Re-register SDCS Agent using sisipsconfig tool

Products

• Data Center Security Monitoring Edition
• Data Center Security Server
• Data Center Security Server Advanced

Issue/Introduction

How to manually re-register the Symantec Data Center Security (SDCS) agent using sisipsconfig tool

Resolution

 

Open a command prompt from one of the following directories on an agent computer:

On Windows agents the tool is named sisipsconfig.exe you can CD into the directory listed below.

1.     Located (by default) in: C:\Program Files\Symantec\Data Center Security Server\agent\ips\bin (32 bit agent)
2.     Located (by default) in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Symantec\Data Center Security Server\agent\ips\bin (64 bit agent)

On UNIX agents the tool is named sisipsconfig.sh

1.      Located (by default) in: opt/Symantec/scspagent/IPS/bin

If you have not made changes to the certificate or the manager type the following:
sisipsconfig.exe -forcereg

If you have updated your manager or the certificate you will need to enter the new manager IP and the new cert in as follows:

First copy the new agent cert to c:\temp then run the following command. 

sisipsconfig -h "your managers ip" -forcereg -c "c:\temp\agent-cert.ssl"