Installing the AIX server agent

This topic provides instructions for installing the IBM AIX server agent.

1. Install the RSCD agent on the AIX server that acts as the proxy server as described in Installing only the RSCD agent (Linux and UNIX). Be sure to install the RSCD agent that is specifically designated for use with an AIX server.

   Tip

   Because the IBM frame agentless managed object is managed through a proxy, do not overload the proxy server. The recommendation is to map one IBM frame agentless managed object to one proxy host. However, if you are using one proxy server to host multiple agentless managed objects, note that all of the agentless managed objects using the proxy host must be running the same version of the IBM configuration object.

2. Open the /etc/rsc/exports file and add an entry with the application server IP address or host name and a read/write mapping. This restricts access to accept connections only from the listed application server. For example:
   192.168.0.1  rw
3. Open the /etc/rsc/users.local file and add an entry for a role and user that should be mapped to the root account. For example:
   BLAdmins:BLAdmin rw,map=root

4. Save and close the files.

5. Proceed to Adding the AIX server and IBM frame object to BMC Server Automation.

For more information about the exports and users.local files, see Setting up configuration files.

Proceed to Adding the AIX server and IBM frame object to BMC Server Automation.