eTrust Audit Reference Guide - CA Technologies

Distribution Server Service (acdistsrv)
Distribution Server Service (acdistsrv)
The eTrust Audit Distribution Server service, acdistsrv.exe, distributes the policy
files among the clients. It must run on the same system where the Policy
Manager is located.
Registry Keys
After you instruct the Policy Manager to distribute the policy, the relevant
commands reach the distribution queue. The distribution server reads the
distribution queue, selects from the compiled policy files, processes them, and
sends them to the distribution agents according to the commands.
The distribution server tries to connect to the distribution agent as follows:
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If the connection succeeds, the agent starts receiving configuration files.
After the transmission operation terminates successfully, the distribution log
of the Policy Manager is updated.
If the connection trial fails (or in case the initial connection succeeds but
afterwards a failure occurs), the transmission command is delayed. After a
pre-defined period (by default: 24 hours) of failed connection trials, the
distribution server terminates the transmission trials. In any case, the
distribution log of the Policy Manager is updated.
The key of the Distribution Server is found under:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\eTrust Audit\Policy
Manager\Distribution Server
The distribution server service and the distribution agent service use TCP/IP
port 8025. You can change that port by using the registry and adding a special
port, for example:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ComputerAssociates\eTrust Audit\Ports\
DistributionPort
See the “Registry Keys” chapter for more information.
Windows Services 2–7