IBM Performance Management

Installing agents silently

Installing agents silently reduces installation time. To install a monitoring agent in silent mode, you must download an agent installation image archive file from the IBM® download site, preconfigure the agent images, extract the agent installation files, prepare a silent response file, and run the installation script in silent mode.

Before you begin

  1. Review the prerequisite tasks for installing the monitoring agents, and download and extract the agent installation files. For details, see Installing agents on AIX® systems, Installing agents on Linux systems, or Installing agents on Windows systems.
  2. Complete the following steps to prepare a silent response file for installing agents:
    1. Locate the silent installation file for your offering (or offerings) offering_silent_install.txt, make a copy of this file, and open it in a text editor.
    2. Uncomment the license agreement.
    3. Complete one of the following steps to specify the agents that you want to install:
      • Uncomment the individual agents to be installed. For example:
        INSTALL_AGENT=os
        INSTALL_AGENT=ruby
      • Uncomment INSTALL_AGENT=all to install all agents.
    4. Uncomment AGENT_HOME and specify the directory where you want to install the agents.
    5. Save the file.

Procedure

  1. On the command line, change to the directory where you extracted the installation script and run the following command: 
    cd offering_Agent_Install_version
  2. Run the installation command:
    • Linux or AIX
      ./installAPMAgents.sh -p path_to_silent_response_file
    • Windows
      installAPMAgents.bat -p path_to_silent_response_file

Results

The agents are installed.

What to do next

Configure the agents. See the procedure and table of commands for Linux and AIX systems and for Windows systems.