Automatically Registering A Resource; Manually Registering A Resource - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE 10-09-2009 Installation And Configuration Manual

3.3.2 Automatically Registering a Resource

If your network environment does not require a high level of security (such as in a development and
testing environment) and you want a quick way to create a resource account, you can do so at the
Development Client.
1 In the PlateSpin Orchestrate Development Client, select the grid object in the Explorer panel to
open the Authentication page in the Client workspace.
2 In the Resources section of the page, select the Auto Register Agents check box, then click the
Save icon in the toolbar to save the setting.
The resource object is created and registered in PlateSpin Orchestrate, although it is offline (the
object is dimmed in the tree of the Explorer panel) until it the agent tries to log in.
The next time the agent tries to log in, it is automatically authenticated and PlateSpin
Orchestrate creates a a new resource account.
When the resource is online, the Resources Monitor displays a labeled box representing the
registered agent. This box includes information about the agent, including the number of
available slots it has and a status color indicating its state of readiness for PlateSpin Orchestrate
jobs.
The status color window can be white (inactive), yellow (available for use), or blue (in use). If
the color changes from yellow to blue, a job is running on this resource. To find out what kind
of job is running, you can click the Jobs monitor button on the toolbar.

3.3.3 Manually Registering a Resource

If you want a higher level of security between the agent and the server, you can manually create a
resource account in the Development Client before the Orchestrate Agent is installed. This section
walks through both stages of the procedure.
"Use the Orchestrate Development Client to Create a Resource Account" on page 106
"Installing an Orchestrate Agent to Match the New Resource" on page 107
First Use of Basic PlateSpin Orchestrate Components 105