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Install an Agent Silently

You can invoke a silent installation of an agent on a Solaris server. Use the response file composed of values for this agent installation. You must be logged in as a root user to run a silent installation. The <install directory> must contain the ca-elmagent.pkg and the ca-elmagent.rsp files.

Before you invoke a silent install, review the response file settings. If the response file contains a value other than root for AGENT_USER, verify that a low privileged user with this name has been defined on this host. If the response file includes a path for DEFAULT_CONNECTORS, verify the Connectors.xml resides in that path.

To invoke a silent install

  1. Navigate to the directory where you saved the binary (ca-elmagent.pkg) and response file (ca‑elmagent.rsp).
  2. Run the following command to install an agent silently, where ca-elmagent.rsp is the name of the response file. 
    pkgadd -d ca-elmagent.pkg -n -a admin -r ca-elmagent.rsp ca-elmagent

    The agent is installed using the settings you provided when you recorded in the response file.

  3. Verify that the following message appears: 
    Installation of <ca-elmagent> was successful.