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This documentation supports releases of BMC Helix Continuous Optimization up to December 31, 2021. To view the latest version, select the version from the Product version menu.

Configuring the Capacity Agent

To configure the Capacity Agent

The Agent configuration file (Agent.cfg) is located in the following directory:

  • On Windows:  %BEST1_COLLECT_HOME%\local\setup
  • On UNIX:  $BEST1_HOME/local/setup

You can open Agent.cfg with a text editor, such as Notepad on Windows or Vi on UNIX. The file contains specific information about how to enable or disable the script actions and UMX data collections.

Use a sample file, Agent.cfg.sample, to help you configure the Agent.cfg file. The sample file is located in the following directory:

  • On Windows:   %BEST1_COLLECT_HOME%\bgs\setup
  • On UNIX:   $BEST1_HOME/bgs/setup

Agent.cfg - basic options

The Agent.cfg file contains the following basic options for configuration:


Agent.cfg - permissions for UNIX

The flags used for setting the configuration are the same as used by chmod and fchmod on UNIX. The flags are combined using | to get the desired permission level. The following table lists the available flags. A set of examples can be found at the end.

File permission flags

Examples

  • UDR data directory permission: must be read, write, execute by owner
    UDR_DIRECTORY_PERMISSION = S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO
  • UDR data file permission: must be read, write by owner
    UDR_FILE_PERMISSION = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH
  • Log file permission: must be read, write by owner
    LOG_FILE_PERMISSION = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IROTH

 

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BMC Helix Continuous Optimization 21.3