Universal Discovery Resources for Windows

Resources

Discovery resources for Windows are as follows:

Platform Resource Name Description
Windows (x86) ud-agent-win32-x86-<VersionNumber>.msi This installer package is required for all installations.
agentupgrade.cmd Used when upgrading or migrating DDMI agents to Universal Discovery Agents.

Parameters

You can use parameters in a command line interface to customize the Universal Discovery Agent installation, uninstallation, or upgrade as follows.

c:\AgentTest>msiexec <InstallOption> <Product.msi> /log <UPGRADELOGFILEPATH> [CLEAN=ON] SETUPTYPE=Enterprise PORT=7738 TIMEOUT=900 CERTPATH=c:\ PERIOD=90 SOFTWAREUTILIZATION=ON URL0=15.178.179.124 URL1=15.178.179.125 URL2=15.178.179.126
Parameter Name Description
InstallOption

Indicates the type of operation. The following options are supported:

  • /i: Installs the Universal Discovery Agent.
  • /x: Uninstalls the Universal Discovery Agent.
Product.msi

Indicates the product file name.

For example, ud-agent-win32-x86-10.20.000.xxx.msi

UPGRADELOGFILEPATH

Specify a path to save a log file.

Note  

  • Only use with the agentupgrade.cmd script.
  • Use together with the /log switch.
CLEAN

Indicates the type of uninstall procedure. Most Universal Discovery Agent files and scanner files are deleted.

Note  

  • This parameter must be used together with the uninstall option.
  • If you do not want to use this option, omit the parameter from the string.
SETUPTYPE

Indicates the operational mode.

Type Enterprise or Manual.

Note  The manual parameter value is called "Software Utilization Plug In Only" in the Agent Installation Wizard User Interface.

PORT

Port number for Universal Discovery Agent to use for communication with Data Flow Probe.

Type 2738 or 7738.

Note The default value is 2738. If you change this port number manually after installation, the new port number takes effect only after the Universal Discovery Agent is restarted.

TIMEOUT

Frequency that the Universal Discovery Agent contacts the Data Flow Probe when the Universal Agent sends Call Home messages.

Measured in seconds.

Default is 86400 seconds.

Note  This parameter is called Call Home Frequency in the Infrastructure Discovery activity.

CERTPATH

Path to install certificate files.

Default is the working directory.

PERIOD

Number of days to retain software utilization data.

Default is 365 days.

SOFTWAREUTILIZATION

Enable or disable Software Utilization plug in.

Use "ON" to enable and "OFF" to disable.

Default is "OFF".

URL0|URL1|URL2

IP address for Data Flow Probe that is used for Call Home messages.

Universal Discovery Agent Error Codes

For error codes that may be returned when using installation or upgrade packages, see Microsoft Support.