About Agent configuration and logging
Agent configuration settings are stored in the OpsCenter database. The OpsCenter Agent also caches the latest version of the configuration settings in the agent.conf file. The agent compares the local agent.conf file with the one stored in the database when the agent process is started. If the agent process has already started, any changes made to the local agent.conf file do not take place until the agent is restarted.
Note:
You should not modify the agent.conf file. You should change the agent configuration settings using the OpsCenter Agent configuration user interface.
Any changes that you make to the Agent configuration settings are reflected after the next heartbeat.
A heartbeat is a request that the OpsCenter Agent sends to the OpsCenter Server to check for any new changes in the configuration settings. By default, a heartbeat is sent every minute.
Logging for the agent core and individual data collector is administered in the same fashion but written to different log files.