory and running it as a local user makes the Agent Manager more resistant to failures in those services and better able to detect and report those failures. Otherwise, having the Agent Manager installed on a network drive, could cause the Agent Manager to lock itself when the network drive fails, preventing this failure from being reported.

In a default installation, the Agent Manager is installed as a Windows service or a Unix daemon, this process starts immediately after the installation. You can override this default behavior by using the --no-start-on-exit option.

 

To start the Agent Manager:

Navigate to the bin directory of an Agent Manager installation and run the fglam executable.

For complete information about the fglam command and the available command-line options, see the Command-Line Reference Guide.

To restart the Agent Manager:

In the Foglight browser interface, navigate to the Agent Managers dashboard, select the Agent Manager host, and click Restart.

To stop the Agent Manager:

Navigate to the bin directory of an Agent Manager installation and issue the fglam executable with the -- stop option:

fglam --stop

To run the Agent Manager as a daemon on UNIX®:

1. Follow the instructions in To install the init.d script refer to Knowledgebase article 4225988. See Configuring the Agent Manager to run as a daemon in Knowledgebase article 4225988 for more information about this script.

2. Navigate to the location in which the init.d script quest-fglam was installed. See Locating the init.d script on page 94 for more information.

3. Run the script with a required option.

• To start the Agent Manager daemon, run the quest-fglam script with the start option. For example (on Linux):

• To stop the Agent Manager daemon, run the quest-fglam script with the stop option. For example (on Linux):

To run the Agent Manager as a Windows service:

1. Follow the instructions in Installing the Agent Manager as a Windows service on page 34.

2. Launch a command-line window on the Agent Manager machine and navigate to the /bin directory.

3. Start or stop the Foglight Agent Manager service from the command-line using a required option.

• To start the Foglight Agent Manager service, run fglam.exe with the --start-service option:

• To stop the Foglight Agent Manager service, run fglam.exe with the --stop option: