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n Interactive Mode
Configure the options during the installation process.
Option Description
Installation
directory
Specify the directory to which the Agent is installed.
Lock agent To lock the Agent, select the check box.
HTTP To install the Agent so that is uses HTTP communication protocols, select the check
box and provide the port on which the Agent receives requests from the Collector.
If you specify an HTTP port already in use by the Windows machine, the
installation process prompts you with another port selection. This process
continues until an open port is found.
n Silent Mode
The silent mode runs the CMAgentInstall.exe file without requiring responses during the
installation process. The silent mode allows you to deploy the Agent using scripts or using a command
line. For example, a common way to deploy an Agent is to create a script that runs on the target
Windows machine and runs the manual Agent install program silently. To install the manual install
program using scripts or the command line, the following options are available.
Option Description
/s Silent mode switch.
DCOM
Protocol
the command line is CMAgentInstall.exe /S INSTALLPATH=C:\MyVCM. Where
INSTALLPATH is the destination of the Agent files.
HTTP
Protocol
the command line is CMAgentInstall.exe /S
INSTALLPATH=C:\MyVCMPORT=26542. Where PORT is the port that the Agent is to
use for communication. If the port is in use when installing silently, the manual install
fails. The path for CMAgentInstall.exe may be a UNC path.
Windows Agent Communication Protocols
The communication protocols determine how the VCM Agent communicates with the Collector.
The CSIWin32SocketListener.exe file is an installation infrastructure module that determines the
protocol availability on the Agent. This module contains the HTTP service that listens for Collector
requests on the specified port. The service delegates the requests to the components that are part of the
standard installation. The Collector determines the protocol that is used to communicate with the Agent.
n HTTP. An Agent configured with the HTTP communication protocol is accessed using a port or using
DCOM.
The HTTPprotocol was added to VCM as an alternative to DCOM in all cases except you install the
Agent. HTTP requires the addition of the CsiWin32SocketListener.exe module on the Agent.
n DCOM. An Agent configured with the DCOM communication protocol responds only to
DCOMrequests.
The Agent is installed using DCOM. Uninstalling and upgrading the Agent are not bound by this
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