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Set Up a Response File

On Linux and VMware ESX systems, you can create a response file for installing an agent using this procedure. Creating the silent response file does not actually install an agent on the local server.

You only have to create the silent response file once. After that, you can use it for any agent you want to install with the same set of configuration parameters.

Note: You may want to edit the response file for reuse to change the installation directory, user name, or password so that it is specific to the target agent host.

To create a silent response file for an agent

1. Log on to a Linux computer as a root user.
2. Open a browser, log into the CA User Activity Reporting Module server, and download the agent binary files.
3. Log off the CA User Activity Reporting Module server.
4. Access a command prompt and navigate to the directory that contains the installation files.
5. Run the following command to create a silent response file:

   ./install_ca-elmagent -g <name of response file>
   

6. Respond to the prompts exactly as if you were installing the agent locally.

   When you finish creating the file, you are ready to install agents silently on another host.

More information:

Prepare a Response File for Re-use