Agent Components

PerformanceGuard uses distributed agents to collect information about the various parts of an IT system.
The PerformanceGuard agent is installed on an end-user workstation or server as an executable file, some other files may also be installed:

	Windows 2003 Server	Windows Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows 8	File Location
Agent Executables
GuardAgent.exe	x	x	AgentDirectory
GuardAgentTray.exe		x
GuardAgentN.exe	x		AgentDirectory
BTMUtil.exe	x	x	AgentDirectory
CitrixAgent.exe	x		AgentDirectory
vmwarecheck.exe		x	AgentDirectory
Drivers
pgnpf.sys	x	x	%windir%\system32\drivers
DLLs
IEAgent.dll a)	x	x	AgentDirectory
PGExtHelper.dll b)	x	x	AgentDirectory Win2003: %windir%\System32 Win2003 64bit, Win2008 64bit: %windir%\SysWOW64
PipeLib.dll c)	x	x	AgentDirectory
wfapi2_04_2085.dll d)	x		AgentDirectory
pgPacket.dll		x	AgentDirectory
pgwpcap.dll		x	AgentDirectory
Optional
atl71.dll	x		AgentDirectory

Notes:

The Internet Explorer helper component is dependent on the installed version of Internet Explorer.
Known issue on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.
PGExtHelper.dll is used for collecting BTM data.
Used for communication between CitrixAgent.exe and GuardAgent.exe
Is supplied as a replacement for a leaking wfapi.dll supplied with earlier versions of Citrix Metaframe Server

Installer	AgentDirectory
AgentSetup.exe	%ProgramFiles%\PremiTech\PerformanceGuard
PGuardAgent.msi PGuardAgent64.msi	%ProgramFiles%\PremiTech\PerformanceGuard Agent

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