1.6.10 Procedure for setting up the agent
When you install the agent from supplied media, you must setup the agent in order to connect to a management server.
To setup the agent, you must log on to the OS as a user with administrator permissions.
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If you install the agent after distribution of the installation set or distribution from a management server, the connection destination is set automatically. You therefore do not need to set it yourself.
You can also use an information file for higher connection destinations (dmhost.txt) to set the connection destination. If this file is in the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager data folder when you create the installation set, it is incorporated into the installation set and distributed to the agents. When there is an information file for higher connection destinations on the agent, the connection destination specified in the file has priority over the connection destination specified under Basic Settings in the agent configuration. For details about the information file for higher connection destinations, see the description of changing agent connection destinations in the Job Management Partner 1 Version 10 Job Management Partner 1/IT Desktop Management 2 Distribution function Administration Guide.
To set up the agent:
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From the Windows Start menu, select All Programs, JP1_IT Desktop Management 2 - Agent, Administrator Tool, and then Setup.
If password protection is set for the agent, a dialog box for entering the password opens. Enter the password set for the applicable agent. The default password is manager.
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On the Connection-destination settings tab of the Setup (Agent) dialog box, specify the host name or IP address of the connection-destination management server and the port number, and then click the OK button.
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In an environment where a computer incorporates multiple network adapters with multiple LAN connections, you can assign an order of priority to the network connections used by JP1/IT Desktop Management 2. To do so, on the Communication settings tab of the Setup (Agent) dialog box, click the Settings for network adapters button. In the dialog box that appears, specify the priority levels and whether to automatically update network adapter information, and then click the OK button.
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In the confirmation dialog box that opens, click the OK button.
When setup is complete, the agent starts operation with the specified settings.
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If the connection between the agent and the management server already exists, you can set up the agent from the operation window. To set up the agent from the operation window, use the agent configurations.