Deployment Guide Series: IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2

Chapter 3. Installation and configuration 121

Using the tacmd createNode command

To deploy an OS agent using the tacmd createNode command, run the following

command:

tacmd createNode [-h HOST_NAME] [{smb|ssh|rexec|rsh}://]HOST[:PORT]]

[-u USERNAME] [-w PASSWORD][-o NAME=VALUE ...] [-d NODEDIR] [-i

IMAGE_PATH] [-p NAME=VALUE ...] [-f]

Before we install the OS agent from the command line using tacmd createNode,

we need to check the agent install packages depot. Use tacmd listBundles to

check the depot.

Example 3-13 shows an example of UNIX agent remote deployment.

Example 3-13 Remote agent deployment

[root@server2][/]-> tacmd createnode -h paris -u root -p

PROTOCOL=IP.PIPE PROTOCOL2=IP.UDP SERVER=athens

KUICCN001I Initializing required services...

KUICCN005I Enter the password for root.

KUICCN039I Attempting to connect to host paris ...

KUICCN050I Distributing file 13 of 69 (28 MB / 157.1 MB)...

[root@server2][/]-> tacmd createnode -h paris -u root -p

PROTOCOL=IP.PIPE PROTOCOL2=IP.UDP SERVER=athens

KUICCN001I Initializing required services...

KUICCN005I Enter the password for root.

KUICCN039I Attempting to connect to host paris ...

KUICCN050I Distributing file 69 of 69 (156.8 MB / 157 MB)...

KUICCN002I Beginning the installation and configuration process...

KUICCN065I The node creation operation was a success.

3.3.3 Deploying non-OS agents

You can deploy non-OS agents through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal or from the

command line.

Before starting the deployment, the following steps have to completed:

򐂰 The agent depot should be populated with the agent bundles for the agents to

be deployed.