Access the SCM Agent on zLinux
Article ID: 398296
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Issue/Introduction
Is it possible to install the agent on the zlinux (or Linux or Unix) box and from their Windows client (Workbench) would the users be able to access the zlinux (or Linux or Unix) box for check in/out??
Environment
Harvest Software Change Manager all versions
zLinux, Linux, Unix platforms
Resolution
Yes. From the SCM Implementation Guide:
CA Harvest SCM agents act as file servers on remote computers, enabling users to check in and check out files stored on the remote computer. If users need access to a remote computer, install the agent on that computer.
- The users will connect to the agent from Workbench on their Windows computer, or using the special options if they're doing "hco" and "hci" commands.
- On the zLinux (or Linux or Unix) box you are not required to have a special userid set up to install it, though this is the recommended practice (see KB 398291).
- You'll run the agent under the "root" userid so that it can run in multi-user mode. Then anyone with login credentials to the zLinux box can use those same credentials to connect to the agent.
- During installation you'll specify a port number the agent will "listen on", and the users will specify this same port for their connection. That port needs to be open in the firewall for traffic in both directions and should not be port 5101.
Additional Information
The Workbench Getting Started Guide provides more details about connecting Workbench to a remote agent
One caveat is that the version of Workbench should be the same as the version of the SCM Agent it is connecting to. More details in the Release Notes.
Here is an article on how to install the SCM Agent to a Linux platform. Installation to other Unix and zLinux is very similar.
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