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unisys imagine it. done. Server Management Agent for Windows User s Guide Server Management 2.1 and Higher October 2008 3839 6412 003

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Contents Chapter 1 Introducing Server Management...1 Functions and Features...1 Configuration...2 System Requirements...3 Chapter 2 Using the Server Management Agent...4 Accessing Server Management Agent Settings...4 Accessing Storage Settings...9 Storage Monitoring function...14 Information Collection...15 Server Management Agent Services...16 Logging...16 Appendix A...19 Note...19 Appendix B...24 Note on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008...24

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About This Guide The Server Management monitors the configuration, failures, and performance of systems across a network. This user's guide is intended for the system administrator and describes Server Management capabilities, installation, features, and use. This manual is contains of the following chapters. Chapter 1 Introducing Server Management Describes Server Management features, configuration and system requirements. Chapter 2 Using the Server Management Agent Describes how to access the Server Management Agent, specify monitoring thresholds for the system, and interpret Server Management Agent services on Windows systems. Appendix A Note

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Introducing Server Management 1 Chapter 1 Introducing Server Management Server Management lets a system administrator manage remote servers across a network. Server Management monitors server hardware and software configurations, failures, and performance. With log data collected by Server Management, a system administrator can track long-term and short-term performance, monitor server usage, create graphs to record trends, and check server failure rates. The administrator can use the information collected to create more efficient data-routing procedures and optimize server usage. FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES Server Management offers many functions and features for managing remote servers across a network. These features help the system administrator perform daily system operation, system extension, and transfer tasks. Some features of Server Management Manager include: Hardware and software server configuration Hardware resources mounted in servers, such as the disks (not including disk array) and LAN boards. Software resources, such as operating system information and drivers running on each server. Server failures On-screen real-time displays provide the system administrator with the failure type, location, cause, and suggested corrective action. Failure data includes hardware and software failure information. Performance Server Management monitors server performance and displays server usage on the screen and displays information, such as the rate of CPU load, memory usage, disk usage, and LAN traffic. Usage threshold values can help the system administrator monitor and prevent server overloads.

Introducing Server Management 2 CONFIGURATION Server Management consists of a Server Management Manager program that runs on a management computer and a Server Management Agent program that runs on servers to be managed. The Server Management Manager collects hardware, software, and firmware information from the Server Management Agent connected to the network. The Server Management Manager displays Server Management Agent information, failures, and error logs on the screen. The Server Management Agent monitors server software and firmware and transmits the information over the network to the Server Management Manager using SNMP. The Server Management Agent lets you view system settings and reset some Server Management thresholds locally. Each managed server must have the Server Management Agent installed and running. Using SNMP, the Server Management Agent sends data across the network to the Server Management Manager, which collects the server information. In addition, when you install both IIS and the Web Component on the Server Management Manager computer, you can manage servers through the web browser. The following figure shows a sample Manager/Agent Configuration. Agent Agent Browser Intranet / Internet Manager + IIS + Web Component Browser Figure 1-1 Manager/Agent Configuration

Introducing Server Management 3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Server Management requires the following hardware and software: Server Management Agent Hardware A server with the following Memory : 30.0MB of free memory Hard Disk space : 50.0MB Server Management Agent Software (Windows) Operating System : Windows Server 2003 R2 Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Editions Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 x64 Editions Communications Protocol : TCP/IP (comes standard with respective OS) SNMP installed with a community defined Hardware Management component (if you install the Agent software to a Microsoft Generic IPMI supported server, you should run rundll32 ipmisetp.dll, AddTheDevice and restart the system after installing the component.) On the Microsoft Generic IPMI supported server. If you install the Agent software to Microsoft Generic IPMI supported server, you can monitor hardware information (temperature, voltage, fan...). To monitor hardware information, install the Hardware Management component and setup the Server Management Agent for 'MS-IPMI Server'. Evaluated server : ES3140, ES3140L, ES3220, ES3220L

Using the Server Management Agent 4 Chapter 2 Using the Server Management Agent The Server Management Agent software tracks and manages the status of server components and resources at specified intervals. If an error or abnormality occurs, the Server Management Agent notifies the Server Management Manager of the failure. When the Server Management Manager requests administrative data, the Server Management Agent immediately transmits the information, allowing the Server Management Manager to monitor the real-time server status. Some Server Management Agent operation parameters can also be set or changed from the Server Management Manager. The Server Management Agent records server failures in various logs that are useful for troubleshooting and determining an appropriate means of recovery. You can assign threshold values to some monitored components. The Server Management Agent periodically analyzes the component information according to the threshold values. This helps prevent server damage by fatal errors. Not all Server Management Agent functions are available on all system models. ACCESSING SERVER MANAGEMENT AGENT SETTINGS Through the Server Management Agent, you can establish monitoring cycles and times. To access Server Management Agent controls, double-click on the Server Management Agent icon in the Control Panel which was added during installation. A window similar to the proceeding appears.

Using the Server Management Agent 5 From the General tab you can set the following information: SNMP Setting "Enable the Server Management Manager to modify SNMP Setting" indicates whether the Server Management Manager can modify server operation parameters via SNMP. A check enables Server Management Manager modifications; no check disables Server Management Manager modifications. "Permit Remote Shutdown/Reboot" specifies whether the Server Management Manager can perform a remote Shutdown or Reboot. A check gives the Server Management Manager permission; no check denies the Server Management Manager permission. NOTE: This field is inactive when Enable the Server Management Manager is not checked. SNMP Community is the SNMP community name to which you belong. Enable DMI function Not available. Report Setting Displays the Alert Manager. To change Alert Manager settings see the Server Management Alert Manager User s Guide (3839 6438). Storage Setting Displays the "Storage" dialog to change setting of storage monitoring. Rack mount Name: specifies the name of the rack mount system. The Operation Window will create a RackMount map by autodiscovering. Chassis Identify Not available.

Using the Server Management Agent 6 From the CPU tab you can set the following information: Sample Interval Adjusts the CPU load monitoring cycle. Sample Interval can be set to 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, or 60 seconds. Utilization Rate Adjusts the CPU load monitoring utilization rate. Utilization Rate can be set to load for 1 min, 5 min, 30 min, 1 hour, 1 day, or 1 week. Thresholds Set the CPU load monitoring thresholds (%) for fatal and warning alerts in the Report and Reset fields. CPU: Select the appropriate value for individual or total CPU load and set the monitoring thresholds in the Thresholds section. Enable thresholds: When checked, thresholds settings for the CPU load are active. Fatal: The Report field specifies the high CPU load limit that generates a Fatal alert. The Fatal alert is reset when the CPU load decreases than the threshold in the Reset field. Warning: This is similar to the Fatal fields, except a warning alert is generated or reset. When the CPU load exceeds the amount in the Report field, a Warning alert is generated. The Warning alert is reset when the CPU load decreases to less than the threshold in the Reset field.

Using the Server Management Agent 7 From the LAN tab you can set the following information: Enable threshold Specify the LAN monitoring function. Sample Interval Adjusts the LAN monitoring cycle. Network hardware error percentage Percentage of network hardware errors per monitoring cycle. Please check that the network cables are tightly connected and the HUB power switch is on. Network Hardware errors: Alignment Errors: Broken packets for collision FCS Errors: Broken packets for collision Carrier Sense Errors: Cable disconnected, Cable defect, or Transceiver defect. Transmission retry percentage Percentage of collision errors of total transmitted packets per monitoring cycle. There is a possibility that network traffic to this server is extremely heavy. Please reduce the network traffic to this server. Otherwise the network device may have defects. Transmission abort percentage Percentage of packets disposed due to excess collisions errors, etc. per monitoring cycle. There is a possibility that network traffic to this sever is extremely heavy. Please reduce the network traffic to this server. Otherwise the network device may have defects.

Using the Server Management Agent 8 From the Memory tab you can set the following information: Enable threshold To enable the monitoring function of memory, check the box. Sample Interval Specify the monitoring interval. Sample consecutive number Specify the monitoring consecutive number. Memory Utilization Thresholds Fatal Set the threshold value for the fatal status. Warning Set the threshold value for the warning status.

Using the Server Management Agent 9 From the PageFault tab you can set the following information: Enable threshold To enable the monitoring function of PageFault, check the box. Sample Interval Specify the monitoring interval. Sample consecutive number Specify the monitoring consecutive number. PageFault Thresholds Fatal Set the threshold value for the fatal status. Warning Set the threshold value for the warning status.

Using the Server Management Agent 10 Accessing Storage Settings To access storage monitoring control, click [Storage Setting] on the General tab in Server Management Agent Properties. A window similar to the following appears. From the Polling Frequency tab you can change sampling interval of Storage Monitoring Service and File System Monitoring Service. Service List Select a service to change sampling interval. NOTE: Only services that have been started are shown. Sample Interval Shows current sampling interval (unit: second). If you want to change the sampling interval, set new value. You can also set the value within a range. Default button Set default sampling interval value.

Using the Server Management Agent 11 From the Free Space tab you can change threshold of free space monitoring. File System List Select a file system to change threshold and/or monitoring mode. NOTE: You cannot select the following file systems: - Network drives - Removable drives - A drive letter that is not assigned Capacity Shows the capacity of the file system. Warning Shows warning threshold. In case you want to change threshold, set new threshold value. You can also refer to the Enable range of threshold option on the Default tab. Fatal Shows fatal threshold. In case you want to change threshold, set new threshold value. The value must be in the following range: 0(MB) < "Fatal" threshold <= "Warning" threshold < the capacity of file system (MB) Default button Reset both thresholds to the default value. The default values are. Warning: 10 percent of the capacity Fatal: 1 percent of the capacity

Using the Server Management Agent 12 How to monitor the free block using one level You can use only one level of threshold. If the fatal threshold and warning threshold are equal, Server Management Agent monitors at a single level. In this case, the monitoring level is "Fatal" (no warning level). From the Reset tab you can reset the status of an exchanged hard disk. Hard Disk List Select a hard disk that needs to be reset. Reset button Reset the status information of the hard disk selected in "Hard Disk List". Server Management Agent resets the status information of the hard disk as soon as you click [Reset]. From the HD Pre-failure tab you can change the mode of the hard disk pre-failure prediction function. Object List Select the type of object. If you want to select the hard disk connected SCSI and/or IDE controller, select "Hard Disk." Enable Pre-failure Prediction Select the mode of the hard disk pre-failure prediction. If you want to monitor the hard disk pre-failure prediction, select the check box. Do not select the check box if you do not want to monitor

Using the Server Management Agent 13 the hard disk pre-failure prediction. NOTE: The hard disk pre-failure prediction is necessary to guarantee system availability. Hard disk pre-failure prediction Server Management supports Hard disk pre-failure prediction using Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.). S.M.A.R.T. is a function that allows a hard disk to monitor several items by itself. The hard disk sends an alarm to Server Management, when the hard disk itself predicts a potential serious problem.

Using the Server Management Agent 14 STORAGE MONITORING FUNCTION Server Management Agent supports storage monitoring. The following are the two main functions of storage monitoring. Management of configuration information of the storage devices connected to SCSI or IDE HardDisk, CD-ROM, a TAPE device, an optical memory device, etc. are contained in a storage device. Hard disk pre-failure prediction Hard disk pre-failure prediction use Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.). Using this function, a hard disk with high error generating frequency is recognized before breaking down, and preventive disk replacement can be carried out. By default, these storage monitoring functions manage the devices controlled by ATAPI device driver (atapi.sys). If you want to add the other devices to manage objects of storage monitoring, you must change the setting of the management object. Please refer to the following process. 1. Investigate the device driver name of the SCSI or IDE controller connected with the storage devices that you want to manage. 2. Stop "ESM Storage Service" from the 'Service' dialog box in the Control Panel. 3. Open the following file by text editor (as notepad.exe). Program Files\Provisioning\SMA\log\esmstrg.inf 4. Add the device driver name (that you investigated in step 1.) to the [Management Port] section in "esmstrg.inf". For example, in the case of adding device driver of Adaptec ASC-48300: [Management Port] atapi # Standard ATA [Management Port] atapi # Standard ATA adp94xx 5. Add the device driver name to the [Diagnostic Port] section. 6. Close the "esmstrg.inf". 7. Start "ESM Storage Service" from the 'Service' dialog box in the Control Panel. 8. Check the below items. "ESM Storage Service" has started normally. The additional monitor devices are displayed in the DataViewer. If the monitoring device is hard disk, the "Status" item displays: "Device is Normal" on [HardDisk] - [General] Information View in the DataViewer.

Using the Server Management Agent 15 INFORMATION COLLECTION The Server Management Agent periodically monitors and collects the status of server components and resources and passes this administrative data to the Server Management Manager when requested. The Server Management Agent collects and manages three types of information: Static information Static information such as product and system name is defined during Server Management Agent installation and never changes. This data is only collected when the Server Management Manager requests it. Dynamic information Dynamic information changes during system operation. This type of information includes the rate of CPU load and memory usage of the server. The Server Management Agent periodically checks the current state of the monitored components and collects the data. The Server Management Agent then sends the latest information to the Server Management Manager when requested. Monitoring and collection cycles for dynamic information are determined by a sampling interval timer set in the Server Management Agent. Status information Status information includes the operating state of the server components, and the states of the system, storage and network. The status can be one of the following: Normal - The device is functioning within an acceptable operating range. Warning - A device problem has caused a Warning (or minor) alert. Check the Alert Log and Error Log to determine the problem. Fatal - A device problem has caused a Fatal (or major) alert. Check the Alert Log and Error Log to determine the problem. Unknown - The Server Management Agent cannot determine the current operating state of the server. The Server Management Agent manages and assigns status information in a hierarchy. The hierarchy lets the Server Management Manager quickly identify the overall status of the server and determine faulty locations quickly and precisely. The Server Management Agent monitors and collects status information using a sampling interval timer.

Using the Server Management Agent 16 SERVER MANAGEMENT AGENT SERVICES The Server Management Agent offers the following services. The Server Management Common Monitoring Service tracks the status of the CPU load. The Server Management Storage Monitoring Service monitors the configuration of storage devices (not including disk array) and the pre-failure prediction of hard disk. The Server Management File System Monitoring Service monitors the free space of file system on the system. The Server Management LAN Monitoring Service tracks the status of the network (LAN) to which the server and the LAN controllers are connected. Alert Manager, Alert Manager Main Service, Alert Manager Socket Send Service manage the alerts occurring on the server. They notify the Server Management Manager of the alerts using SNMP or TCP/IP, Internet Mail, pop up message, or other method. They also record alert messages in the Windows event log. SNMP service The Server Management Agent has its own MIB enhancement to the standard Windows SNMP service to implement information management. Logging Various software components of the server monitor the status of resources and record errors in log files such as the event log which is a standard feature in Windows. The Server Management Agent references these logs and passes information to the Server Management Manager, Internet Mail, or other device. The contents of the event log can be viewed using the event viewer (also a standard feature of Windows system).

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Using the Server Management Agent 18 Appendix A NOTE 1. If you install the Agent software in a Microsoft Generic IPMI supported server, it takes several minutes for the ESM System Management Service to start. 2. Information displayed in "Resource" of SCSI controller when x64 Edition OS is used. When using x64 Edition OS, incorrect information may appear on [Resource] Information View of the SCSI controller in DataViewer. In such a case, check the information for the resource using "Device Manager" and "System Information(winmsd.exe)" of the operating system. 3. Install/uninstall Server Management Agent with the default Local Security Policy InstallShield may generate errors in Windows Server 2003 during installation/uninstallation if the Local Security Policy is changed from the default. 4. SNMP community name When you change the community name accepting SNMP packets from "*" to any specific one, you need to register the community name to the SNMP community setting in the General tab of Server Management Agent Control Panel. Server Management Agent needs to communicate locally with SNMP service with the community name registered. 5. Event Log setting for event log monitoring Alert Manager has a function to transfer an event log reported in the NT Event Log as a Server Management alert. For this function to work, "Overwrite events as needed" in the NT Event Log settings dialog of the Event Viewer needs to be selected. Otherwise, the function does not work.

Using the Server Management Agent 19 6. Effect on Disk administration When Server Management Agent is running on the system, it is not possible to do the following operations. Format or remove a partition by NT Disk Administrator. Eject the removable media like MO, Zip, PD or DVD-RAM by means of software. In such a case, please take the following steps: Stop ESMCommonService from the 'Service' dialog box in the Control Panel. Format or remove the partition with an appropriate tool such as 'format' command or eject the media. Start ESMCommonService from the 'Service' dialog box in the Control Panel. 7. Coexistence with SQL Server CPU utilization rate of Server Management Agent may rise relatively higher on a system where Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 runs with the SQL option, 'SQL perfmon integration', checked. It's strongly recommended that you do not check the option unless you have a special reason to monitor the SQL performance. 8. On using Server Management Agent on RackMount type Please set RackMount Name when you use Server Management Agent on RackMount type chassis. Otherwise, the Operation Window will not create a RackMount map by autodiscovering. 9. Hard disk exchange If other systems use the same hard disks used by the system on which Server Management Agent Ver 4.0 or later is installed, "Hard disk Pre-failure Prediction" function might not work correctly. Do not connect such hard disks to other systems. 10. Changing setting of storage monitoring The changed value of the following items will take effect after passing one monitoring cycle of each monitoring service. Sampling interval (Polling Frequency tab of storage setting) Reset (Reset tab of storage setting and Reset button on [General] Information View of Hard Disk in Data Viewer) Hard disk pre-failure prediction mode (HD Pre-failure tab of storage setting) Thresholds of free block monitoring (Free Space tab of storage setting and threshold button on [General] Information View of File System in Data Viewer)

Using the Server Management Agent 20 11. Changing mode of hard disk pre-failure prediction Turning on/off the mode of hard disk pre-failure prediction, all hard disks work in the same mode in either case. You cannot set the mode of each hard disk individually. 12. Application log registered when system starting About the event of Perflib When the system is starting, the Perflib log is registered to the application log. The detailed information about an event log is described on Microsoft Product Support Services. Please check the contents. [INFO] Events for Performance Monitor Extensions http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;226494 Application Log Events Generated When You Start Performance Counter Query http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;296187 Event ID 2003 Warning Message Logged When Loading Performance Counters http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;267831 13. Coexistence with the Oracle products The installation of the Oracle products may change Startup Type of SNMP Service to "Manual". If so, return the setting to "Automatic" and correctly set it up according to the description of the Oracle product. 14. Monitoring LAN via IEEE1394 interface If you connect an IEEE1394 network adapter to an IEEE1394 network adapter on another server, Server Management Agent cannot monitor LAN activity. IEEE1394 connection Server Server

Using the Server Management Agent 21 15. Ports used by Server Management Manager and Agent Server Management Manager and Agent use the following ports. If a firewall is placed between Manager and Agent, or if Windows Firewall is enabled, open the following ports. Between Manager and Agent Function Manager (Port) Direction Agent (Port) Protocol Remarks Operation Window (Autodiscovery) - Operation Window (Server Status Polling) / DataViewer / Server Down Detection Undetermined Report to Manager (SNMP) 162 Report to Manager (TCP/IP In-Band) Report to Manager (TCP/IP Out-of-Band) 31134 - icmp icmp 161 UDP snmp Undetermined UDP snmp-trap Undetermined TCP - The upper direction shows the direction at start-up, and the lower shows the return. Change both Agent and Manager settings when you change the port number for the Report to Manager (TCP/IP In-Band). The setting method is as follows. <Agent> a) Click the Setting - Destination Setting menu on Alert Manager, and the Destination Setting dialog box displays. b) Select the TCP/IP In-Band and click Modify ID on the Destination Setting dialog box. The ID Setting dialog box displays. c) Click Address on the ID Setting dialog box and the Manager (TCP/IP In-Band) Setting dialog box displays. d) Set the port number to Port Number on the Manager (TCP/IP In-Band) Setting dialog box. <Manager> a) Click the Setting - Base Setting menu on Alert Manager and the Base Setting dialog box displays. b) Select the Receive from Agent (TCP/IP) and click Configure on the Base Setting dialog box. The Receive from Agent (TCP/IP) setting dialog box displays. c) Set the port number to Port Number on the Receive from Agent (TCP/IP) Setting dialog box. Change both Agent and Manager settings when you change the port number for the Report to Manager (TCP/IP Out-of-Band). <Agent> a) Click the Setting - Destination Setting menu on Alert Manager and the Destination Setting dialog box displays. b) Select the TCP/IP Out-of-Band and click Modify ID on the Destination Setting dialog box and the ID Setting dialog box displays.

Using the Server Management Agent 22 c) Click Address on the ID Setting dialog box and the Manager (TCP/IP Out-of-Band) Setting dialog box displays. d) Set the port number to Port Number on the Manager (TCP/IP Out-of-Band) Setting dialog box. <Manager> a) Click the Setting - Base Setting menu on Alert Manager and the Base Setting dialog box displays. b) Select the Receive from Agent (TCP/IP) and click Configure on the Base Setting dialog box. The Receive from Agent (TCP/IP) setting dialog box displays. c) Set the port number to Port Number on the Receive from Agent (TCP/IP) Setting dialog box. "Undetermined" means that the unoccupied port at the communication start-up will be selected. Between Manager and Manager Function Manager (Port) Direction Manager (Port) Protocol Remarks Inter-Manager Communication Undetermined 8806 TCP - The port number can be changed in the Remote Manager dialog box by selecting Operation Window menu [Option] [Customize] [Remote Manager]. "Undetermined" means that the unoccupied port at the communication start-up will be selected.

Using the Server Management Agent 23 Between Manager and Mail Server Function Manager(Port) or Agent(Port) Internet Mail Undetermined Direction Mail Server(Port) Protocol 25 TCP smtp Remarks The port number for the Internet Mail can be changed by doing the following. a) Click the Setting - Base Setting menu on Alert Manager and the Base Setting dialog box displays. b) Select the Internet Mail and click Configure on the Base Setting dialog box and the Internet Mail setting dialog box displays. c) Set the port number to SMTP Port number on the Internet Mail Setting dialog box. Undetermined means that the unoccupied port at the communication start-up will be selected. 16. The following report methods cannot be used after you installed this product even if they could be used before installing. Pager Mail (MAPI) Receive from SMB SMB Alert 17. Note on Server Core Browse of Save Monitor Event dialog box does not function. Help dialog box of Alert Manager setting tool does not appear. "Manager (TCP/IP Out-of-Band)" method cannot be used. Remote Access Service of "Internet Mail" method cannot be used.

Note on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 24 Appendix B Note on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 About the User Account Control On Windows Vista and Windows Server system, the User Account Control is turned on. If you start the NEC ESMPRO Agent Control Panel or the collect.exe program, the [User Account Control] dialog box appears. Click [Continue] to start the program. About the number of mouse buttons On Windows Vista and Windows 2008 Server system, the value for buttons in the Mouse Information on data Viewer of NEC ESMPRO Manager is Unknown. Information displayed in Resource of SCSI controller In the following cases, check the information for the resource using Device Manager and System Information(winmsd.exe) of the operating system. x64 Edition operating system Incorrect information may appear in the [Resource] window from [SCSI Controller] of Data Viewer. Windows Vista operating system I/O port information does not appear in the [Resource] window from [SCSI Controller] of Data Viewer. The Report Method that cannot be used The "Report to Client" method cannot be used. Although no error appears even if you enable this method, it does not work. The"Command execution (Run command)" method and "Pop-up Message" method are not supported. We will support them in a future version.

Note on Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 25 About CPU load monitoring Because of a Windows Vista and Windows 2008 Server problem, the memory leak might occur on CPU Load Monitoring. If you do not need the CPU load monitoring, please remove the module of the CPU load monitoring. How to remove: 1) Double-click [Administraive tool]-[services] on the Control Panel. 2) Right-click ESMCommonService and select the stop 3) Change the file name of %SystemRoot%\system32\cpuperf.esr as follows. cpuperf.esr -> cpuperf.bak *In the case of x64 Edition, please change the following file. %SystemDrive%\Windows\SysWOW64\cpuperf.esr 4) Right-click ESMCommonService and select the start. About the System eventlog during the installation of the Agent When you install the Agent, the following event may be reported on Windows Eventlog (system). Type: Warning Source: Windows Defender Event ID: 3004 Description: Windows Defender Real-Time Protection agent has detected changes. Microsoft recommends you analyze the software that made these changes for potential risks. You can use information about how these programs operate to choose whether to allow them to run or remove them from your computer. Allow changes only if you trust the program from the software publisher. Windows Defender cannot undo changes that you allow. These events are reported by installing service. These are not problems.

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