86.0 Comparing the Monitor Consoles

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

Task	Monitor Agent Console	Monitor Web Console	Windows Monitor Agent Server Console
Selecting Agents to Monitor	Yes	No	Yes
Creating and Managing Agent Groups	Yes	Yes	Yes
Viewing All Agents	Yes	Yes if not in groups	Yes
Viewing Problem Agents	Yes	Yes	Yes
Viewing an Agent Console	Yes	Yes	Yes
Searching for Agents	No	Yes	No
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 Email Notification for Agent Problems	Yes	Yes	Yes
Configuring SNMP Trap Notification for Agent Problems	Yes	Yes	Yes
Securing the Monitor Web Console	Authentication: Yes Intruder Lockout: No	No	Yes
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
Image Map Report	Yes	No	No
Environment Report	Yes	No	Yes
User Traffic Report	Yes	No	Yes
Link Traffic Report	Yes	No	Yes
Message Tracking Report	Yes	No	Yes
Performance Testing Report	Yes	No	Yes
Connected User Report	Yes	No	No
Gateway Accounting Report	Yes	No	No
Trends Report	Yes	No	No
Down Time Report	Yes	No	No