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Installing the Agent for GCOS8

This document guides you through the new installation of a GCOS8 agentA program that enables the de-centralized execution of processes (such as deployments) on target systems (computers or business solutions) or a service that provides connectivity to a target system (such as for databases or middleware). An agent is also an object type in the Automation Engine. [Formerly called "Executor."] See also: host.

The following guide describes how to install an agent in an AE system in which authentication is not used. Additional installation steps are required before the agent can be started and used if you intend to use one of the available authentication methods. For more information, see Advanced Security.

Requirements

RSM8 is required if the jobAn Automation Engine object type for a process that runs on a target system.'s output will be transferred to AE.

Supplied Files

The files of the GCOS8 agent are available in binary and ASCII format. They are stored in the directory IMAGE:AGENTS\GCOS8.

File name File type Description

UCXJGC8

binary

GCOS8 agent

UCXJGC8M

binary

Message program for the GCOS8 agent

UCMSL

ASCII

Message library

UCXJGC8I

ASCII

Initialization file

UC4EX, UC4TM,
CANCEL.SPN, UC4, UC4EXEC.DIR, UC4EXEC.SPN, UC4TERM.DIR, UC4TERM.SPN, UC4SIM

ASCII

JCL for starting and ending the agent

 


Procedure

1.

Creating the required catalogs

2.

Transferring the files to the hostComputer, target system.

Subcatalog

File

DATA

UCMSL, UCXJGC8I

EXEC

UCXJGC8, UCXJGC8M

INSTALL

READ_ME

JCL

CANCEL.SPN, UC4, UC4EX, UC4EXEC.DIR, UC4EXEC.SPN, UC4TERM.DIR, UC4TERM.SPN, UC4TM, UC4SIM


3.

Setting up the system environmentAn Environment consists of Deployment Targets which represent your endpoints. Different environments are used for different phases in the software delivery cycle, for example Development, QA, Staging, Production. An environment is typically set up once and used by several applications.

4.

Transferring the job reportA report provides more detailed information about a task's execution or a component.

 

5.

Starting the Agent

$      ident   <site-ident>
$      select  &system/profile.prod/uc4
$      select  &uc4cat/jcl/uc4exec.spn
$      endjob

6.

Shutting down the Agent

$      ident   <site-ident>
$      select  &system/profile.prod/uc4
$      select  &uc4cat/jcl/uc4term.spn
$      endjob

 


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