B Installing The Orchestrate Monitoring Agent On Windows Machines; Installing The Monitoring Agent; Hardware And Software Requirements - Novell PLATESPIN ORCHESTRATE 2.0.2 - INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION GUIDE 10-09-2009 Installation And Configuration Manual

Installing the Orchestrate
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Monitoring Agent On Windows
Machines
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Installing the PlateSpin
Server 2008 (see Section 2.3.4, "Installing the PlateSpin Orchestrate Agent on Other Supported
Operating Systems," on page
it does when you install it using RPM packages for Linux*.
Beginning with the 2.0.2 release of PlateSpin Orchestrate, a separate installation package is
available for installing the Monitoring Agent on Windows platforms where you have installed the
Orchestrate Agent.
For information about one useful function of the Orchestrate Monitoring Agent, see
This section includes the following information:
Section B.1, "Installing the Monitoring Agent," on page 127
Section B.2, "Configuring the Monitoring Agent," on page 128
B.1 Installing the Monitoring Agent
Section B.1.1, "Hardware and Software Requirements," on page 127
Section B.1.2, "Installing the Monitoring Agent," on page 127
Section B.1.3, "Starting and Stopping the Monitoring Agent," on page 128
Section B.1.4, "Uninstalling the Monitoring Agent," on page 128
B.1.1 Hardware and Software Requirements
The PlateSpin Orchestrate Monitoring Agent (gmond) can be installed only on Windows Server
2003 or Windows Server 2008 machines where the Orchestrate Agent is also installed. Only a 32-bit
version of gmond is provided, but it will run normally on 64-bit systems. It requires the same
minimum hardware configuration as the Orchestrate Agent. Port 8649 must be available for gmond
to communicate with the agent.
B.1.2 Installing the Monitoring Agent
To install the Orchestrate Monitoring Agent as a service on a local Windows Server 2003 or
Windows Server 2008 machine:
1 Download the pertinent Add-On ISO from the product DVD.
2 Create a CD from the ISO or use ISOBuster (or a similar tool) to mount the ISO.
3 Browse to the
Windows/
4 Double-click the Monitoring Agent icon (
setup.
Orchestrate Agent on a Microsoft* Windows* Server 2003 or Windows
68) does not automatically install the Orchestrate Monitoring Agent as
folder to search for the Orchestrate Monitoring Agent.
gmondsetup.exe
Installing the Orchestrate Monitoring Agent On Windows Machines
) and follow the wizard through the
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