4.3.2 Network monitor prerequisites
Installing the network monitor requires a computer that monitors the network. Provide one online managed computer for each network segment in which you want to install the network monitor, and then enable the network monitor on that computer.
In addition, do not clear the following check boxes in the Basic settings in the agent configurations assigned to the computer that monitors the network.
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Communicate with the higher system
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Periodically notify the higher system of the information collected from the computer.
The network monitor takes effect as long as the agent is running. Therefore, the computer with the network monitor enabled must be running during the time that you want to monitor the network.
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We recommend that you enable the network monitor on a 24-hour computer to consistently monitor the network.
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A computer that monitors the network (online managed computer with the network monitor enabled) accepts connections even from devices that have been blocked from the network due to, for example, insufficient security measures. Therefore, do not configure a mission-critical server, such as a file server, as the computer that monitors the network.
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On agents for UNIX or Mac , and Citrix XenApp, Microsoft RDS server the network monitor cannot be enabled. You must manually control network connections.