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Examples of Using MOMAgent Command to Manage Agents

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager

The following examples show different ways in which you can use the MOMAgent command. You can use this command to perform new installations of agents, upgrade agents from previous releases of Operations Manager, or change the configuration of an agent (such as the management group or management server associated with the agent).

Agent installation using a specific Action Account

The following example shows a fresh installation of an agent and uses a specific Action Account.

msiexec.exe /i path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn /l*v %temp% MOMAgentinstall.log USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name> MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<MSDNSName> MANAGEMENT_SERVER_AD_NAME=<MSDNSName> ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER=<AccountUser> ACTIONSDOMAIN=<AccountDomain> ACTIONSPASSWORD=<AccountPassword> USE_MANUALLY_SPECIFIED_SETTINGS=1

Agent installation using the Local System account

The following example shows a fresh installation of an agent and uses the Local System for the Action Account.

msiexec.exe /i path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn /l*v %temp%\MOMAgentinstall.log USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name> MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<MSDNSName> MANAGEMENT_SERVER_AD_NAME=<MSDNSName> ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=1 USE_MANUALLY_SPECIFIED_SETTINGS=1

Agent installation with Active Directory integration and using a specific Action Account

The following example installs an agent by using Active Directory and a specific Action Account.

msiexec /i path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn /l*v %temp%mominst.NoGroupSpecified.log USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=1 USE_MANUALLY_SPECIFIED_SETTINGS=0 ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER=<AccountUser> ACTIONSDOMAIN=<AccountDomain> ACTIONSPASSWORD=<AccountPassword> 

Agent installation with Active Directory integration and using the Local System account

The following example installs an agent by using Active Directory and the Local system account for the Action Account.

msiexec /i path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn /l*v %temp%\ mominst.NoGroupSpecified.log USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=1 ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=1 USE_MANUALLY_SPECIFIED_SETTINGS=0

Agent upgrade from a previous release of Operations Manager

The following example upgrades an agent.

msiexec /i path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn /l*v %temp%\MOMAgentUpgrade.log

Uninstall the agent

The following example uninstalls an agent.

msiexec /x path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn %temp%\MOMAgentUpgrade.log