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Part number: 6.3.1 Publication date: 2020-02-27 2 Deployment Automation Table of Contents Part 1: Introduction .......................................................................................... 19 Chapter 1: Welcome to Deployment Automation ................................................ 21 About This Documentation.............................................................................. 21 Chapter 2: Deployment Automation Overview ................................................... 23 User Interface Overview................................................................................. 24 Examples and the Community ........................................................................ 25 Terminology ................................................................................................ 25 A Typical Sequence ....................................................................................... 26 Part 2: Installation .......................................................................................... 29 Chapter 3: Architecture Overview ..................................................................... 31 Clients......................................................................................................... 32 Data Tier ................................................................................................... 32 Service Tier ................................................................................................ 32 Agent Architecture ....................................................................................... 33 Agent Communication.................................................................................... 34 Agent Relay Communication ........................................................................... 35 Services ...................................................................................................... 36 Chapter 4: Installing Servers and Agents............................................................ 41 Installation Checklist .................................................................................... 41 Installation Considerations for Optimal Performance .......................................... 43 Using AES256 Encryption .............................................................................. 43 System Requirements.................................................................................... 43 Server Minimum Requirements ..................................................................... 44 Server Recommended Configuration ............................................................ 44 Agent Minimum Requirements ..................................................................... 45 Agent Relay Minimum Requirements ............................................................ 45 Preparing Your Database .............................................................................. 45 Server Installation ....................................................................................... 47 Running the Interactive Installer .................................................................. 47 User's Guide 3 Manual Server Installation ........................................................................... 50 Silent Mode Server Installation ..................................................................... 52 (Windows) Server Silent Installation ............................................................ 52 (Windows) Server Silent Installation Options ............................................. 53 (Windows) Server Silent Installation: OptionsFile.txt Examples ..................... 54 (UNIX/Linux) Server Silent Installation ...................................................... 56 (UNIX/Linux) Server Silent Installation Options .......................................... 56 (UNIX/Linux) Server Silent Installation: optionsFile.txt Examples .................. 59 Uninstalling Servers .................................................................................... 60 Reconfiguring Server Installation Settings ...................................................... 61 Agent Relay Installation ................................................................................. 63 Interactive Agent Relay Installation ............................................................... 63 Child Relay Installation .............................................................................. 64 Agent Relay Installation Options .................................................................. 65 Silent Mode Agent Relay Installation ............................................................ 67 (Windows) Agent Relay Silent Installation ................................................... 68 (Windows) Agent Relay Silent Install Options ............................................. 68 (Windows) Agent Relay Silent Install Options Example ................................. 70 (UNIX/Linux) Agent Relay Silent Installation ................................................ 71 (UNIX/Linux) Agent Relay Silent Install Options .......................................... 71 (UNIX/Linux) Agent Relay Silent Install Options Example ........................... 73 Upgrading Agent Relays and Servers ............................................................ 74 Server and Agent Communication Configuration ............................................. 75 Agent-initiated HTTP Communication Using Agent Relays .............................. 76 Server-initiated HTTP Communication Using Agent Relays .............................. 77 Agent Installation.......................................................................................... 78 Interactive Agent Installation........................................................................ 79 Agent Installation Options ........................................................................ 80 Silent Mode Agent Installation ..................................................................... 82 (Windows) Agent Silent Installation ............................................................ 82 (Windows) Agent Silent Installation Options ............................................. 82 4 Deployment Automation (Windows) Agent Silent Installation Options Example ................................. 84 (UNIX/Linux) Agent Silent Installation ......................................................... 85 (UNIX/Linux) Agent Silent Installation Options .......................................... 85 (UNIX/Linux) Agent Silent Installation Options Examples.............................. 87 Uninstalling Agents .................................................................................... 87 About Agent Upgrades ................................................................................. 88 Installing and Configuring the z/OS Agent ...................................................... 89 Installing for a High Availability Implementation ................................................ 91 Installing the First Server ........................................................................... 91 Installing Additional Servers ........................................................................ 95 High Availability Configurations ..................................................................... 96 Configuring Agents for High Availability (Recommended) .............................. 96 Configuring Agents for High Availability (Alternate) ....................................... 97 Configuring Agent Relay Failover ............................................................... 98 Disaster Recovery with Hot Standby ............................................................ 98 Disaster Recovery with Cold Standby ......................................................... 99 Chapter 5: Running Deployment Automation ................................................... 101 Starting and Stopping the Server ............................................................... 101 Starting and Stopping an Agent Relay ......................................................... 101 Starting and Stopping an Agent .................................................................. 102 Permission for Users Running Agents ......................................................... 102 Accessing Deployment Automation ............................................................... 103 Part 3: Administration .................................................................................... 105 Chapter 6: Administration Overview ............................................................... 107 Chapter 7: