Main program settings

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To change program options:

1.On the ribbon, select the Main page, and then click Options.

2.Select the desired tab.

3.Edit properties according to the description below.

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Tab

Options

Description

02_img49  General

Additional information in the tree

Additional icons that are displayed in the map tree, next to the map name. Possible settings:

host states,

alerts,

both or nothing.

Program icon on system tray

always,

only on unresolved alerts,

only when minimized.

Minimize console

Determines whether minimization moves the application icon to the tray.

Log out of nVision

Logging out of nVision after the inactivity time as set in this option.

Automatic updates

At this tab, you can enable automatic updates and change interval of checking for new versions of nVision.

02_img50  Monitoring

Services

The list of TCP services that will be scanned on each host by Axence nVision®. If you would like any service to be discovered automatically by nVision, you have to add this service to this list.

Discover services on every interface

Check this option to scan for services on all the host addresses/interfaces. If unchecked, services will be scanned on the primary address only.

Resolve addresses every X minutes

Time interval according to which nVision resolves IP addresses =>DNS.

Maximum concurrent incoming Agent connections

This parameter determines how many Agents can send information at the same time, e.g. about user activity.

 

Note: use lower values if you encounter too high bandwidth usage.

02_img51 Actions

Some actions require being setup to function correctly, for example sending an ICQ message requires a UIN/password to login to the ICQ server. For a description of each action setup refer to Setting up actions topic.

02_img52 Setting up services

Web Access can be enabled in this tab. If you want to learn more about Web Access, see How to get access to nVision via Web browser? and How to create Web Access user accounts?.

In this tab, you can also change API server settings for access from mobile applications. If you want to learn more, see Mobile application topic.

WebAccess console

Define the port number for access via Web browser.

HelpDesk

Define the port number for the port on which HelpDesk will be running. To enable encrypted communication in HelpDesk, you must install a certificate for the domain.

SmartTime

Define the port number for the port on which SmartTime will be running.

API Server

Define the port number for the Mobile Fixed Assets application for Android.

02_img53 Maintenance

Clean-up all data in database

Set the number of days after which the old data (of specific type) are removed from the database.

Backup

Automatic backup profiles are managed in this tab. To learn more, see Automatic backup. In addition to program setup, backup also includes the data collected in network monitoring, inventory data and HelpDesk module data.

Restart nVision if not responding for X minutes

Axence nVision® is a very stable program, but we understand that it may be used to monitor critical assets. Therefore, it has a failover feature that will automatically restart the program in case of any problems to ensure continuous network monitoring.

Check this option and set the time in minutes if you want Axence nVision® to restart if not responding.

02_img54 Blockade messages

In this tab, you can setup your own messages that will be displayed in the case of an attempt to:

access a blocked website,

run a blocked application,

make an operation on external carrier in DataGuard,

download a file with locked extension by the browser.

02_img55 User activity

Applications

Defines groups of applications. You can create, edit and delete groups. The name of the application’s executable file is compared to the name of file run by the process user. They are used in the user activity monitoring module (Users).

Local networks

Defines addressing of local networks. A list of proxy ports separated with commas. They are used in the user activity monitoring module (Users) for monitoring of bandwidth usage and appropriate classification of network traffic (LAN/Internet traffic).

Protocol patterns

Defines groups of protocol patterns – they are used in the user activity monitoring module (Users) for monitoring of bandwidth usage. You can create, edit and delete groups. The packet will be included in the selected group if it meets at least one of the criteria: application’s executable file name or ports on which it is running.

Domains

Defines groups of visited webpages. You can create, edit and delete groups.

02_img56 Inventory

This tab presents a list of directories that are not scanned during inventory monitoring. You can create, edit and delete entries.
In this tab, you can also create the categories of file extensions that will be detected by Agents.

02_img57 HelpDesk

This tab enables the management of HelpDesk’s core settings and tickets processing options.

Remember to configure also the HelpDesk port in the Remote Web access tab of nVision.