How Do I Fix an Abnormal Agent?

Your agent is probably abnormal if it is in Not installed or Offline state. Agent statuses and their meaning are as follows:

Possible Causes

Solution

  1. Check whether the agent status remains Offline on the console for more than 10 minutes after the agent was installed.

    • If yes, go to 2.
    • If no, wait until the agent goes online. No further action is required. After the agent was installed, it takes 5 to 10 minutes for the console to update its status.

  2. Check whether your server OS is within the scope of support in "Constraints" in "Service Overview".

    • If yes, go to 3.
    • If no, the HSS agent cannot be installed or run on your server. Upgrade the OS to a version supported by HSS and try again.

  3. Check whether the server network is normal.

    • If yes, go to 4.
    • If no, After the server can access the network, check the agent status.

  4. Restart the agent process.

    • Windows
      1. Log in to the server as user administrator.
      2. Open the Task Manager.
      3. On the Services tab page, select HostGuard.
      4. Right-click the service and choose Restart.
    • Linux

      Run the following command in the CLI as user root to restart the agent:

      service hostguard restart

      If the following information is displayed, the restart is successful:
      root@HSS-Ubuntu32:~#service hostguard restart
      Stopping Hostguard...
      Hostguard stopped
      Hostguard restarting...
      Hostguard is running

    After the process is restarted, wait for about 2 minutes.

    • If the agent status is Online, no further action is required.
    • If the agent status is still Not installed or Offline, uninstall the agent and install it again.