Agent Installation

The Agent installation installs Control-M/Agent, Application Integrator, and Automation API CLI. Additional Agents enable you to run jobs on multiple computers. This enhances performance and creates greater load balancing control.

If you are installing an Agent on Linux, complete the pre-install procedures, as described in Agent Pre-Installation Procedures for Linux and the post install procedures, as described in Agent Post Installation Procedures.

Control-M/Agent requires an external Java library. To ensure that Java libraries remain updated, Java library deliveries are decoupled from Control-M/Agent and not part of the installation. For more information, see Control-M External Java Installation .

Before you install an Agent, verify that your operating system and processor are supported and that your minimum requirements for memory and diskspace are met. Depending on your operating system, verify that your system meets one of the following requirements:

You can install multiple Agents on the same host machine, but the following requirements must be met:

  • Each Agent must be installed on a separate account (Linux only).

  • Each Agent must have a unique name.

  • Each Agent must be on the same version (Windows only).

The following procedures describe how install Control-M/Agent on UNIX and Windows.

  • If you upgrade the Agent, Application Integrator that was part of Application Pack is upgraded as well. If you roll back the Agent, then Application Integrator cannot work. To re-enable Application Integrator, you must uninstall and then reinstall Application Pack.

  • If Application Pack is installed, verify that all Application Integrator jobs have completed before upgrading the Agent.

If you use a proxy server to connect to the Internet, you must ensure that the proxy server settings are defined, as follows:

  • Linux: The HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables must be defined in the format {host}:{port}.

    http://172.19.0.169:3128

    server.com:3128

  • Windows: Verify that the Use a proxy server is enabled and the Address and Port fields are configured correctly in Settings > Proxy.

    Address: 172.19.0.169

    Port: 3128

Agent System Requirements for Windows

The following table lists the prerequisite requirements for a Windows platform. These values represent the minimum requirement for an entry level deployment. For higher capacity workloads, add resources.

Resource

Specification

Compatible processors

x86_64
CPU and Memory

100 concurrent jobs or less: 

  • CPU: 2

  • Memory: 4 GB

  • CPU SPEC: 90

100 - 250 concurrent jobs:

  • CPU: 4

  • Memory: 6 GB

  • CPU SPEC: 180

Diskspace

BMC Software recommends that you reserve three times the amount of RAM in the system for swap space.

 1150 MB

Agent System Requirements for Linux

The following table lists the prerequisite requirements for Agent on a Linux platform. These values represent the minimum requirement for an entry level deployment. For higher capacity workloads, add resources.

Resource Requirement
Hardware For up-to-date supported operating systems and requirements, see Product Availability and Compatibility.
Memory

500 concurrent jobs or less: 

  • CPU: 2

  • Memory: 4 GB

  • CPU SPEC: 90

500- 1000 concurrent jobs: 

  • CPU: 4

  • Memory: 8 GB

  • CPU SPEC: 180

Diskspace

BMC Software recommends that you reserve three times the amount of RAM in the system for swap space.

 1150 MB