How to Deploy the Scanner Scheduler

1. Prerequisites

   Ensure that UCMDB is installed.

2. Copy the installation package for the Scanner Scheduler to the discovery node

   Note Ensure that you distribute or copy the installation files that are appropriate to the platform of the discovery node.

   Windows:

   1. On the UCMDB server, copy the MSI installation package from the following location to your local computer:

      UCMDB\UCMDBServer\tools\InventoryDiscovery\ScannerScheduler

   2. Copy the MSI installation package to the discovery node using any manual method or remote access technology.

   UNIX:

   From the UCMDB installation media, copy the file that is appropriate to your discovery node platform to your local computer. Additionally, copy the scannerschedulerinstall installation script file.

   Tip The file name of the resources file indicates the platform.

3. Install the Scanner Scheduler

   Windows:

   For attended installations, double-click or execute the MSI file. For unattended, or silent installations, run the following command: msiexec /quiet /I <MSIFilename>

   Note To debug the installation, use the following command: /L*v <FullPathToLogFile>. Log files are stored in the same location as scan files. For more information on scan file locations, see Scanner Options Page.

   UNIX:

   Run the following command with root privileges: scannerschedulerinstall hp-ud-scanner-scheduler-<platform>-10.20.000<buildnumber>.<packageformat>

4. Generate scanner- Optional

   Note If you do not want to update the scanners that are deployed to discovery nodes, skip this step.

   If you want to use Scanner Scheduler to download and update scanners to discovery nodes, use the Scanner Generator wizard to generate a scanner. For more information, see Scanner Generator Wizard.

5. Customize download and running schedules

   Customize the config.ini file to specify schedules for running scanners, to download centrally-managed configuration files using Curl, and to download scanners to discovery nodes. For more information, see Scanner Scheduler Resources.

6. Results

   The Scanner Scheduler starts automatically when the discovery node is started.

   • The scanner downloads and runs according to the parameter values that are specified in the config.ini file.

Windows:

From the Control Panel, uninstall the Scanner Scheduler. Then, install the Scanner Scheduler normally.

UNIX:

From a command line, use the upgrade parameter. For example,scannerschedulerinstall --upgrade hp-ud-scanner-scheduler-<platform>-10.20.000<buildnumber>.<packageformat>

Windows:

From the Control Panel, uninstall the Scanner Scheduler.

UNIX:

From a command line, use the uninstall parameter. For example, scannerschedulerinstall --uninstall