tacmd createNode

Windows 7 and Windows 8

You are able to run the tacmd addBundles command for the Windows OS agent, but when you try to deploy the agent with tacmd createNode on the Windows 7 and Windows 8 computers, the command fails.

Cause

The problem is related to being able to connect to the endpoint.

Solution

1. Enable Remote Registry:
   1. Click Administrative Tools > Services.
   2. Double-click "Remote Registry" (or right-click it and select Properties).
   3. In the General tab, set Startup type to Automatic and click OK.
2. Disable password protected sharing:
   1. Click Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Advanced sharing settings.
   2. In "Password protected sharing" area, select the Turn off password protect sharing radio button and click Save changes.
3. If you have a domain user account, ensure that the local and the target machine are both members of a Windows domain.
4. If you are a member of a local administrators group and you use a local user account, complete the following steps on the local computer to enable administrative tasks on the target computer:
   1. Click Administrative Tools > Local Security Policy.
   2. Expand Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options
   3. To enable the built-in Administrator account for connecting to the target computer, double-click "Accounts: Administrator account status" and select the Enabled radio button.
   4. If a different Administrator user account is to be used to connect to the target computer, double-click "User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode" and select the Disabled radio button.
   5. Click OK.

Windows OS agent from a UNIX or Linux host when using the "-d" option and "\" as the path separator

Cause

Because tacmd on UNIX and Linux is a wrapper script for the createNode command, the character "\" is removed from the command.

Solution

Specify the path with the "-d" option using either "/" or "\\\\" when you deploy a Windows OS agent from a UNIX/Linux host. The following examples display the correct usage to install the Windows OS agent in the path C:\ITM63\WIN\OSAgent:

c:\\\\ITM63\\\\Win\\\\OSAgent

C:/ITM63/Win/OSAgent