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Page title

For most spaces, this page must be titled Space announcements.

For spaces with localized content, this page must be titled Space announcements l10n.

Purpose

Provide an announcement banner on every page of your space.

Location

Move this page outside of your home branch.

Guidelines

Announcement Support for this product will end on November 3, 2025. We recommend that you use PATROL for Linux, PATROL for AIX, or PATROL for Solaris to monitor operating systems.

Installing PATROL KM for UNIX Using the Distribution Server

After you have imported PATROL for UNIX and Linux into the Distribution Server, you must perform the following tasks within the tool. The tasks can be grouped into three stages.

To Set Up Products

  1. Import components into the Distribution Server repository on the Components tab of the Distribution Manager.
  2. Arrange components in collections on the Collections tab of the Distribution Manager.
  3. Configure the collections on the Configurations tab of the Distribution Manager.

To Set Up Systems

  1. Create accounts in the operating system of the computers to which you want to distribute PATROL KM for UNIX.
  2. Add accounts and create profiles for the systems on the Systems tab of the Distribution Manager.
  3. Add the systems and install the Distribution Client on the Systems tab of the Distribution Manager.
  4. Arrange systems in system groups on the Systems tab of the Distribution Manager.

To Distribute Products

  1. Distribute configurations of collections to system groups on the Distributions tab of the Distribution Manager.
  2. Run reports to review distributions on the Reports tab of the Distribution Manager.
     For detailed instructions about how to perform remote installations with the Distribution Server, see the Distribution Server Getting Started Guide at Related-products-and-documentation.

 

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