Starting and stopping the agent

To monitor a system, ensure that the agent is started on the system. You can start and stop the agent at any time. If the agent supports multiple instances, you can start and stop every instance independently.

Procedure

  1. Change to the install_dir/bin directory.
  2. Run the following command to start the agent:
    • If the agent does not support multiple instances:
      • WindowsOn Windows systems, name-agent.bat start
      • Linux or AIXOn Linux® and UNIX systems, ./name-agent.sh start
    • If the agent supports multiple instances:
      • WindowsOn Windows systems, name-agent.bat start instance_name
      • Linux or AIXOn Linux and UNIX systems, ./name-agent.sh start instance_name
  3. Run the following command to stop the agent:
    • If the agent does not support multiple instances:
      • WindowsOn Windows systems, name-agent.bat stop
      • Linux or AIXOn Linux and UNIX systems, ./name-agent.sh stop
    • If the agent supports multiple instances:
      • WindowsOn Windows systems, name-agent.bat stop instance_name
      • Linux or AIXOn Linux and UNIX systems, ./name-agent.sh stop instance_name