Installing Agents Manually

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Under certain circumstances, installing an agent manually is preferable to using the Management Server to remotely install an agent. In some cases, installing the agent manually is the only method available for installing an agent.

Important

You must take additional steps when you manually install agents on any computer that is already in the Unmanaged Computers folder in the MOM Administrator console or if a previous push-installation failed. Do the following:

In the MOM Administrator console, under Administration / Computers / All Computers / Unmanaged Computers, right-click the computer and click Delete.

Right-click the Management Pack folder and click Commit Configuration Changes.

Restart the MOM Service on the Management Server.

Manually install the agent following the steps and guidelines in the section.

Some reasons for installing agents manually include:

  • The target computer is beyond a firewall.

  • To control and limit network bandwidth usage (for example, to monitor computers that are across slow network links).

  • To monitor a highly secure server.

Important

Before you can install agents manually, you must configure the Management Server to accept new manually installed agents. For more information, see the "Configure Management Servers" section earlier in this chapter.