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Ipswitch Analytics consists of one or more Ipswitch Analytics Agents that pull data periodically from MOVEit databases and send that data securely to the Ipswitch Analytics Server. The Ipswitch Analytics Server stores the data in a PostgreSQL database and presents it for analysis within a web browser when requested.
An Agent is required for each MOVEit database you want to include in Ipswitch Analytics. For example, if you have one MOVEit Central database and two MOVEit DMZ databases, you will need three Agents.
The standard perpetual base Ipswitch Analytics license supports two Agents connected with a single Server, however, a Ipswitch Analytics Server can support up to 20 Agents and up to 100 users may sign in to the Ipswitch Analytics Server concurrently. Please visit How to Buy to purchase add-on Agent licenses or to convert from an evaluation license to a perpetual license.
Note: In a MOVEit Central High Availability environment, you install two Agents that use the same license but only one Agent is active at a time. See Install Ipswitch Analytics Agents in High Availability Enviornments.
The installation package contains a Ipswitch Analytics Server install file and a Ipswitch Analytics Agent install file.
The Ipswitch Analytics Server
The Ipswitch Analytics Server is a secure web server that uses Apache Tomcat to run as a Windows service. The Server receives data from each Agent periodically, consolidates that data into a dedicated PostgreSQL database that retains historical MOVEit data, and then presents that data in the form of reports and a real-time monitor within a web browser. Up to 100 users may sign in to the Ipswitch Analytics Server concurrently.
Ipswitch Analytics Agents
An Agent is a Windows service that periodically captures the most recent data from a MOVEit database, formats and encrypts that data, and then sends the data to the Ipswitch Analytics Server securely via HTTPS. Data collection occurs every one minute for Monitor data and every two minutes for Reports. Agents have a small software footprint and use simple read-only queries that have minimal impact on MOVEit processing. The Agent's access to the MOVEit database is controlled by credentials entered during Agent installation. The Ipswitch Analytics Agent service typically runs on the Agent machine as an administrator user specified during installation, or in the context of the standard "LocalService" or "NetworkService" account.