Adding or trimming agents

This section identifies the steps to add and trim agents.

To initiate a WebSpeed agent add and trim request:

  1. Display the WebSpeed main page for the broker you want to start. See the "Accessing OpenEdge resource information" section for the detailed steps.
  2. Click Agent Pool Control in the Command and control section to display the Agent Pool Control page, as shown:
  3. From the drop-down list box, select Add or Trim.
  4. In the agent(s) field, enter the number of agents you want to add or trim. The value you enter must be a positive integer.
  5. When you initiate an add or trim request, OpenEdge Management consults the foloowing two sets of initial configuration details to determine if and how it can honor either request:

  6. Click Submit. Depending on the changes you make and OpenEdge Management's capability to implement them, you might notice updates to the numeric values displayed in the Agents state table. See the "Agents state section" section for more information.
Note: Any time you either add or trim WebSpeed agents, it is recommended that you refresh the management console to ensure that you are not viewing stale data.

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