up.time Agents for various UNIX platforms are installed at the command line using a shell script.
To install an agent on a UNIX system, do the following:
- Log into the system as user
root
. - Using Telnet or FTP, transfer the archive containing the Agent to the system on which you want to install it.
You should copy the archive to a temporary directory on the system. - Extract the archive.
Depending on the version of UNIX, you will need to extract the archive using either thetar
command or a combination of thegzip
andtar
commands. For example, to extract the Agent for AIX use the following command:tar -xvf uptmagnt-AIX-<version>.tar
- Type the following command at the command line:
./INSTALL.sh
- Follow the prompts to complete the installation.