alter agent

Changes the attributes of an existing agent. You can modify one or more attributes for an agent.

Syntax

alter agent agent_name
[set host [{to|=}] host]
[and set port [{to|=}] port]
[and set user [{to|=}] user]
[and set password [{to|=}] password]
[and set desc [{to|=}] description]

Parameters

agent_name – the name of the agent.
host – the host name of the machine on which the agent is installed.
port – the port number of the machine on which the agent is installed.
user – the administrator login name.
password – the password associated with the login name.
description – description of the agent. Use double quotes if you are using a reserved word or blank spaces.

Examples

Example 1 – changes the myagent user name and password:

alter agent myagent
and set user=youruser
and set password=yourpwd
go