Rolling out relay agents

Rolling out relay agents

Before you begin

This rollout uses device groups. If you have not yet created a device group, do so now. It is also possible to find your rollout targets via other lists, such as the Microsoft Network option or autodiscovered devices.

1. To create a relay agent rollout with the master as its direct parent (only applicable if the master was installed with the default values), launch the rollout creation wizard by selecting Wizards > Agent Rollout .
   The Core Setup Configuration window appears.
2. Check the box for Enable agent as a relay for the other agents .

   If you want to schedule the rollout at a specific date and time check the box for second-to-last question.

3. Click Next .
   The General Parameters appears.
4. Enter the name of the new rollout (for example, Linux Relay Agents ) into the Name box.
5. Enter the name for the rollout package executable in the Auto-extractable Name box (for example, linuxrelayagent12.sh or linuxrelayagent10 for a Linux rollout, or win7relayagent12.exe for a Windows 7 installation).
6. Select the operating system group to which the agent is to be rolled out from the list of the Operating System box, for example, Linux .
7. Click Next .
   The Targets & Accounts window appears.
8. Click Select a device .
9. Select the desired group that contains the relay rollout targets of the defined operating system type in the Available Objects box.
10. To select individual devices instead of a group, click All on the left bar and select your devices from the list that appears.
11. Click OK to add the group and close the window.
12. Click Add Administrator .
13. Enter the required data for the account login into the respective boxes.
14. To add a new account, click Add Administrator .
    The Properties dialog box appears on the screen.
15. Enter the following data for a new account login into the respective boxes:
    1. Enter the name of the domain to which the rollout is going into the Administrator Domain box. If the rollout is going to all domains, you can use an asterisk .
    2. Enter the login name of the admin (for when the agent deployment tries to log on to the remote target to install the agent) into the Administrator Login box.
       • For Windows XP Professional rollouts, you must enter a valid login and password, and it must be the same for all devices, that is, the rollout server (the master) and targets.
       • If you are not sure that your local administrator login has the same passwords for all targets, use the domain logon. For domain logons to work correctly, the necessary domain trust relationships must already be set up between the different domain controllers.
    3. Enter the password of the previously entered admin in the Password box.

       For security reasons the passwords is only displayed in the form of asterisks .

    4. Confirm the previously entered password into this text box.
    5. Click OK to confirm the new account and add it.
       The new account is now shown in the preceding list.
16. Click Verify Rollout at the bottom of the dialog box to ensure that the credentials are correct.
17. Click Finish .
18. In the Confirmation dialog box, select the Go to Rollout radio button to change the focus of the console window to the new rollout. Click Yes to confirm the immediate activation.
19. If you did not check the Go to Rollout box at the end of the wizard, select the newly created rollout in the left tree hierarchy and then its Servers subnode.

    In the Assigned Schedule tab, you can follow the general progress of the relay rollout assignment.

20. After this value reads Executing , select the Targets tab to follow progress of each individual target through the Status column (initial status is Initial , and final status should be Installed ).

To continue installing your architecture with clients below the relays continue with the next task.

Where to go from here

Repeat the procedure until all your relays are installed. Then you can continue and roll out the CM agents to the simple clients as explained in topic Rolling out client agents .