1.5.2 Planning the installation of agents
After identifying all the devices used in your organization, determine which computers in your organization need to have agents installed, and how to install the agents.
Computers on which to install agents
Of the computers used in your organization, select the ones to which you want to apply security control and distribute software by using JP1/IT Desktop Management 2, and then install agents on them.
Computers with agents installed automatically become the management target of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2. A JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 license is used for each computer that becomes a management target. Therefore, we recommend that you consider the number of available licenses when determining the computers on which to install agents.
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If you want to apply security control to the management server, install an agent on the security server in the same way as you install an agent on a user's computer.
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In JP1/IT Desktop Management 2, the number of licenses held is managed for each OS type (Windows, Linux, or UNIX), but the number of licenses used is managed collectively regardless of the OS types. Note that Mac OS computers use licenses for Windows. (You can assign licenses for Windows to Mac OS computers.) Assigning a license to a Mac OS computer reduces the number of licenses that can be assigned to Windows computers.
For example, assume that a total of 520 licenses are registered as follows:
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Licenses for Windows agents: 500
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Licenses for Linux agents: 10
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Licenses for UNIX agents: 10
If you specify 510 Windows computers as management targets, the limit on the number of licenses held (520) is not exceeded, but the limit on the number of licenses for Windows agents (500) is exceeded. In such as case, you need to take one of the following measures:
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Register 10 or more additional licenses for Windows agents.
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Exclude the excessive (10 or more) Windows computers.
To check whether the maximum number of licenses used is exceeded for each OS, from the Settings module, click Product Licenses and then License Details to display Maximum number of managed nodes. Compare the number displayed with the number of computers managed for each OS displayed in Device List in the Inventory module.
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How to install agents
You can install agents on computers either manually or automatically.
You might prefer one approach over another in terms of installation conditions that are important to you. Check each approach and use the one that is appropriate for your environment.
- Manually installing agents on computers
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First, create an installation set. Then, using the installation set, install agents on computers. You can manually install agents on computers in one of the following seven ways:
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Upload an agent to a Web server.
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Upload an agent to a file server.
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Distribute the agent installation media (CD-R or USB memory) to users.
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Distribute agents to users as a file attached to an email.
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Install an agent on the computer by using a logon script.
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Install an agent on the computer by using the disk copy feature.
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Install an agent on the computer from the provided medium.
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- Automatically installing agents on computers
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From the management server, automatically deploy agents to the individual computers. You can automatically install agents on computers in one of the following two ways:
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Automatically deploy agents to every computer discovered during the search.
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Deploy agents to selected groups of computers on which agents have not yet been installed.
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