Different ways to point Agents to the correct Scalability Server
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Issue/Introduction
Client Automation's Agents need to be pointed to Scalability Servers (SS), which are then pointed to Domain Managers. If you have a lot of Agents and Scalability Servers you might want automated ways to point the agent to the correct SS.
Here are explained the different ways you can point Agents to the correct Scalability Server ?
Environment
Client Automation 14.x
Resolution
There are many different ways to point agents to Scalability Servers, here are just a few:
Infrastructure Deployment - When you first push an Agent, you can direct what SS they talk to.
More info: Infrastructure Deployment
Configuration Policies - You can use Configuration Policy to point agents to an SS.
DSM\Agent\Common Agents\Common\ Scalability Server Address
You can create a Configuration Policy for each Scalability Server and point them at a Query Group.
More info: Common Agent Policy Group
Location Awareness This is also a Configuration Policy
DSM\Agent\Common Agents\Common\Location Awareness\
You create a table where you point IP ranges to certain Scalability Servers.
More info: How to Enable and Configure Location Awareness
Asset Jobs You can create command based Asset Jobs that will run the following command:
caf setserveraddress <Scalability Server>
caf register all
Create one of these for each of your Scalabilities and apply them to a Query Based Groups.
Asset Jobs only run when AMagent runs, so the changes will not be immediate.
More info: Asset Jobs
Software Delivery Send an SDJob to the agents to move the agent(s) to a SS:
caf setserveraddress <Scalability Server>
caf register all
More info: Software Delivery Administration
Login Script Some users will create a Login Script that runs on target machines that run a CAF command (like caf setserveraddress <server_name>), that will point the Agent to a specific Scalability Server.
How you want to do it depends on your environment.
Additional Information
Location Awareness also has an Import and Export Tool, this allows you to create the Location Awareness Table outside of Client Auto and then import it, it also allows you to backup a table that you already created:
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