When trying to install the Web agent plugin I am getting a usage error.

Products

• CA Workload Automation AE - Business Agents (AutoSys)
• CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys)
• Workload Automation Agent

Issue/Introduction

We are attempting to install the Web Services plugin but are seeing this error:

usage: plugininstaller <packed file> <agent directory> [<stdin path> [<force override flag>]]

 

Environment

Product: Workload Automation AE 11.xPlatform: WindowsDatabase: Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL

Resolution

A common cause for an issue like this is if the directory name(s) include spaces.   Solutions are use the 8dot3 naming convention for the directory names or copy the webservice.pak to the agent directory and run the install from there or include the options in double quotes.

Example 1:

PluginInstaller E:\CA_Workload_Automation_Agent_R11_3_4_for_Web_Services\CA_Workload_Automation_Agent_R11_3_4_for_Web_Services\webservice.pak D:\Progra~2\CA\Worklo~1\SystemAgent

Example 2:

copy E:\CA_Workload_Automation_Agent_R11_3_4_for_Web_Services\CA_Workload_Automation_Agent_R11_3_4_for_Web_Services\webservice.pak d:\Progra~2\CA\Worklo~1\SystemAgent

cd D:\Progra~2\CA\Worklo~1\SystemAgent

PluginInstaller webservice.pak . 

Please make sure to include the ending period as that is the destination directory for the plugin.

Example 3:

PluginInstaller E:\CA_Workload_Automation_Agent_R11_3_4_for_Web_Services\CA_Workload_Automation_Agent_R11_3_4_for_Web_Services\webservice.pak "D:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Workload Automation AE\SystemAgent"