Reinitializing the KM

If ever Hardware Sentry does not function properly: displays devices as missing that you know are present, or does not detect several devices as it should etc., it is possible to reinitialize the configuration and let Hardware Sentry re-start monitoring from scratch.

The above cases of malfunction could occur after a configuration change or especially after a software/hardware upgrade etc.

In such a case, you can reinitialize the KM, and Hardware Sentry will then run a full discovery and will re-detect the managed system, set the appropriate connectors and re-start the monitoring of existing & new devices. Thresholds will be set to default so all previously manually set thresholds will be lost, unless specified otherwise in the Reinitialize KM wizard shown below.

1.To reinitialize Hardware Sentry: Right-click the Hardware icon > KM Commands > Reinitialize KM:

▪Remove manually customized alert thresholds: Selection removes all customized thresholds.

▪Reset the threshold mechanism mode to default: Selection makes the KM revert to the default mode i.e. Hardware Sentry selects the mechanism is best suited to the system.

▪Reset Alert Actions: Selection removes all manually set Alert Actions and reverts to basic default actions i.e. Trigger a PATROL event and Annotate a parameter graph.

▪Reset other alert and threshold settings: Selection reverts any manually done configuration changes to default Hardware Sentry values.

▪Deactivate the debug mode: Selection deactivates the debug mode if manually enabled.

▪Restore and resume paused/removed objects: Selection restores all paused or removed objects.

▪Remove Hardware Health Report Schedule settings: Selection clears the report schedule.

▪Remove Java Settings: Selection removes the custom Java Settings (path and credentials). The KM will try to automatically find a suitable JRE.

▪Force localhost monitoring: Selection restores the monitoring of the localhost when it has previously been removed with the Remove this System command

▪Remove the security settings: Selection clears all the security settings entered.

▪Unload connectors and perform a platform detection: Selection restarts the detection process.

▪Save reinitialize setting: Selection saves the defined settings that will then be considered as default.

In cases where configurations have been manually set in the PATROL Agent, there will be an additional section called Internal KM engine options displaying the used configuration variables and the option to remove them.