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Install the Agent on Windows

You can use an interactive wizard to install the SystemEDGE agent for Windows manually.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Windows system as an Administrator and do one of the following:
   • Double-click setup.hta from DVD1 of the CA Virtual Assurance installation image and click Install SystemEDGE Agent on the CA Virtual Assurance dialog.
   • Open the DVD1\Installers\Windows\Agent\SysMan\CA_SystemEDGE_Core folder and double-click ca-setup.exe.

   Note: For systems running Windows Vista or later, you can install as a non-administrator. The operating system prompts you to authorize the installation with Administrator credentials.

   The installation wizard opens. The installer detects the hardware architecture of a system and runs the appropriate version of the installation package.

2. Click Next.

   The License Agreement page opens.

3. Read the License agreement and scroll down to the bottom. Select I accept the terms of the License Agreement option and click Next.

   The Installation Type page opens.

4. Select Typical or Custom and click Next.

   Note: The following procedure describes a custom installation. If you select Typical, the Review Settings page opens when you click Next.

   The Destination Location dialog appears.

5. Accept the default or Browse to select the locations for the installation and data directories, click Next, and continue with Step 9. If you want to specify different locations, click Advanced and continue with Step 8.

   Destination Location

   Specifies the location at which to install the agent. By default, the installation directory is Install_Path\SystemEDGE and the runtime program data is stored in the config subdirectory. To specify more parameters, click Advanced.

   Note: When installing the agent on a system with a previous version of the agent already installed, the installer selects the installation directory of the existing agent.

   If you skip the Advanced dialog, the Configuration Manager Settings dialog appears.

6. Complete the following fields in the Advanced Destination Locations dialog and click Next.

   SystemEDGE binary path

   Specifies the directory for program binaries and documentation.

   SystemEDGE data path

   Specifies the directory for run-time program data.

   CA Shared Components path

   Specifies the directory for CA Shared Components. Once set by any CA software, this directory cannot be changed and the corresponding field in the user interface is disabled.

   The Configuration Manager Settings dialog appears.

7. Complete the following fields and click Next.

   Configuration Manager Host Name

   Specifies the host name of the configuration manager from which you want to manage this agent. Enter a value for this parameter to configure this agent from the system on which CA Virtual Assurance runs. Enter an asterisk (*) to accept the first manager that discovers the agent system.

   Default Configuration Policy Name

   Specifies the name of the configuration policy file (maintained by the CA Virtual Assurance manager) for the agent to use. Enter a value for this parameter to set the SystemEDGE configuration according to an existing configuration file from the manager.

   If the installer detects the native Microsoft SNMP agent running on the system, the following Native SNMP Options dialog appears.

8. If Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is installed on your system, select one of the following options and click Next.

   Default from existing SNMP agent

   Specifies whether to use the default settings from the native SNMP agent. Leave this check box cleared to use different community strings and trap destinations than the native SNMP agent.

   Disable native SNMP agent

   Specifies whether to stop and disable the native SNMP agent. If you leave the native SNMP agent enabled, run SystemEDGE on a different port.

9. Complete the following fields and click Next.

   SNMP port number

   Specifies the port on which to run the SystemEDGE agent.

   Default: 161

   Important! Dedicate this port number to SystemEDGE agent. The installation fails if other application uses this port number. If the native SNMP agent already uses the default port, specify a different port, for example, 1691 or 6665.

   The SNMP System Information dialog appears.

10. Complete the following fields and click Next.

    System Description

    Specifies information about the system (such as a system name) that populates the sysDescr MIB-II object.

    System Location

    Specifies the system location that populates the sysLocation MIB-II object.

    System Contact

    Specifies system contact information that populates the sysContact MIB-II object.

    The SNMP Community Settings dialog appears.

11. Complete the following fields, click Next, and continue with Step 13. If you want to specify multiple community strings, click Advanced and continue with Step 12.

    Read-only Community

    Specifies the SNMP read-only community string.

    Default: public

    Read-write community

    Specifies the SNMP read-write community string.

    If you skip the Advanced dialog, the SNMP Trap Settings dialog appears.

12. Complete the following fields in the SNMP Community Settings - Advanced dialog and click Next.

    Read-only Community

    Specifies the SNMP read-only community string. You can specify multiple communities by separating each with a semicolon (for example, public1; public2). You can also include an IP address list for each community to restrict access (for example, public 1.2.3.4).

    Default: public

    Read-write community

    Specifies the SNMP read-write community string. You can specify multiple communities by separating each with a semicolon (for example, rwcomm1; rwcomm2). You can also include a space delimited IP address list for each community to restrict access (for example, rwcomm1 1.2.3.4). A read-write community is required for correct operation of some AIMs (for example, RM) and for some remote uses (for example, creating monitors).

    The SNMP Trap Settings dialog appears.

13. Complete the following fields, click Next, and continue with Step 15. If you want to specify multiple trap destinations, click Advanced and continue with Step 14.

    Trap community string

    Specifies the SNMP community encoded in sent trap messages.

    Default: public

    Destination host

    Specifies the destination of the trap messages.

    Default: The configuration manager host name set in Configuration Manager Settings dialog.

    Port number

    Specifies the port trap messages are sent to.

    Default: 162.

    If you skip the Advanced dialog, the Miscellaneous Settings dialog appears.

14. Complete the following field in the SNMP Trap Settings - Advanced dialog and click Next.

    Trap Configuration

    Specifies one or more trap destinations. You can specify multiple entries by separating each with a semicolon (for example, public server1; public server2 1162).

    The Miscellaneous Settings dialog appears.

15. Complete the following fields and click Next:

    Start After Install

    Specifies whether the agent is started at the end of installation.

    Install Documentation

    Specifies whether to install the documentation.

    The Review Settings page appears.

16. Review the installation settings and click Install.

    The Installation Completed page appears after the installation finishes.

17. Click Finish.

    The installation is complete.