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8. The last page to complete is the Agent Manager configuration page
(Figure 2-11). Here you have to provide the Resource Manager user ID, the
Resource Manager password, and the Agent Registration password. You can
specify different passwords, but you only need to remember them if you plan
to use redundant management with the agents.
Figure 2-11 Configure Agent Manager
Information: IBM Systems Director uses a function called Agent Manager.
The Agent Manager handles credentials and certificates between IBM
Systems Director (referred to as the resource manager in the Agent
Manager) and the common agent that is installed on a managed systems.
The common agent reports informations about the managed system to the
resource manager (IBM Systems Director) and performs tasks on the
managed system as directed by the resource manager. For further
information, refer to section 1.5, “Common Agent Services”, in
Implementing IBM Systems Director 6.1, SG24-7694.