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MSI Properties for the Basic Inventory Agent Package

The MSI install package for the basic inventory agent plug-in (AgtBHW.msi) and ENC Client supports the following package-specific properties:

AGENT_SERVER

Scalability server the agent should connect to.

Value: System name or IP address

AGENT_DEFAULTGROUPS

A group or a list of management groups created at the manager where the agent automatically registers.

Value: A comma-separated list of group names

Example: Grp1/subgroup1,Group2,...

ENC_CLIENT_ENABLED

Specifies whether the ENC Client should be enabled when the basic hardware inventory is installed. By default, the client files are copied to the computer but are not running. This simplifies the installer and allows a simple configuration job to enable the client at a later date, if required.

Value: 0 (leave inactive), 1 (make active)

Note: The following parameters do not need to be specified if the ENC Client is not being enabled.

ENC_SVR_ADDR

The ENC Gateway Server to which this client should connect.

Value: FQN of the server

ENC_SVR_TCP_PORT

TCP port on the ENC Gateway Server to connect to.

Default: 443

ENC_SVR_HTTP_PORT

HTTP port on the ENC Gateway Server to connect to.

Default: 80

ENC_HTTP_PROXY_ADDR

Address of a HTTP internet proxy that the ENC Client must connect to in order to connect outside the local network.

ENC_HTTP_PROXY_PORT

Port number on the proxy to connect to.

Default: 8080

ENC_PROXY_ORDER

The set of connection types to be attempted by the ENC Client. If omitted, a default order is used.

Value: This is a space separated list of zero or more of the following keywords: socket, socks4Anon, socks5Auth, socks5Anon, httpConnect, http, and httpProxy.

ENC_SOCKS_ADDR

Address of a SOCKS internet proxy that the ENC Client must connect to in order to connect outside the local network.

Value: FQN or IP address of the server

ENC_SOCKS_PORT

Port number on the proxy to connect to.

Default: 1080

ENC_SOCKS_USER

Name of the user to authenticate when connecting to a SOCKS server.

Example: socksuser

ENC_SOCKS_PW

Plain text password of the user specified through ENC_SOCKS_USER.

ENC_HTTP_PROXY_USER

Name of the user to authenticate when connecting to a HTTP server.

Example: httpuser

ENC_HTTP_PROXY_PW

Plain text password of the user specified through ENC_HTTP_PROXY_USER.

Note: For more information about ENC properties, see the encUtilCmd Command Reference. Also, see the ENC Gateway Policy Group topic in the Configuration Policy section of the DSM Explorer Help.