Registry settings

The following Registry Settings are available to control the behavior of Ivanti Automation components:

Frequency at which Console checks for new updates

Location of Dispatcher Resource cache folder

Master caching Dispatcher

Tracing

Careless registry editing can cause irreversible damage! Approach this task with caution, and only after you have made a backup.

Additional registry settings

The following are some additional registry settings you can change. You will need to restart the Dispatcher service for changes to take effect.

CheckForChangesInterval

Used for changing the default CheckForChanges interval of 10 seconds when the Agent+ is in Polling mode.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\Agent

Value Name

CheckForChangesInterval

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

Number of seconds for the CheckForChanges interval.

DisablePush

Used to force the Agent+ to use the Polling mode.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\Agent

Value Name

DisablePush

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

1 to force-enable Polling mode.

GetBootTime

Used to change the default way of calculating boot time - GetTickCount.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\Agent

Value Name

GetBootTime

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

0 for GetTickCount,1 for PerformanceCounters, and 2 for WMI.

ConnectionPooling

Used to switch from the proprietary DB connection mechanism to the SQL Server Connection Pooling provided by Microsoft.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\Dispatcher

Value Name

ConnectionPooling

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

1 to enable the Pooling mode for the database connection.

ConnectionTimeout

Used in conjunction with ConnectionPooling to change the default connection timeout of 15 seconds.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\Dispatcher

Value Name

ConnectionTimeout

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

Number of seconds for the connection timeout.

AllowChangingPropertiesDuringJob

Used to allow the Agent to check for properties during a job.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\Agent

Value Name

AllowChangingPropertiesDuringJob

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

1 to enable.

ProxySettings

If the source control proxy server is different than the system proxy configuration, these registry settings can be used to instruct the Console to use custom proxy settings.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\WMC\Preferences\ProxySettings

Value Name

Address

Data Type

REG_SZ

Value Data

Custom proxy server address (DNS name or IP).

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\WMC\Preferences\ProxySettings

Value Name

Enabled

Data Type

REG_DWORD (Binary)

Value Data

1 to enable.

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\WMC\Preferences\ProxySettings

Value Name

Port

Data Type

REG_DWORD

Value Data

Decimal value of the proxy server's port.

MultiSubnetFailover

Configure this string value to configure Automation to connect to the Datastore using the MultiSubnetFailover = True connection property in the SQL connection string.

For more details, see the following Microsoft article: OLE DB Driver for SQL Server Support for High Availability, Disaster Recovery

Type

Value

System key

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\RES\AutomationManager\WMC (32-bits)

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\RES\AutomationManager\WMC (64-bits)

Value Name

MultiSubnetFailover

Data Type

REG_SZ

Value Data

Yes