Installing Skybot Scheduler Agents on UNIX and Linux Servers

Before You Install

Read these instructions completely before you install the Skybot Scheduler agent software on your systems.

• Install the Skybot Scheduler Agent software as the root user.
• When the Skybot Scheduler Agent installer is running, it requests information about the Enterprise Server to which it will connect. There are two ways to provide the Agent installer with this information, manually or using an Agent Install Configuration. See below for details.

Prerequisite Software

To install Skybot Scheduler agents on your UNIX or Linux server, your server must run one of the following operating systems:

• AIX 5.3
• AIX 6.1
• AIX 7.1
• HP-UX 11V2 or 11V3
• Sun Solaris (Sparc) 8, 9, 10, 11
• SUSE Linux 10
• SUSE Linux 11
• Red Hat Linux 4
• Red Hat Linux 5

You must also be running Perl 5.6 or later. Use the following command to find your Perl version:

perl -v

Installing Skybot Scheduler Agents

• Log in as root user. 
• Download the file setupSkybotSchedulerAgent.tar to a temporary directory on your system.
• Use the following command to extract the contents of the file:

  tar -xf setupSkybotSchedulerAgent.tar

  Extraction does not create a top level directory.

• You will need to know the web address of your Skybot Scheduler Enterprise Server, which is usually http://yourSkybotServer:8008 (replace 'yourSkybotServer' with the name or IP address of your server).

Configuring a Skybot Scheduler Agent

This option requires you to answer onscreen questions about configuring your agent system.

• Use the following command to start the installation:

  ./agentInstall 

• Follow the onscreen prompts to complete configuration information.
• When the installer has completed, it asks if you want to start the Skybot Scheduler Agent.

Using an Agent Install Configuration File

This option lets you answer the configuration options automatically using an Agent Configuration File created using the Skybot Scheduler browser. You must know the name of the Agent Install Configuration file.

• Use the Admin area of the Skybot Scheduler interface to configure an Agent Install Configuration file. For this example, we'll use unix_default as an example (these names are not case sensitive).
• Start the installer using a customized command, similar to the following:

  ./agentInstall   http://yourSkybotServer:8008  unix_default

  where yourSkybotServer is the name or IP address of your Enterprise Server

  where unix_default is the name of your Agent Configuration File

• The installer lists the actions it is going to perform, and asks for your permission to proceed.
• When the installer has completed, it asks if you want to start the Skybot Scheduler Agent. Once your agent systems are setup correctly, they will automatically appear in the list of agents on the Skybot Scheduler Enterprise Server.

Note: Running the Skybot Scheduler Agent as the root user can cause problems. We recommend that you run the agent as the Skybot user.

• File and directory event monitors can monitor only files and directories to which the user you choose normally has access. You must set up permissions for this user on the agent  to be able to monitor any file or file system location that is needed. This may require adding the user to a group that has access to a file or directory that you want to monitor.
• If you run the Skybot Scheduler Agent as the root user, be aware that there are no restrictions for files or directories to be monitored with Agent Event Monitors.
• Make sure that all of the agent’s installed files can be accessed by the user that you choose. We recommend that you assign file ownership to the user you will run the agent system as. For example, if you run the agent as the user “skybot,” you should change ownership of all the agent’s files to “skybot.”

Read the Help/FACTS titled "Getting Started with Skybot Scheduler."