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Prerequisites for configuring at the command line

Before you configure the PATROL Agent at the command line, ensure that you have performed the following tasks:

  • You have reviewed and understood Configuring the BMC PATROL Agent
  • You know the change files you want to use (if any).
  • You have manually changed the variables that you needed to change in the change files (if any).
  • You have started the PATROL Agent. For more information about starting the agent, see Starting and stopping the BMC PATROL Agent
  • For Windows, you have set the variable called PATROL_HOME.
  • For UNIX, you have run one of the following scripts from the PATROL installation directory to set the variable called:
    >. ./patrolrc.sh (for Korn and Bourne shell)
    > source .patrolrc (for C shell)

 

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