Upgrading agents as services on Windows using command-line

You can upgrade the currently running Deploy agent as a Windows service even though you initially didn’t install IBM® UrbanCode® Deploy agent as a service during the installation process.

Before you begin, stop the running agent. You can stop the agent from the command-line or the server. To stop the agent from the command line, run the following command:
agent.cmd stop
Follow these steps to upgrade the agent to a Windows services by using the command-line interface:
  1. Open the command prompt as an administrator.
  2. Change the directory to the agent's bin/init/service folder.
  3. Locate the ibm-ucdagent.cmd script.
  4. Run the ibm-ucdagent.cmd script with the following argument:
    ibm-ucdagent.cmd_agent.cmd install <service name>
The IBM UrbanCode Deploy agent now runs as a Windows service.