Agent Installation

The Agent installation installs the Control-M/Agent on a UNIX or Windows host. Multiple Agents enable you to enhance performance through load balancing. For more information, see Host Groups.

Before you install Control-M/Agent, you must verify that you meet the minimum system requirements, as described in the following tables:

To install multiple Agents (including a self-hosted and SaaS Agent) on the same host, you must meet the following requirements:

  • (UNIX only) Each Agent must be installed on a separate account.

  • Each Agent must have a unique name.

  • Each Agent must be version 9.0.21.100 or higher.

To ensure that Java libraries remain up to date, you must install Java externally, as described in Control-M External Java Installation.

To install a self-hosted Agent, you must complete the following procedures, based on the operating system:

To install a SaaS Agent on Windows or UNIX, see Installing a SaaS Agent.

  • If you connect to the Internet via a proxy server, you must verify that the proxy server settings are properly defined, as described in Proxy Server Configuration.

  • If Application Pack 9.0.21.000 or lower is installed and you want to upgrade to Control-M/Agent 9.0.22, you must upgrade to Application Pack 9.0.21.100 or uninstall Application Pack, and then upgrade the Agent to 9.0.22.

Agent System Requirements for WindowsLink copied to clipboard

The following table lists the minimum Windows system requirements for an entry level Agent deployment. For higher capacity workloads, you must increase these resources.

For more information, see Agent Compatibility.

Resource

Requirements

Compatible Processors

x86_64

CPU and Memory

The following CPU and memory requirements enable you to concurrently execute up to 100 jobs:

  • CPU: 4

  • Memory: 6 GB

  • SPEC CPU2017 Integer Rate: 10

The following CPU and memory requirements enable you to concurrently execute 100–200 jobs:

  • CPU: 6

  • Memory: 8 GB

  • SPEC CPU2017 Integer Rate: 30

Disk Space

1,000 MB

BMC Software recommends that you reserve three times the amount of RAM in the system for swap space.

Agent System Requirements for UNIXLink copied to clipboard

The following table lists the minimum UNIX system requirements for an entry level Agent deployment. For higher capacity workloads, you must increase these resources.

For more information, see Agent Compatibility.

Resource

Requirement

Memory

The following CPU and memory requirements enable you to concurrently execute up to 200 jobs:

  • CPU: 2

  • Memory: 6 GB

  • SPEC CPU2017 Integer Rate: 10

Disk Space

1,000 MB

BMC Software recommends that you reserve three times the amount of RAM in the system for swap space.