As an administrator, you can deploy packages to BMC PATROL Agents. The installation runs silently with the information entered during the package creation. The deployable package is copied to the file system of the targeted PATROL Agents, is extracted and installed.
Tip
To deploy packages to PATROL Agents prior to version 10.0, see Deploying packages to earlier versions of PATROL Agents.
You need to create deployable packages before you can deploy them. For more information, see Creating a deployable package.
The following validations are performed before deploying packages:
Monitoring solution version - Monitoring solutions in the deployable package that are of earlier versions than what are available on the PATROL Agent are not deployed.
Examples
Operating system - Packages that do not match the operating system of the target PATROL Agents are not deployed.
Expand the entries list to display the PATROL Agents that you want to deploy and install the package to.
Select the packages that you want to deploy to the PATROL Agent and select Deploy and Install.
Note
Deploying a package restarts the PATROL Agent.
If any package deployment validation fails, an error message is displayed and the remaining compatible packages, if any, are deployed and installed to the PATROL Agent.
Note
During a deployment, if an Integration Service is disconnected, the deployment continues when the Integration Service is reconnected.
The icons in the Deploy Status column indicate the deployment and installation status. See the following table for a description of the icons and the status.
Note
The status of only the latest action (deployment or installation) is displayed in the Deploy Status column.
Icon | Deployment status | Description |
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| A deployment or installation has been triggered on the PATROL Agent and is currently in progress. The same icon represents both deployment and installation status. Hover over the icon to view details. | |
| The latest deployment or installation on the PATROL Agent was successful. The same icon represents both deployment and installation status. Hover over the icon to view details. | |
| The latest deployment or installation on the PATROL Agent failed. The same icon represents both deployment and installation status. Hover over the icon to view details. | |
| The latest uninstallation of monitoring solutions on the PATROL Agent was successful. | |
| The latest uninstallation of monitoring solutions on the PATROL Agent failed. | |
| The latest deployment on the PATROL Agent was aborted. | |
| The status of the latest deployment or installation on the PATROL Agent is unknown. This is the default status when a deployment job has not yet been triggered on a PATROL Agent. |
The deploy and install feature in the TrueSight console does not support PATROL Agents prior to version 10.0.
To deploy to such PATROL Agents, perform the following steps: