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Any agent installation image with prerequisites is called a

bundle. When we add

a bundle to the agent depot, we need to add the bundle that supports the

operating system that we want to deploy.

Table 3-8 describes the steps required to set up and manage remote agent

deployment.

Table 3-8 Remote agent deployment steps

3.3.1 Populating the agent depot for OS agents

There are two methods to populate the agent depot:

򐂰 “Populating the agent depot from the installation image” on page 117

򐂰 “Populating the agent depot with the tacmd addBundles command” on

page 119

Populating the agent depot from the installation image

This section describes how to populate the agent depot on Windows, Linux, and

UNIX using the installation image.

Populating the agent depot during installation on Windows

The procedure to populate the agent depot from the Windows installation image

differs based on the installation image (base IBM Tivoli Monitoring or application

agent) that you are using. Use the procedure below that applies to the image you

are using:

1. Launch the installation wizard by double-clicking the setup.exe file in the

\Windows subdirectory of the installation image.

2. Select Modify on the Welcome window and click Next.

3. Click OK for the warning message regarding existing components on this

computer.

4. Click OK on the Add or Remove Features window without making any

changes. (Do not clear any selected items because this removes them from

the computer.)

Steps Where to find information

Populate the agent deploy depot with

installable agent images.

3.3.1, “Populating the agent depot for OS

agents” on page 117

Deploy an OS agent. 3.3.2, “Deploying OS agents” on page 119

Deploy a non-OS agent. 3.3.3, “Deploying non-OS agents” on

page 121

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5. On the Agent Deployment window, select the agents that you want to add to

the depot and click Next.

6. Review the installation summary and click Next to begin the installation. After

the agents are added to the agent depot, a configuration window (called the

Setup Type window) is displayed.

7. Clear all selected components. You have already configured all components

on this computer and do not need to reconfigure any now. Click Next.

8. Click Finish to complete the installation.

9. Click Finish in the Maintenance Complete window.

Populating the agent depot during installation on Linux or UNIX

Use the following steps to populate the agent depot from the Linux or UNIX

installation image:

1. In the directory where you extracted the installation files, run the following

command:

./install.sh

2. When prompted for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring home directory, press Enter to

accept the default (/opt/IBM/ITM). If you want to use a different installation

directory, type the full path to that directory and press Enter.

3. If the directory you specified does not exist, you are asked whether to create

it. Type y to create this directory.

4. The following prompt is displayed. Select one of the following:

1) Install products to the local host.

2) Install products to depot for remote deployment (requires TEMS).

3) Install TEMS support for remote seeding

4) Exit install.

Please enter a valid number:

Type 2 to start the installation and press Enter. The end user license

agreement is displayed. Press Enter to read through the agreement.

5. Type 1 to accept the agreement and press Enter.

6. Type the number that corresponds to the agent or agents that you want to add

to the agent depot and press Enter. If you are going to add more than one

agent, use a comma (,) to separate the numbers. To select all available

agents, type all. You can select multiple agents with consecutive

corresponding numbers by typing the first and last numbers for the agents,

separated by a hyphen (-).

7. When you have specified all the agents that you want to add to the agent

depot, type E and press Enter to exit.