Target Computers and Their Roles

The installation utility prompts you to select the roles performed by the computer on which you are installing BMC Software products (the target computer). Before beginning the installation process, review the following definitions of the roles that are presented in the installation utility and decide which of these roles is performed by each computer in your environment.

Roles Performed by Computers in the PATROL Architecture

The roles performed by computers in the PATROL Architecture are

• Console Systems(also referred to as console computers) host user desktop applications such as consoles, user interfaces, viewers, and browsers. Select this option if the computer to which you are installing will perform any of the following roles:
  • Monitor, manage, and develop KMs on UNIX by using a PATROL Console for UNIX (PATROL 3. x architecture)
  • Monitor, manage, and develop KMs on Windows by using a PATROL Console for Windows (PATROL 3. x architecture)
• Managed Systems(also referred to as agent computers) host software that manages the resources on the computer, such as a PATROL Agent, and PATROL Knowledge Modules. Select this option if the computer to which you are installing will perform any of the following roles:
  • Host a PATROL Agent (works with both the PATROL 3. x and PATROL 7. x architecture)
  • Host KMs and components that contain the knowledge that PATROL uses to monitor the resources on this computer
• A Common Services (new with PATROL 7. xarchitecture) computer hosts services that are shared among managed systems and console systems. You can install each of these common services on any computer in the network. Select this option if the computer to which you are installing will perform any of the following roles:
  • Host the PATROL Central Operator - Web Edition (PATROL 7. x architecture) Web server
  • Host the PATROL Console Servers
  • Host the RTservers