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Send an Endpoint Snapshot to the Distribution Server

When you configure an endpoint for reporting, you specify the times at which the Report Agent collects scheduled snapshots of the local CA ControlMinder database and any PMDBs on the endpoint and sends the snapshot to the reports queue on the Distribution Server. If you do not want to wait for the scheduled time, you can send an endpoint snapshot to the Distribution Server immediately.

Note: You can change the Report Agent schedule by changing the schedule configuration setting in the ReportAgent section of the accommon.ini file or the CA ControlMinder registry key.

To send an endpoint snapshot to the Distribution Server on demand

1. Open a command prompt window on an endpoint.
2. (UNIX) Set the library path environment variable, as follows:
   1. su to root.
   2. Set the library path environment variable to ACSharedDir/lib. By default, ACSharedDir is the following directory:

      /opt/CA/AccessControlShared
      

   3. Export the library path environment variable.
3. (UNIX) Navigate to the following directory:

   ACSharedDir/bin
   

4. Run the Report Agent on the endpoint. Do one of the following:
   • (Windows) Run the following command:

     ReportAgent -report snapshot
     

   • (UNIX) Run the following command:

     ./ReportAgent -report snapshot
     

   The Report Agent sends a snapshot of the CA ControlMinder database and any local PMDBs to the report queue on the Distribution Server.

Note: For more information about configuring an endpoint for reporting, see the Implementation Guide. For more information about the ReportAgent section, see the Reference Guide. For more information about the library path environment variable, see the Troubleshooting Guide.

More information:

Library Path Environment Variable Example