Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Management Agent Instructions for Microsoft Windows x86 (Windows 32-bit) 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) May 2010 This document contains the following sections: 1. Introduction 2. Download the Management Agent software 3 Fresh Installation of 11.1.0.1.0 Management Agent 4. Upgrading Management Agent to latest version 11.1.0.1.0 ----------------------------------------- 1. Introduction ----------------------------------------- This document list out the instructions for installing the 11.1.0.1.0 Management Agents. NOTE: The agent software discussed here DOES upgrade your existing installation of Management Agents from version 10.2.0.4 or higher to latest 11.1.0.1.0 version and can also be used for deploying fresh 11.1.0.1.0 Management Agents on hosts. ----------------------------------------- 2. Download the Management Agent software ----------------------------------------- The Management Agent software can be downloaded in two ways: 2.1 Automatic download from Grid Control console using "Download Agent software" feature --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Management Agent software is available on My Oracle Support Web site and can be downloaded using the "Download Agent Software" feature in the Grid Control console itself. Refer to the "Procuring Oracle Management Agent Software" in the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html This URL takes you to the Enterprise Manager documentation library page, and this URL may appear in many parts of the Readme. Access this URL to reach the library page, and from the table, click View Library. On the following page, click the Documentation tab, and then click the name of the document you want to access. 2.2 Manual download from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN) ------------------------------------------------------------- Download the Win32_Grid_Control_agent_download_11.1.0.1.0.zip file from the Oracle Technology Network (OTN):- http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/oem/htdocs/agentsoft.html After downloading the software, verify that the size of the downloaded software matches with the size (bytes) displayed along with the download link. Follow the instructions outlined in section "Procuring Enterprise Manager Grid Control Software" of the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html ----------------------------------------------------- 3. Fresh Installation of 11.1.0.1.0 Management Agent ----------------------------------------------------- There are various methods for installing fresh 11.1.0.1.0 Management Agent in your environment. ----------------------------------------------------- 3.1 Methods for Mass deployment of Management Agent ----------------------------------------------------- One Time Setup --------------- - If you have downloaded the Agent software from the Grid Control console using the "Download Agent software" link, then no manual setup is required. Skip to the next section on methods for mass deployment - If you have manually downloaded the Agent software from Oracle Technology Network (OTN) then perform the following steps: a. Copy the Agent downloaded file to the Oracle home directory of the OMS \sysman\agent_download\11.1.0.1.0 Note: If \sysman\agent_download\11.1.0.1.0 directory doesn't exist then create it manually. b. Go to the Oracle home directory of the Oracle Management Service(OMS) \sysman\agent_download\11.1.0.1.0 c. Run the following command to unzip the software \bin\unzip Win32_Grid_Control_agent_download_11.1.0.1.0.zip Methods for Mass Deployment of Management Agents ------------------------------------------------- Once the Agent software is staged in the staging location under the OMS oracle home mentioned above then either of the following methods can be used for mass agent deployment: 3.1.1 Agent Deploy Application ----------------------------- Agent Deploy application allows you to "push" the Management Agents on multiple hosts in a single window from the Grid Control console itself. Details on using this method can be found in Enterprise Manager Grid Control Basic Installation guide: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html 3.1.2 Agent Clone ---------------- Agent Clone application automates the cloning of Management Agents based on existing pre-patched reference installations. It allows deployment of Management Agents on multiple hosts in a single change window from the Grid Control console itself. Refer to “Cloning Management Agent “ described in the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html 3.1.3 agentDownload script ------------------------- An alternate option to pushing the agents to multiple hosts is to "pull" the Management Agent software and configure it based on demand. Go to the Oracle home directory of the OMS \sysman\agent_download\11.1.0.1.0 directory then run this command: mv agent_download.rsp.bak agent_download.rsp Then follow the instructions listed out in “Installing the Agent Using the agentDownload Script “of the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html ------------------------------------------- 3.2. Silent installation of Management Agent ------------------------------------------- For Management Agent silent installation, copy the \response\additional_agent.rsp file to a location on the local machine and modify the value Unspecified entries accordingly in the response file. Invoke the runInstaller by executing: \agent\Win32\setup.exe -silent -responseFile \additional_agent.rsp For detailed information on using silent installation method to install the Management Agent please refer to “Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Response File” described in the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html ---------------------------------- 3.3. NFS Mounted Agent Installation ---------------------------------- Enterprise Manager 11g R1 allows you to install a single Agent on a shared NFS filesystem, and then have multiple hosts share that same ORACLE_HOME. Details on installing a NFS mounted agent can be found in section "Installing Oracle Management Agent Using Shared Oracle Home" of the Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available at: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html ------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Upgrading Management Agent to latest version 11.1.0.1.0 ------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Release 1 (10.1.0.x) to Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If your Additional Management Agent version is 10.1.0.x and you want to upgrade it to 11.1.0.1.0 version then: Step 1: You have to first upgrade your Management Agent to version 10.2.0.4 or 10.2.0.5. Step 2: Then upgrade it to version 11.1.0.1.0 Refer to the Chapter “Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Upgrade Wizard" of Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions, available here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html 4.2 Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Release 2 (10.2.0.x) to Oracle Management Agent 11g Release 1 (11.1.0.1.0) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have Additional Management Agent version 10.2.0.3 or lower and want to upgrade it to 11.1.0.1.0 version then: Step 1: Apply 10.2.0.4 or 10.2.0.5 patchset to the Management Agent. Follow the steps from the section "Upgrading Management Agent" of the respective version of Release note. Step 2: Upgrade 10.2.0.4 or 10.2.0.5 version of Management Agent to 11.1.0.1.0. Follow the steps from the Chapter “Upgrading Oracle Management Agent Using Agent Upgrade Wizard" of Enterprise Manager Grid Control Advanced Installation and Configuration Guide available here: http://www.oracle.com/technology/documentation/oem.html