The eG Installation Guide - eG Innovations

Installing and Configuring on Windows Environments
Figure 3.155: Information specified by the user at the various stages of the setup process
12. Next, the user has to decide whether to assign a nick name for the eG agent. In many
environments, servers and routers may not be assigned host names. Furthermore, the host
names may not be easy to remember or recall. It is not easy to refer to servers and network
devices using their IP addresses. To make it easy for administrators/operators to refer to the
monitored servers/devices, the eG manager and agents can identify these devices using “nick
names”. A nick name is a logical, easy to understand name assigned to a server/device. Nick
names can be assigned to a server when installing the agent. The nick name assigned to a server
when installing an agent must also be specified in the eG admin interface when adding an
application on that server. Figure 3.156 provides the user the option of specifying a nick name.
Figure 3.156: Setup requesting the user’s confirmation to assign a nick name for the eG agent
13. Clicking on the Yes button will then require the user to specify the nick name (see Figure 3.157).
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