Procedure for changing CA WA Agent Name

Products

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

Issue/Introduction

Changing Autosys Agent "WA Agent" name

Environment

All Supported Windows OS
All Supported Linux OS

Resolution

1) change the agent name in the agenparm.txt first and restart the Agent

example in the agenparm.txt file:
#
# Agent name
#
agentname=WA_AGENT   <====== Change agent name here

 

2) Update the machine definition next 

example of the machine definition:

insert_machine: (machine_name)
type: a
factor: 1.00
port: 7520
node_name: host1234.example.com
agent_name: WA_AGENT  <===== Change agent name here
encryption_type: DEFAULT
opsys: windows
character_code: ASCII


Note: if you change the directory name of the agent (example default of WA_AGENT), this will affect the startup scripts