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.
  1. To install the Symantec Management Agent for Windows with a manual push
  2. In the Symantec Management Console, on the
    Actions
    menu, click
    Agents/Plug-ins > Push Symantec Management Agent
    .
  3. On the
    Symantec Management Agent Install
    page, on the
    Install Agent
    tab, under
    Roll out Agent to Computers
    , choose the computers on which to install Symantec Management Agent, and then click
    Install
    .
    To manually add a computer.
    In the text box, type the IP Address, FQDN, name, or name@domain of the computer, and then click
    Add
    .
    When you type
    name@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.
    1. Click
      Select Computers
      .
    2. In the
      Select Computers
      dialog box, add the appropriate computers from the
      Available computers
      list to the
      Selected computers
      list, and then click
      OK
      .
    To import computers from a CSV file.
    1. Under
      Roll out Agent to Computers
      , on the toolbar, click the
      Import computers from a selected file
      symbol.
    2. In the
      Select file to import
      dialog box, choose the appropriate CSV file, and then click
      Open
      .
  4. (Optional) Under
    Roll 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 the
    Edit
    icon.
    In the
    Edit entry
    dialog box, the fields under the
    Entry fields
    section are editable and let you update the data in the
    AgentPushData
    table.
    The fields under the
    Resolved fields
    section 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 the
    Rediscover selected computer details
    icon.
    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 the
    View
    drop-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 the
    Scheduled Push to Computers
    is enabled, or both.
  5. In the
    Symantec Management Agent Installation Options
    dialog box, configure the installation settings according to your needs, and then click
    Proceed With Install
    .
    On the
    Symantec Management Agent Install
    page, under
    Roll out Agent to Computers
    , in the computer list, the
    Status
    column 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.