Overview of Managing Hosts

Managing a host involves these steps:

1. Installing a Remote Agent on the host. You can install a Remote Agent either by:

   • Running the installer.

   • Running the Remote Agent Remote Installer script to install a set of Remote Agents.

2. Defining the host. You define a host either by:

   • Entering the host's data on the Hosts > Detail page and saving the host.

   • Running the hdb.h.add command.

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     Once you have completed these first two steps, you can add the host to a host set or query the host with a host search. However, you cannot run plans or perform comparisons on the host until it is prepared.

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3. Preparing the host. You prepare the host either by:

   • Leaving the “Prepare Host” check box selected when you save the host with the HTML user interface.

   • Selecting the host on the Hosts page and running the “Prepare” command.

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     Once you have prepared the host, you can run plans and perform comparisons on it.

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