A.4 Creating the servernames.txt File

This file specifies the names of all of the servers on which the Agent software is to be deployed.

A.4.1 Manually Creating the servernames.txt File

  1. Launch a text editor such as Notepad.

  2. On individual lines, type the names of each server where you want to deploy the Agent software.

    Depending on whichever is appropriate for your environment, you can use simple or DNS naming. We recommend DNS naming.

    For example:

    cclx1.cctec.org

    cclx2.cctec.org

    cclx3.cctec.org

  3. Save the document as servernames.txt to the root directory of the deployment folder for the installer format.

    For example, if the servernames.txt file listed Windows Server machines, you would save the file to the DeployEXE folder.

A.4.2 Automatically Creating the servernames.txt File

If you already have Agents installed and you want to update them, the DeployAgents tool can automatically create a servernames.txt file for you.

Simply copy the agents.dat file from its location on the Engine or to the root of the DeployMSI folders.

The location of the of the agents.dat file is: C:\ProgramData\Novell\Storage Manager\Engine\data\agents.dat

When you provide the agents.dat file, the DeployAgents tool parses the existing server names and creates the servernames.txt file for you.