Version Control Agent - Automate Configuration

[TofferK]

Hi,

I would like to automatically configure the Version Control agent on all of the servers in our estate to point to a new support pack (they all already point to an older support pack), is there an easy way to achieve this ?

I have copied the vcagent.options file from a pre-configured server to a new server, and this seems to work, not sure if this is correct or recommended though

Thanks,
Chris

[shocko]

Hi, I have resorted to this method also! ;)

Basically, i use HP RDP to deploy me servers and PSP's. I preconfigure all settings in the PSP that i can for the VCA which basicall just point sit back to my SIM VCRM. Now, the way i was auto-configuring the VCA's to point to the correct PSP was by setting up auto tasks in SIM to run when a new server was added to certain groups i.e. when a new server 2003 OS was detected and identified it would be added to my Server 2003 SIM group. That group had a replicate agent settings task configured to run when a new memebr was added to it and it worked pretty well. it would eb nice if HP suppoerted this config from either the command line or otherwise

:(

[shocko]

I wonder though is this a 'safe' method? i.e. does the vcagent.options file contain any server specific information?

I suppose we could configure the exact same settings on two machines configured with the same PSP and do a binary compare on the 2 files!

I'll get back to you......

[NJK-Work]

I use a preconfigured Options file and I have never had problems with it.

Nelson

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Hey nNelson, just wondering if you need to create the options file with the specific version of the PSP or willit work with any version that supports VCA i.e.e can you create a .options file with the VCA 7.90 and then apply it to systems with 8.15??

[NJK-Work]

I create the options file for each build I have. So for example,there is one for Windows 2008 x64 8.20 and one for Windows 2003 x32 8.20. If/when HP release 8.30, I would create new Options files and overwrite my existing ones (that the script grabs).

Nelson