For CA Nimsoft Monitor
Once NMS is installed, it’s easy to deploy a robot to a Windows system.
Here’s how:
- On the target system, browse to your NMS web page (http://<servername_or_server_IP_address>:8080).
- In the Infrastructure Deployment (Installers) table, click Windows Robot, then select Run.
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation.
- You can select Normal or Cloud installation.
- For Normal installation, you must specify the domain you want the robot to be part of. Check a domain (if more than one is available) or select Choose to connect to the network interface through IP address to attach the robot to a specific hub.
- Cloud installation lets administrators install a Nimsoft robot onto a master image of a virtual machine. This lets administrators monitor new VMs as they are deployed. For Cloud installation, a hub on a cloud instance is assumed. If a hub external to the cloud is used, the robot must be configured with robotip_alias = <external IP of cloud instance> after the cloud instance is created. Note that Cloud installation leaves the installed robot in a latent state. The robot starts after a configurable number of host restarts.
- If the computer has multiple NICs, the Local IP address dialog appears. Select the network interface the robot will use to send and receive information.
- In the Options dialog:
- Leave the First probe port field blank (recommended) to let the system use default port numbers. Or, specify the first port to be used to start probes.
- Select Passive mode if you want communication to be initiated by the hub only. Otherwise, communication between the hub and robots is two-way.
Once you confirm your selections, the the robot setup begins. When it completes, you can deploy additional components to the system as desired.
For more information on deploying CA Nimsoft Monitor infrastructure, visit docs.nimsoft.com.