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How to Override Heartbeat Settings for an Essentials Agent

Applies To: System Center Essentials 2010

Use the following procedure to override the agent heartbeat settings for a specific agent in System Center Essentials 2010. A heartbeat is a periodic pulse from an agent to the Essentials management server that contains information related to the health of the agent. For more information, see Device Management Node in Essentials.

To override the agent heartbeat setting for a specific agent

  1. In the Agent Properties dialog box, select Override global server settings.

    Note

    For information about how to get to the Agent Properties dialog box, see How to View the Properties of a Managed Object in System Center Essentials 2010.

  2. Change the Heartbeat interval. The maximum value allowed for the heartbeat interval is 86,400 seconds (60 days). The minimum value allowed is 5 seconds.

  3. Click OK.

See Also

Tasks

How to View the Properties of a Managed Object in System Center Essentials 2010

Concepts

Device Management Node in Essentials