Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Server Automation10.60

Use > Server Automation > Manage the Server Agent > Server discovery and agent installation

About server discovery and Agent installation

SA can install agents on a large number of servers through the SA Client. SA can identify servers on which to install an agent, specify the agent configurations for each server, select the login protocols to connect to each server, specify the agent installation options, install the agent and generate reports on agent installation status.

This section contains the following topics:

Setting agent installation actions for each server
Specifying login settings
Agent installer command
Reports on server status

Discover agentless servers contains more information about how to install an agent.

Setting agent installation actions for each server

Once you have identified the servers, you can perform the following deployment actions:

Verify installation prerequisites including:
- Checking for sufficient disk space for agent installation on the server.
- Verifying that no other application is using port 1002.
- Verifying if ports to the Gateway are accessible.
Copy the agent installer to servers.
Install the agent on the server.

Specifying login settings

When installing the SA agent, you can select the network protocols to connect to the server and specify the user name and password to log in to each server. Agent installation is performed as root on UNIX operating systems and as administrator on Windows operating systems so. SA attempts to log in to each of the selected servers with the specified user name and password and performs the specified deployment actions.

The agent requires administrator-level privileges (root on UNIX servers and administrator on Windows servers) to manage a server.

Agent installer command

You can use the agent installer command to manually install agents on servers. For more information, see Agent installation and upgrade utilities.

Reports on server status

After the SA agent is installed, the SA Client displays the results and updates the status icons for the servers as shown in the table Server status.

Server status
Icons	Server Status
	The server is agentless, but reachable
	The server is agentless and unreachable
	The server is agent managed
	The server failed prerequisite checks
	The server passed prerequisite checks
	The server passed prerequisite checks and the agent installer was copied to the server
	The agent was successfully deployed
	The agent was not successfully deployed

A server is considered to be managed when SA determines that the agent is listening for TCP connections on port 1002.

For a failed deployment action, you can view the errors on each server. You can also log in to the server and correct the errors.

You can also create the following reports:

All the servers in the current network scan
Selected servers in the current network scan
All the servers in the current network scan with successful deployments
Servers in the current network scan with failed deployments

You can save and export the reports to a CSV, HTML, or text format file.

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