Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 Installation Guide
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Installing Agents
Installing and Configuring Windows Agents
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My - The X.509 certificate store for personal certificates.
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Root - The X.509 certificate store for trusted root certificate authorities (CAs).
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TrustedPeople - The X.509 certificate store for directly trusted people and resources.
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TrustedPublisher - The X.509 certificate store for directly trusted publishers.
For post-2008 systems:
netsh http add sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:PPPPP certhash=XXXX appid={YYYYYY}
where
ipport=0.0.0.0:PPPPP (e.g. 0.0.0.0:50001) is IP and port, this is for
https://localhost:PPPPP.
certhash= XXXX is the Thumbprint value of the local certificate. To obtain the thrumbprint of a certificate, open the
certificate and select the Details tab. Copy the thumbprint and delete all blanks (spaces) between numbers in
'Thumbprint'.
certificate and select the Details tab. Copy the thumbprint and delete all blanks (spaces) between numbers in
'Thumbprint'.
appid={YYYYYY} is a GUID identifying the owning application.
5.
Click OK.
Configuring a Cluster to Run the Windows Agent
The Agent for Windows can run in a Windows cluster environment. A cluster environment is defined as multiple machines
working together as one system. The cluster environment provides a level of redundancy so that if one of the machines
in the cluster fails, another machine is available to replace the failed component.
working together as one system. The cluster environment provides a level of redundancy so that if one of the machines
in the cluster fails, another machine is available to replace the failed component.
The following instructions describe how to configure a two node cluster environment to run the Windows agent offered
by CWA.
by CWA.
Prerequisites
Before installing the Agent for Windows on the nodes of a cluster, you must first complete and/or verify the following on
each node:
each node:
Verify that the systems on each node are identical
Verify that the agent machines in each node meet the hardware and software requirements specified in the Cisco
Workload Automation Compatibility Guide.
Workload Automation Compatibility Guide.
Verify that the user installing the Windows agent has the specified user rights including access to the registry on
each machine.
each machine.
Verify that the cluster group has the following resouce types:
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Network name
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IP address
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Physical disk
Configuring the Windows Agent for a Cluster
During configuration, you should complete a step on a machine and then go around to the other machines in the cluster
and do the same step. When that step has been performed on each machine in the cluster, return to the first machine
and do the next step and then again do that step on the other machines in the cluster, and return to the first machine and
do the next step, etc.
and do the same step. When that step has been performed on each machine in the cluster, return to the first machine
and do the next step and then again do that step on the other machines in the cluster, and return to the first machine and
do the next step, etc.