Comparing the Monitor Agent Consoles

Many aspects of agent monitoring are available in one or more of the Monitor Agent consoles. The table below summarizes agent monitoring features and where they are available.

Task	Windows Monitor Agent Console	Monitor Agent Web Console	Monitor Web Console
Selecting Agents to Monitor	Yes	Yes	No
Creating and Managing Agent Groups	Yes	No	Yes
Viewing All Agents	Yes	Yes	Yes if not in groups
Viewing Problem Agents	Yes	Yes	Yes
Viewing an Agent Console	Yes	No	No
Viewing an Agent Web Console	Yes	Yes	Yes
Searching for Agents	No	No	Yes
Assigning Responsibility for Specific Agents	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring the Monitor Agent for HTTP	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring the Monitor Agent for SNMP	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring Polling of Monitored Agents	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring E-Mail Notification of Agent Problems	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring Audible Notification of Agent Problems	Yes	No	No
Configuring SNMP Trap Notification of Agent Problems	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring Authentication and Intruder Lockout for the Monitor Web Console	Yes	Authentication: Yes Intruder Lockout: No	No
Configuring Monitor Agent Log Settings	Yes	Yes	Yes
Generating Reports	Yes	Yes	Yes
Link Trace Report	Yes	Yes	Yes
Link Configuration Report	Yes	Yes	Yes
Environment Report	Yes	Yes	No
User Traffic Report	Yes	Yes	No
Link Traffic Report	Yes	Yes	No
Message Tracking Report	Yes	Yes	No
Performance Tracking Report	Yes	Yes	No