Opswise Windows Agent Install

1. Synopsis

  • This document describes the setup procedure for installing an Opswise Agent on Windows.

  • All step should be performed on the target Windows host.

  • Full instructions can be found here.

  • If installing a second Agent on a host with an already existing agent, instructions for a user mode installation are here.

2. Prep

  • Download the Windows Agent

    1. Log on to the Software Downloads section of the StoneBranch Portal.

    2. From here a link is available for Universal Agent downloads:

      Look for a file named: sb-7.x.x.x-windows-x64.exe
      For user mode installations, look for sb-7.x.x.x-windows-x64-um.exe

3. Install

  • Execute the sb-7.6.0.0-windows-x64.exe executable.

  • Only a server where you want to run the OMS Service (most likely the on the server hosting the Controller), allow the OMS server to start up automatically

    Win-Agent-Install-OMS-Options

  • Configure the remote OMS server.

    Win-Agent-Install-OMS-Options

4. Post Install

4.1. Set the OMS Server Message Database

  • Original doc can be found here.

  • When installing on a server that hosts the Opswise Controller:

    1. Launch the Universal Configuration Manager

      1. Via File Explorer open C:\Program Files\Universal\UCfgMgr\bin

      2. Run the ucfgmgr.cpl Control Panel Item as an administrator.

        Config Manager

    2. Update the Spool File Directory

      If using a network path, it should be reachable and writeable by all OMS Servers.

      OMS Config DB Path

    3. Now restart the Universal Broker Service

      Restart UBroker

5. Uninstallation

5.1. Uninstallation for User Mode

  1. Open a cmd prompt

  2. cd into the intallation directory that contains the binaries for the User Mode installation

    Sample where the User Mode installation is in s:\Program Files\Universal-UM
    cd "s:\Program Files\Universal-UM"

  3. Run this

    ubrsvc -remove

6. Misc

  • Config file is here:

    E:\Program Files\Universal\conf\ubroker.conf

  • Agent qname can be found here:

    E:\Program Files\Universal\UAGSrv\var\qname