I'm looking for straight forward documentation, or perhaps a blog article or post on how to install the Windows Agent so that I can monitor guest OS metrics via Hyperic. Needless to say the documentation is really bad and I'm having a lot of issues simply trying to install the agent. The server install, if done correctly, was a breeze.
Thank you.
Here is a quick list of actions to follow if you're ok with the default settings.
Open port 2144 on the Windows Firewall if necessary
Unzip the agent in a directory with no spaces in the path. Preferably in C:\
Launch a command window with Administrator permissions
Navigate to the Agent's bin directory
Run the following commands
hq-agent.bat install
hq-agent.bat start
You'll be prompted to enter information necessary to setup the agent to communicate with the HQ Server
You can take most of the defaults except the IP/Hostname of the Server, username/password.
Also enter "yes" for the last prompt about trusting the Hyperic Server
Here is a quick list of actions to follow if you're ok with the default settings.
Open port 2144 on the Windows Firewall if necessary
Unzip the agent in a directory with no spaces in the path. Preferably in C:\
Launch a command window with Administrator permissions
Navigate to the Agent's bin directory
Run the following commands
hq-agent.bat install
hq-agent.bat start
You'll be prompted to enter information necessary to setup the agent to communicate with the HQ Server
You can take most of the defaults except the IP/Hostname of the Server, username/password.
Also enter "yes" for the last prompt about trusting the Hyperic Server
Thanks for the quick response. When I try to run install using the information below I receive Java Service Community Wrapper Edition 3.6.5 has stopped working. Any ideas?
I figured it out. There was a space in my installation path. In regards to agent configuration, make sure you you start the agent via the CLI using hq-agent.bat start. You will be prompted with the agent configuration dialog to point the agent to the Hyperic Server.
Yes, the first time the agent is started, you'll need to use the CLI.
After that, it can start like any other service.
Glad it worked for you.