Agent Components

The QMonitor agent is comprised of multiple components, each writing to its own log file.

• QMonitor agent - this is the main component and the entry point of the background service. It takes care of connecting to the QMonitor servers, retrieve the configuration and start the data collection accordingly. The executable is called Quantumdatis.QMonitor.Agent.exe and it is the one invoked by the windows service.

This component is located inside the QMonitor.Agent folder under the installation folder of QMonitor (usually c:\program files\QMonitor\QMonitor.Agent). The logs are located in the logs subfolder and may contain useful information to troubleshoot your agent setup. The logfiles follow the naming pattern <organization>_<agent>-log-<timestamp>.txt

• Telegraf - this is the data collection agent, which connects to the SQL Server instances and runs the data collection queries. It also caches the metrics locally and uploads them regularly to our gateway in the cloud.

This component is located directly in the QMonitor installation folder and the executable is called telegraf.exe. The logs are found under the logs folder and follow the naming pattern telegraf_<organization>_<agent>.log

• XeSmartTarget - This is a component that takes care of streaming the events from the monitored instances to our gateway in the cloud. The executable (xesmarttarget.exe) is found in the main installation path of QMonitor and its logs are found in the corresponding logs subfolder, with the naming pattern xesmarttarget_<organization>_<agent>.log

• Autoupdater - This component ensures that your QMonitor agent stays always up to date. It runs in the background to query our servers for newer versions of the software and it downloads and runs the setup in case a new version is found. Two executables are involved: autoupdater.exe and updaterkickstarter.exe, both found in the main installation folder of QMonitor. The logs can be found in the logs directory.