Persistent Connection

Determines whether to connect to a specific agent with either a persistent or transient connection.

The connection between Control-M/Server and Control-M/Agent agent is constant and can be initiated by both. When the Control-M/Agent starts up, the Agent Router process is started and acts as a broker between the other Control-M/Agent components and Control-M/Server.

The Agent Router process allows Control-M/Server to maintain a constant connection with the Control-M/Agent. However, when Control-M/Server sits behind a firewall, the Agent Router cannot initiate the connection with Control-M/Server. After the Control-M/Server creates the connection to the Agent Router, the Agent Tracker and Agent Utilities processes use this connection to communicate with Control-M/Server.

Maximum Disconnect Time

Determines the maximum number of seconds between 30 - 86400 that the Control-M/Server allows an agent to be disconnected before it initiates a session. This parameter is relevant only if the Allow agent to initiate a session parameter on the agent is set to NO.

Default: 300

Session Idle Timeout

Determines the maximum number of seconds between 30 - 86400 that a session can be idle before Control-M/Server terminates it.

Default: 900

Allow Agent Disconnection

Determines if the current connection to this Control-M/Agent can be disconnected when the maximum number of concurrent sessions is reached.

Allowing a persistent connection on a Control-M/Agent to disconnect requires the connection to be reestablished before communication with the Control-M/Agent can continue. If you run time-sensitive jobs on the Control-M/Agent, you might want to select No.

Allow agent to initiate a session

Determines if the Control-M/Agent can open a connection to the Control-M/Server when working in Persistent Connection mode.

If the Control-M/Agent is outside a firewall and the Agent to Server port is blocked, set this parameter to No.