6.3

Prerequisites
Verify that the following prerequisites are satised.
1 Set up an installation server.
An installation server is a server that can access the target platforms from which to perform remote
installation.
The server must be congured with a user account that has permissions to SSH to each target platform
without requiring a password.
2 Verify that each target platform on which an Endpoint Operations Management agent will be installed
has the following items.
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A user account that is identical to that created on the installation server.
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An identically named installation directory, for example /home/epomagent.
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A trusted keystore, if required.
Procedure
1 Create a Standard Endpoint Operations Management Agent Properties File on page 72
You can create a single properties le that contains property values that multiple agents use .
2 Deploy and Start Multiple Agents One-By-One on page 73
You can perform remote installations to deploy multiple agents that use a single agent.properties le
one-by-one.
3 Deploy and Start Multiple Agents Simultaneously on page 73
You can perform remote installations to simultaneously deploy agents that use a single
agent.properties le.
Create a Standard Endpoint Operations Management Agent Properties File
You can create a single properties le that contains property values that multiple agents use .
To enable multiple agent deployment, you create an agent.properties le that denes the agent properties
required for the agent to start up and connect with the vRealize Operations Manager server. If you supply
the necessary information in the properties le, each agent locates its setup conguration at startup, rather
than prompting you for the location. You can copy the agent properties le to the agent installation
directory, or to a location available to the installed agent.
Prerequisites
Verify that the prerequisites in “Install Multiple Endpoint Operations Management Agents Simultaneously,”
on page 71 are satised.
Procedure
1 Create an agent.properties le in a directory.
You will copy this le later to other machines.
2 Congure the properties as required.
The minimum conguration is the IP address, user name, password, thumb print, and port of the
vRealize Operations Manager installation server.
3 Save your congurations.
The rst time that the agents are started, they read the agent.properties le to identify the server
connection information. The agents connect to the server and register themselves.
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