8 Deploying Cluster Agent

Installing a Standalone Agent Using the agentDownload Script

The agent can be installed by executing the agentDownload script on one node at a time using the correct arguments. If you want to discover the cluster targets, then you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable prior to executing the agentDownload script, or pass the cluster name to the agentDownload script as agentDownload -n <clustername>.

agentDownload -b <Oracle Base Directory location> -n <clustername>

Installing a Standalone Agent Using the Agent Deploy Application

To perform a standalone agent installation on a cluster node, you must select the appropriate node of that cluster. If you want to discover the cluster targets, you must specify the correct cluster name in the Cluster Name text box. See Chapter6, "Fresh Installation of the Management Agent" for detailed instructions.

Installing a Standalone Agent Using Oracle Universal Installer

You can perform this installation by invoking the installer using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI). The Interactive type is typically a one-node installation.

If the agent is installed as a standalone agent on a release 9.2 cluster, then you can set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable to the name of the cluster that you want to use for the cluster targets before invoking the runInstaller script. If this variable is not set, the agent cannot discover any cluster targets.

Installing a Cluster Agent Using the agentDownload Script

You can perform a cluster agent installation through this script by using the -c option (for example, -c "node1,node2,..."). This option helps install the cluster agent on all the nodes that you specify here.

If you want to override the cluster name that appears in targets.xml, then you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable prior to executing the agentDownload script, or pass the cluster name to the agentDownload script as agentDownload -b <Oracle Base Directory location> -n <clustername> -c "node1,node2,node3".

Installing a Cluster Agent Using the Agent Deploy Application

To perform a cluster agent installation using the Agent Deploy application, you must select the Cluster Install option and specify all the nodes of that cluster. If you want to discover the cluster targets, you must specify the correct cluster name in the Cluster Name text box. See Chapter6, "Fresh Installation of the Management Agent" for detailed instructions.

Installing a Cluster Agent Using the Interactive Installer

To install an agent on a release 9.2 cluster that is on multiple nodes at a time, you must pass the CLUSTER_NODES variable when starting executing the runinstaller script as:

./runInstaller CLUSTER_NODES="{node1,node2}"

If the CLUSTER_NODES variable is not passed, the installer cannot detect the nodes and cannot perform the cluster install.

If you want to set the cluster name that appears in the targets.xml file, you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable before invoking the runInstaller. If this variable is not set, the agent uses the first node as the cluster name.

Installing a Standalone Agent Using agentDownload Script

The agent can be installed by executing the agentDownload script on one node at a time using the correct arguments. If you want to override the cluster name to be used in targets.xml file, you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable prior to executing the agentDownload script, or pass the cluster name to the agentDownload script as agentDownload -n <clustername>.

agentDownload -b <Oracle Base Directory location> -n <clustername>

Installing a Standalone Agent Using the Agent Deploy Application

To perform a standalone agent installation on a cluster node, you must select the Cluster Install option, and specify the appropriate cluster node names. The cluster name that you specify here overrides the corresponding value in the targets.xml file. See Chapter6, "Fresh Installation of the Management Agent" for detailed instructions.

Installing a Standalone Agent Using Oracle Universal Installer

You can perform this installation by invoking the installer using Oracle Universal Installer (OUI).

If you want to set the cluster name that will appear in targets.xml file, then you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable before invoking the runInstaller. If this variable is not set, the agent uses the cluster name that was specified during the Oracle Clusterware installation.

Installing a Cluster Agent Using the agentDownload Script

You can perform a cluster agent installation through this script by using the -c option (for example, -c "node1,node2,..."). This option helps install the cluster agent on all the nodes that you specify here.

If you want to override the cluster name that appears in targets.xml file, then you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable prior to executing the agentDownload script, or pass the cluster name to the agentDownload script as agentDownload -b <Oracle Base Directory location> -n <clustername> -c "node1,node2,node3".

Installing a Cluster Agent Using the Agent Deploy Application

To perform a cluster agent installation using the Agent Deploy application, you must select the Cluster Install option and specify all the nodes of that cluster. If you want to override the cluster name that appears in targets.xml file, you must specify the appropriate cluster name in the application. See Chapter6, "Fresh Installation of the Management Agent" for detailed instructions.

Installing a Cluster Agent Using Oracle Universal Installer

When you execute the runInstaller script, it automatically detects all the cluster nodes. You can then choose the nodes on which you want to perform the cluster agent installation.

If you want to override the Cluster name that appears in targets.xml, you must set the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable before invoking the runInstaller. If this variable is not set, the agent uses the cluster name that was specified during the Oracle Clusterware installation.