Agent Builder Overview

Agent Builder provides a screen-based interface for entering information about your application and the kind of resource type that you want to create.

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If the graphical user interface version of Agent Builder is not accessible, you can access Agent Builder through a command-line interface. See How to Use the Command-Line Version of Agent Builder.

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Based on the information you enter, Agent Builder generates the following software:

• A set of C, Korn shell (ksh), or generic data service (GDS) source files for a failover or scalable resource type that correspond to the resource type's method callbacks, for both network aware (client-server model) and non-network aware (clientless) applications

• A customized Resource Type Registration (RTR) file (if you generate C or Korn shell source code)

• Customized utility scripts for starting, stopping, and removing an instance (resource) of the resource type, as well as customized man pages that document how to use each one of these files

• A Solaris package that includes the binaries (if you generate C source), an RTR file (if you generate C or Korn shell source code), and the utility scripts

Agent Builder supports network aware applications (applications that use the network to communicate with clients) as well as non-network aware (or stand-alone) applications. Agent Builder also enables you to generate a resource type for an application that has multiple independent process trees that the Process Monitor Facility (PMF) must monitor and restart individually. See Creating Resource Types With Multiple Independent Process Trees.