30.6 Managing 10g OAM Agents Remotely

You can update, validate, and delete OAM 10g Agents using remote registration templates and modes.

For more information, see Remote Agent Update Modes and Templates.

To remotely update OAM 10g Agent registration:

1. Set up the registration tool.

   See Acquiring and Setting Up the Remote Registration Tool.

2. Update Agent:

   1. Create your update request using the OAMUpdateAgentRequest.xml template.

   2. On the computer hosting the Agent, run the following command with agentUpdate mode specify your own *Request*.xml as the input file. For example:

      ./bin/oamreg.sh agentUpdate input/*OAMUpdateAgentRequest.xml
      

   3. Provide the registration Administrator user name and password when asked.

   4. Confirm success with on-screen messages.

   5. Relocate to the agent host ObAccessClient.xml:

      From the AdminServer (Console) host: /rreg/output/Agent_Name/

      To the Agent host: $10gWG_install_dir/oblix/lib.

   6. Restart the server that is hosting this agent.

3. Validating Agent:

   1. On the Agent host, run the following command in agentValidate mode. For example:

      ./bin/oamreg.sh agentValidate agentname
      

   2. Provide the registration Administrator user name and password when asked.

   3. Confirm success with on-screen messages.

4. Deleting an Agent:

   1. On the computer hosting the Agent, run the following agentDelete command. For example:

      ./bin/oamreg.sh agentDelete agentname
      

   2. Provide the registration Administrator user name and password when asked.

   3. Confirm success with on-screen messages.

      Success: On-screen message confirms

      AgentDelete process completed successfully!