Before installing the eG Agent, make sure that there is communication between the linux server, and the eG Manager using ping/telnet.
Installing the eG Agent
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Copy eGagent depot and iAgent into the /tmp folder
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Login as
Root user
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Run the
command gunzip eGagent depot to
unzip the file
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Run the
command chmod +x iAgent give execute
permission to the file iAgent. Then execute ./iAgent
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Press
return to continue, Select eG by pressing space bar and Mark by pressing 'M'
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Go to file menu>>action>>install
and press enter
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Click ok
and wait for few minutes and Click done
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Go to
file menu and choose exit
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After
this is completed run setup_agent for hpux
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Run rge ./setup_agent command from /opt/egurkha/bin
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You will
see the following on the screen. and wherever needed give appropriate
inputs
Configuring the eG Agent ...
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Please indicate if you accept the eG licensing terms y/n [n]y
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Enter the hostname (or IP address) of the eG Manager: <<eG manager IP/Host name>>
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Enter the port number of the eG Manager [7077]: <<port number>>
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Please indicate if you want to use a proxy for the eG Agent
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to communicate with the eG Manager? y/n [n] : n (if you have proxy then say and provide Proxy server information)
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The eG Agent can use HTTP or HTTP/SSL to communicate withthe eG Manager. In order to use HTTP/SSL, please make sure that the eG Manager has been configured to support SSL.Do you want to configure the eG Agent to use SSLfor communication with the eG Manager? y/n [n] : n (If eG manager is install with SSL, then agent has to be installation
with SSL)
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Please indicate if you want to assign a nick name(s) for this host? y/n [n] : n
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Do you want to configure any Coldfusion servers running on hpux01 for
monitoring by the eG Agent? y/n [n] n
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Do you want to configure any Sybase Adaptive servers running on hpux01 for
monitoring by the eG Agent? y/n [n] n
eG Agent installation is now complete
Tips:-
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To start/stop eG Agent on linux servers, always use eG user that you
used at the time of installation.
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To start the eG Agent, use the command /opt/egurkha/bin/start_agent
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To stop the eG Agent, use the command /opt/egurkha/bin/stop_agent
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