Installing Sun xVM Ops Center Agents by Using Discovery and Registration

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# In the appropriate fields, enter the name and password of the {{root}} user, or equivalent role, on the Sun xVM Ops Center server. The Dashboard page displays.
# From the Gear pull-down menu, select New Custom Discovery. The Introduction panel of the Custom Discovery Wizard displays.
# In the Introduction panel, click Next to display the Select Criteria panel.
# In the Select Criteria panel, click New to define new criteria to use to discover gear.
Fields and check boxes in this panel allow you to specify how you want Sun xVM Ops Center to discover gear. For this example, enter the IP address of a system that has an installed instance of Solaris 10.
# Select the SSH check box and enter the {{root}} user name and password into the fields provided.
# Select the Save This Criteria for Future Use check box, and enter a name for these search criteria in the Name field.
# Click Save to save the new discovery criteria.
# Select the criteria item that you just created from the Select Criteria List, then click Next. The Summary panel displays.
# Click Discover to start the discovery job. A status pop-up indicates that the custom discovery has started.
# Click OK to dismiss the pop-up. The Dashboards page displays.
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You can use the Job Summary item from the Core Services pull-down menu to view the list of jobs and display the status of your discovery job.
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# When your discovery job completes, the Action Required menu lists a Discovery Job Gear Notification link in the Actions Required list. Selecting this Discovery Job Gear Notification link displays the Register Gear/ Enable Channels panel that enables you to select what Sun xVM Ops center modules you want to activate for the gear that you have discovered.
As an alternative, you can display the same Register Gear / Enable Channels panel by selecting the Register and Enable Channels item from the Gear pull-down menu.
# For the gear that you have discovered but have yet to register, the Register Gear / Enable Channels panel provides check boxes that enable you to register the gear, and to enable the Provision, Update, and Manage modules for the gear.
## For operating system gear instances, select the Register check box. Enter the SSH user name and SSH password of the root user. Without a valid SSH user and password, agent installation will not take place.
## Deselect any of the Provision, Update, or Manage check boxes to disable these modules for specific gear selections.
## Click Register Gear / Enable Channels to register your gear according to the selections you have made.
Sun xVM Ops Center will create a job to register the associated gear, and install a Sun xVM Ops Center agent on compatible operating system instances.
# You can use the {{sc-console}} script to verify that you have successfully established a connection between the Sun xVM Ops Center agent running on the discovered and registered system, and a Sun xVM Ops Center proxy. For example:
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# sc-console list-connections
scn-agent https://172.20.25.18:21165 urn:scn:clregid:fd38e12d-b026-42e4-b327-7a5e9ebf76d1:20080213233152296
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The HTTPS URL in this example indicates that this agent is connected to the proxy running on the host identified by the {{172.20.25.18}} IP address.



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