Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 Installation Guide

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Installing Agents 

An agent is a separate installation component of Cisco Workload Automation that runs jobs on behalf of the Master. 
Offloading jobs to agents frees the Master for intensive scheduling tasks such as production compiles. Agents exist for 
various platforms including Windows, Unix, z/OS, MPE/iX, and OpenVMS environments. Check with your sales 
representative for the current list of the types of agents available.

Warning: It is recommended that no more than five agents be run on the minimum hardware platform. However, the 
number of agents that can be run on a given server depends upon the CPU and memory resources available on the 
machine. Add a single agent at a time and gauge the effect of each added agent on system performance before adding 
more. You have to experiment with the configuration to achieve optimal results.

This chapter describes how to install and configure agents: 

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See these standalone guides for installation, configuration, and usage for these Agents:

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About Agents

Companies often need to provide centralized scheduling and administration of workloads that span multiple machines 
and multiple locations. CWA Master/agent architecture provides that capability.