Manually Installing Cross Platform Agents

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1

Automatic System Discovery might not detect some UNIX and Linux systems due to firewalls or security issues. For example, if the UNIX or Linux root password is not available to the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 administrator, an error might result. Use the following procedures to manually install agents to UNIX and Linux systems. After agents are successfully deployed, rerun the Discovery Wizard from the Operations console to discover these systems.

To install the agent on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

1. Transfer the agent (scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.rpm) to the Linux server.

   scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.rpm

2. To install the package, type

   rpm -i scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.rpm

3. To verify that the package is installed, type

   rpm -q scx

4. To verify that the Microsoft SCX CIM Server is running, type

   service scx-cmid status

To install the agent on Solaris

1. Transfer the agent (scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.pkg.Z) to the Solaris server.

   scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.pkg.Z

2. Run the following command:

   uncompress scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.pkg.Z

3. To install the package, type

   pkgadd -d scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.pkg MSFTscx

4. To verify that the package is installed, type

   pkginfo –l MSFTscx

5. To verify that the Microsoft SCX CIM Server is running, type

   svcs scx-cimd

To install the agent on HP-UX

1. Transfer the agent (scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.gz) to the HP server:

   cp scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.gz

2. To unzip the package, type

   gzip –d scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.gz

3. To install the package, type

   swinstall –s /path/scx-<version>-<os>-<arch> scx

4. To verify that the package is installed, type

   swlist scx

5. To verify that the Microsoft SCX CIM Server is running, type

   ps –ef|grep scx

   Look for the following process in the list:

   scxcimserver

To install the agent on AIX

1. Transfer the agent (scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.gz) to the AIX server:

   cp scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.gz

2. To unzip the package, type

   gzip –d scx-<version>-<os>-<arch>.gz

3. To install the package, type

   /usr/sbin/installp -a -d scx-<version>-<os>-<arch> scx

4. To verify that the package is installed, type

   swlist scx

5. To verify that the Microsoft SCX CIM Server is running, type

   ps –ef|grep scx

   Look for the following process in the list:

   scxcimserver