Configure CAM to use TCP from the command line

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation

Issue/Introduction

Changing CAM to use TCP instead of UDP is done by modifying cam.cfg file in the involved machines, this is a manual process, as explained here:

How can I configure CAM to use TCP instead of UDP?

But sometimes is not possible to go directly to the target machines to perform this change. In this article is explained how to do this from the command prompt against remote machines.

Environment

Client Automation - All Versions

Resolution

CAM can be configured to use TCP using the following command line:

camconfig %computername% *PATHS "<SS Name> protocol=tcp port=4105"

camsave persist

Ex: camconfig %computername% *PATHS "Scalabilty1 protocol=udp port=4104"

** camsave persist command is used to save the changes to cam.cfg

Note: You do not need to recycle the CAM service for the configuration changes to take effect.

Additional Information

In order to let CAM use TCP, both endpoints involved need to be configured to use TCP, example:

Scalability Server <-> Agent

or

Domain Manager <-> Scalability Server