Has anyone tried deploying the leaf agents to clients via prism deploy using a package?  The reason I ask is that we need to have the leaf agents on every client that already has Deploy on it.

Normally i'd be happy installing it on an AD logon script but we need to be more granular on who gets the patches so it can't be everyone at once - if you get what i mean. 

Any ideas most welcome

David

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So it'll just work, right?

Hi David,

Yes, you can install Prism Patch Manager Leaf Agents using Prism Deploy.  We recommend that to all our customers that use both products.

You simply use a Leaf Agent command line and create a Prism Deploy command task with all the correct commands and deploy the task to any machines you wish.

The command line is detailed in the PPM knowledge base article PPM0013.  If you have any questions about how to set it up, please let us know.

Thank You!

New Boundary Support

That's great but how exactly do i configure the command line to take the client name automatically?

From the example below it has the client name written in but I would be deploying this to about 800 machines at once so obviously I dont want to do 800 individual commands

is there a way of adding a variable like %clientname% so it fills the -h part in?

UEAgentInstaller -s -h w2kp1en -p 5555 -r 01-123-45678-98765-19283 -mh Server01 -mp 9968

Hope you can help!

David

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So it'll just work, right?

Hi David,

Yes, you can use variables within the command line.

Here are a few tips for installing Leaf Agents using Deploy:

1.  Copy the folder C:\Program Files\Prism Patch Manager\AgentInstaller to a shared network location

a. Same place you store your Prism Deploy packages is always easy.

2.  Create a command task in Prism Deploy and use Leaf Agent Command Line install.

b. Set the task to “run as” a domain admin account.

Sample - Leaf Agent Command Line Install (KB Article = PPM0013):

UEAgentinstaller.exe [-s] [-h machinename] [-p port] [-l] [-m] [-r serialnumber][-d description] [-mh masteragentname][-mp masteragentport][-up]

1.  For “MachineName” use %ComputerName% variable.

2.  For “MasterAgentName” use “%ServerName% or “LocalServerName”.

a. PPM must be installed on the servers prior to installing Leaf Agents using Prism Deploy.

Sample – New Remote Leaf Agent Install:

\\Server\Share\AgentInstaller\UEAgentinstaller.exe -s -h %ComputerName% -p 9968 -r 12-345-67890-12345-67890 -mh %PrismServerName% -mp 9968

Excellent stuff

Does it have to run under a domain admin account or can it be one that is a local admin on the intended client?  I'm guessing yes but just wanted to make sure.

Thanks for the superb response!

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So it'll just work, right?

we have domain accounts which are local admins on the intended clients so would this not work too?  The issue is that it may be hard yards getting an account with domain admin permissions unless it is totally needed.

David

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So it'll just work, right?

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So it'll just work, right?

Doesnt look to be working.  Prism Deploy says it