2.2 Installing and Upgrading UNIX Agent Manager

NetIQ UNIX Agent Manager is a console that you can use to manage all UNIX agent components across your enterprise. You can use UNIX Agent Manager to install the UNIX agent to several computers at the same time and see the computers that NetIQ Change Guardian, NetIQ Secure Configuration Manager, NetIQ Sentinel, and NetIQ Security Manager products monitor.

After you have installed UNIX Agent Manager, you can set up users and assign access to them. For more information about managing UNIX Agent Manager users, see Section 3.6, Managing Users in UNIX Agent Manager.

2.2.1 Installing UNIX Agent Manager on a Microsoft Windows Computer

Complete the following steps to install the UNIX Agent Manager server, the UNIX Agent Manager console, or both on a Windows computer.

To install UNIX Agent Manager on a Windows computer:

  1. Run UAMInstaller.MSI in the root folder of the installation kit, and begin responding to the questions in the wizard.

  2. When you are given the option of communication security settings, do not restrict communication to only Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) encrypted algorithms unless you are certain that your environment requires that restriction. If you select that option, UNIX Agent Manager cannot communicate with agents that do not have the same restriction. For more information about FIPS and the other security level options, see Section 3.2, Understanding Communication Security Levels.

  3. Complete the automatic installer wizard. The wizard guides you through the Trial Software License Agreement and installs the UNIX Agent Manager to the folder that you specify.

  4. Start the UNIX Agent Manager server.

  5. Type and confirm a password for the UNIX Agent Manager server to use with the admin user account.

To change the administrative password for the UNIX Agent Manager server, start the server using the old password, then in the Manage Server window, click Reset Admin Password.

2.2.2 Installing UNIX Agent Manager on a UNIX or Linux Computer

Complete the following steps to install the UNIX Agent Manager server, the UNIX Agent Manager console, or both on a Red Hat or SUSE computer.

To install the UNIX Agent Manager on a UNIX or Linux computer:

  1. Change directories to where you copied the installation package for UNIX Agent Manager.

  2. Uncompress the appropriate .tar.gz file for your platform.

  3. (Conditional) If you need to restrict communication to only Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) encrypted algorithms, run the enablefips.sh script. If you run that script, UNIX Agent Manager cannot communicate with agents that do not have the same restriction. For more information about FIPS and the other security level options, see Section 3.2, Understanding Communication Security Levels.

  4. Start the UNIX Agent Manager server by running the runserver.sh script.

  5. Type and confirm a password that you want the UNIX Agent Manager server to use for the admin user account.

  6. Start the UNIX Agent Manager console by running the run.sh script.