Agent Profiles

The following options are available in the Agent Profiles dialog box.

Options

Default

Select the profile to be used when creating new agents of the type indicated. This option is displayed only when viewing the default agent profiles dialog box in the Publisher and Distributor Properties.

Use

Select the profile to use for this agent. This option is displayed only when viewing the Agent Profiles for an existing agent.

Profile name

View the name of the agent profile.

Type

View the type of agent profile (user or system).

Description

View the description of the profile.

View Details

Display the parameters of the selected profile. This option is displayed only if a system profile is selected.

Modify Profile

Display a dialog box for modifying a selected profile. This option is displayed only if an existing user profile is selected.

New Profile

Display a dialog box for creating a new profile based on the selected profile. The starting values for the parameters are the values of whatever profile you have selected. The new profile does not automatically become the profile to be used.

Delete

Delete the selected user profile from the list. System profiles cannot be deleted.

Change all existing . . . Agents to use the selected profile

Change all agents of the indicated type to use the Default Profile. Agents that run continuously must be stopped and restarted before the new profile will be used. This option is displayed only when viewing the default agent profiles dialog box from the Publisher and Distributor Properties.