4.x custome agent API behaviour

[Vito Francesco Mazzotta]

Hi All,

 

From our documentation (SDK C-library wiki.ca.com) this is the call sequence for a custom agent:

 

Sm_AgentApi_GetConfig() // Required with central host configuration

Sm_AgentApi_Init()

Sm_AgentApi_SetAgentInstanceInfo() For agent discovery (12.5 agents and later)

Sm_AgentApi_SetDefaultAgentId() // Central host configuration only

Sm_AgentApi_DoManagement()

Sm_AgentApi_IsProtected()

Sm_AgentApi_Login()

Sm_AgentApi_Authorize()

// . . .

// Call other Agent API functions here, including

// periodic calling of Sm_AgentApi_DoManagement()

Sm_AgentApi_Logout()

Sm_AgentApi_Uninit()

 

Could you please assure me that in a 4.x version of custom agent any function DOES NOT call into its body the function Sm_AgentApi_Init?

 

I would be assured that for example INSIDE the Sm_AgentApi_DoManagement (or any other ones) BODY there is NO any call to Sm_AgentApi_Init.

 

Really thanks in advance,

 

Vito

[Ujwol]

Hi Vito,

I can confirm this. No other functions call Init() within it.

Let me know if you have any other concerns?

Cheers,

Ujwol Shrestha 

[Karmeng]

Hi Vito,

 

Some of the old document mentioned

 

"applications should not call init and unInit more than once in their lifetime"

 

SAP Portal Services

 

Therefore, Sm_AgentApi_Init should not be called within the function.

 

Regards,

Kar Meng

[Vito Francesco Mazzotta]

All,

 

thanks for your prompt answers.

 

The question came from a customer site where it seemed a custom agent switched connection to Policy Servers with no apparent reasons. So I was convincing the customer that the only point where sdk set the connection (managing a round robin or failover based on nFailover parameter) in inside Sm_AgentApi_Init.

 

Again thanks,

 

Vito