Installing the Symantec Management Agent for Windows with a Manual Push
You can push Symantec Management Agent to any Windows computers. Before you can manually install or uninstall Symantec Management Agent from the
Symantec Management Agent Install
page, you need to choose the target computers. You can enter the computer names manually, choose the computers that have been discovered with resource discovery, or import the computers from a CSV file. The CSV file is a comma-delimited text file. The file includes the DNS names or the IP addresses of the client computers on which you want to install Symantec Management Agent. For Windows computers, the CSV file is a list of computer names or IP addresses that are imported into the Symantec Management Agent Install
page. Items are interpreted as the names of computers or the IP addresses of computers (for the entries that are in the appropriate format). No spaces are allowed: any item that contains a space is ignored.You can manually install Symantec Management Agent only on the computers that were discovered using
Domain Resource Discovery
or Network Discovery
.This task is a step in the processes for installing the Symantec Management Agent on Windows computers.
- To install the Symantec Management Agent for Windows with a manual push
- In the Symantec Management Console, on theActionsmenu, clickAgents/Plug-ins > Push Symantec Management Agent.
- On theSymantec Management Agent Installpage, on theInstall Agenttab, underRoll out Agent to Computers, choose the computers on which to install Symantec Management Agent, and then clickInstall.To manually add a computer.In the text box, type the IP Address, FQDN, name, or name@domain of the computer, and then clickAdd.When you typename@domain, the system splits the name into two and tries to match the existing resource by both fields. If the full match is not found, the rest of the fields are not populated for this entry.To choose from the available computers.
- ClickSelect Computers.
- In theSelect Computersdialog box, add the appropriate computers from theAvailable computerslist to theSelected computerslist, and then clickOK.
To import computers from a CSV file.- UnderRoll out Agent to Computers, on the toolbar, click theImport computers from a selected filesymbol.
- In theSelect file to importdialog box, choose the appropriate CSV file, and then clickOpen.
- (Optional) UnderRoll out Agent to Computers, using the icons on the toolbar, you can do the following:View or edit a selected entry.Select the computer in the list and click theEditicon.In theEdit entrydialog box, the fields under theEntry fieldssection are editable and let you update the data in theAgentPushDatatable.The fields under theResolved fieldssection are automatically filled with the data of a matched entry in database. These fields are not editable.Rediscover the selected entries.Select the computers in the list, and then click theRediscover selected computer detailsicon.Rediscovering lets you search for additional information about the selected computers. For example, domain, operating system details, etc.View different selections of entries in the grid.In theViewdrop-down list, click the selection that you want to view.You can view the computers that are manually added, the computers that are automatically added when theScheduled Push to Computersis enabled, or both.
- In theSymantec Management Agent Installation Optionsdialog box, configure the installation settings according to your needs, and then clickProceed With Install.On theSymantec Management Agent Installpage, underRoll out Agent to Computers, in the computer list, theStatuscolumn shows the success or failure of the installation on each computer. Note that the newly installed Symantec Management Agent reports its status back to the originating Notification Server, even if it is going to be managed by another Notification Server.