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Additional Procedures

Supplemental procedures for post-installation tasks such as migrating the Unix Agent to a different SAM socket number.

Configuration Overview

Overview of Configuration — all steps required to configure the Unix Agent after installation, including control scripts, security, startup, and job execution settings.

Deactivating Agent Components

Steps to deactivate the optional sma_cronmon and sma_filein components of the Unix Agent by commenting out lines in the start and stop scripts.

Fetching agent Installation File

Step-by-step procedures for placing the Unix Agent installation tar file onto the target UNIX machine via DVD copy or FTP transfer.

Formatting the Control File

Guidelines and examples for formatting SMA FAD Control Files, including whitespace handling, comment syntax, and recommended layout for readability.

Initial Startup

Step-by-step procedure for starting the Unix Agent after a new or upgrade installation and verifying that all required processes are running.

Installation Overview

Overview of Installation — everything you need to install and start the Unix Agent on a supported UNIX platform.

Legacy Installation

Step-by-step procedures for performing a new or upgrade Unix Agent installation using the legacy manual method.

Loading Environment Variables

Instructions for using SMA Technologies-provided setup scripts and the userinfo program to load a user's operating environment before the Unix Agent executes a job.

Operating the agent

Start, stop, and verify the status of the Unix Agent using agent commands from the command line.

Redirecting STDOUT

Reference for redirecting STDOUT output from Unix Agent jobs, including use of the captureSTDOUT script and behavior differences based on the path_to_su parameter.

Removing the Agent

Steps to completely remove the Unix Agent from a system, including stopping the agent, deleting its directory, and disabling automatic startup.

Running Multiple agents on One Machine

Instructions for simultaneously running multiple Unix Agent instances on a single system, covering environment variable configuration and OpCon machine registration for each instance.

UNIX TLS Security Procedures

Procedures for enabling and configuring TLS-secured communication between the Unix Agent and OpCon/SAM, including certificate creation and lsam.conf file changes.

Updating the agent Control Script

Reference and procedures for reviewing and editing the Unix Agent control script variables, including LSAM_ROOT, SAM_SOCKET, and PATH, after running the install_lsam installation script.