HP Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS) manual Activating a Schedule on Agent Hosts

System Manager Screen

Activating a Schedule on Agent Hosts

		Activating a Schedule on Agent Hosts
		To provide intrusion detection, you must activate surveillance schedules on the agent
		hosts. You also use this procedure to replace a schedule on one or more hosts.
		To activate a surveillance schedule on agent hosts
		On the System Manager screen,
Step	1.	In the Monitored Hosts list, select the hosts you want to be activated. Their Status fields
		must show Available, Scheduled, or Running.
Step	2.	In the Schedules list, select the surveillance schedule you want to activate.
Step	3.	Do one of the following:

•Click the Activate button

•Choose the Actions > Activate Schedule menu item

•Press Shift-F8

•Right-click in the Monitored Hosts area) and select Activate Schedule from the menu

Step	4.	If any of the agent hosts is already running a schedule, the Confirm Schedule Activation
		dialog box will pop up, asking “Override existing Surveillance Schedule?” Click Yes to
		continue, No to cancel.
Step	5.	If the activation is successful, the Status column will indicate Scheduled or Running and
		the name of the newly downloaded surveillance schedule will be displayed in the
		Schedule column of the selected hosts; otherwise, Error or No Agent Available will be
		displayed in the Status column.
Step	6.	If Error is shown for a host, view the error messages on the Network Node Error tab for
		the host; see “Go to Network Node Screen” on page 55 and “The Errors Tab” on page 104.
		Then check the status; see “Getting the Status of Agent Hosts” on page 48.

If No Agent Available is shown for a host, see “No Agent Available” on page 234 for troubleshooting ideas.

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