Installing Common Agent manually

You can use these manual instructions to install Common Agent on a managed system. These manual instructions provide an alternative method of installation to using the Agent Installation Wizard.

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Important:

IBM Flex System Manager management software includes Common Agent and Platform Agent. Therefore, it is not necessary to separately install Common Agent or Platform Agent on the management node.
Systems running AIX® require Common Agent to be installed. These systems cannot be managed with Platform Agent.
Note: The CIM Remote Service Access Point (RSAP), which is part of Common Agent and Platform Agent, is not supported when requesting access to Common Agent. Therefore, you will see the CIM RSAP when discovering AIX Common Agent managed systems, but you cannot use it to request access to the AIX system.

If Common Agent version 6.2.1 is installed on an Power Systems™ compute node with the AIX operating system, make sure that you download and install Common Agent version 6.3.0 or later.

A problem with Common Agent version 6.2.1 can cause a duplicate managed endpoint (MEP) to be created for a relocated logical partition. If Common Agent version 6.2.1 is installed on an AIX compute node and you relocate a logical partition from that compute node to another system, two MEPs are created for the same logical partition instead of one. The MEP on the source compute node (or the compute node from which the logical partition was relocated) is unnecessary and should be deleted. To delete the duplicate MEP, remove the MEP on the source compute node in the management software web interface after the relocation has finished and inventory collection is complete.

For more information about how to download and install Common Agent version 6.3.0 (or upgrade from version 6.2.1), see Installing agents using the Agent Installation Wizard.
Ensure that the system clocks on the systems that contain IBM® Flex System Manager and Common Agent remain synchronized.