We believe that our Concurrent powershell collections are running into some security software we have running on 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, etc minutes. We wanted to try to offset ScienceLogic Powershell to run on 2, 7, 12, etc if possible.
I am familiar with System > Settings > Process > Data Collection: Dynamic App… I changed this one to offset by 2 which worked for non Powershell collections but didn’t work for Powershell… I also found “Data Collection: PowerShell Collector”, but this process does not have an offset setting.
Best answer by TonyAndres
Hello Jeff,
The Data Collection: PowerShell Collector process is Always running, so there is not offset to configure as the process is not stopping and starting at a frequency. This process runs a docker container on the collector that runs concurrent PowerShell requests. So, the frequency of these requests is dictated by the frequency of the PowerShell dynamic apps. You can’t offset those apps, but you can change the frequency to 4 or 6 minutes or a value that is not 5 or 10 minutes.
However, as a best practice, you should whitelist any requests being made by Skylar One on your security software to prevent issues with data collections or performance on the end devices.
Antonio Andres
Principal Technical Support Engineer | ScienceLogic
The Data Collection: PowerShell Collector process is Always running, so there is not offset to configure as the process is not stopping and starting at a frequency. This process runs a docker container on the collector that runs concurrent PowerShell requests. So, the frequency of these requests is dictated by the frequency of the PowerShell dynamic apps. You can’t offset those apps, but you can change the frequency to 4 or 6 minutes or a value that is not 5 or 10 minutes.
However, as a best practice, you should whitelist any requests being made by Skylar One on your security software to prevent issues with data collections or performance on the end devices.
Antonio Andres
Principal Technical Support Engineer | ScienceLogic
@TonyAndres how could i set it to 6 or 7 minutes? In the Dynamic application the polling frequency dropdown is greyed out, and in the device Collections tab, the choices are 1,2,3,4,5,10 minutes? Doesn’t seem to be an option between 5 and 10, and then it continues going up by 5’s.
