How to pass the DCM_ID when installing the Data Collector using sudo

Products

• CA Performance Management
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

How to pass the DCM_ID when installing the Data Collector using sudo

We are migrating the Data Collector and use a silent install. How can we reuse the DCM_ID in the silent install process?

Environment

All supported DX NetOps Performance Management releases

Resolution

When using sudo you cannot set the DCM_ID using export DCM_ID=<DCMID> then run install.bin as the variable will be lost when sudo is run.

 

You must pass the DCM_ID on the command line before install.bin is called.

 

For example in a standard install run it might look like this.

 

sudo DCM_ID=<ID> ./install.bin

 

In a silent install run it might look like this.

 

sudo DCM_ID=<ID> ./install.bin -f dc_install_response.properties -i silent

 

Where data collector id is the id of the data collector as obtained previously.

Additional Information

See the Reinstall or Migrate the Data Collectors documentation topic for more information on the DCM_ID and DC migrations.