GCOS8 Agent

The name of the agent. 

The agent name is limited to 32 of the following characters: A-Z, 0-9, _, ., $, @, - and #.

The host name is used instead if this parameter remains undefined. Lowercase letters are converted to uppercase letters.

system=

AE system name.
This entry must be identical to the entry in the INI file of the Automation Engine.

The number signs serve as placeholders for a series in numerical order. Log files are renamed when the agent starts and  the most current log file is always the one with the number "00".

Language that should be used for the logging. You can specify a primary and a secondary language. 

Allowed values: "E", "D", "F"
Default: "E,D" (primary English, secondary German)

If there is no message in the primary language, the system searches for a message in the secondary language.

userid_type=

This parameter can be used to allow or reject certain users.

Allowed values: "INCL", "EXCL"

"INCL" = Access authorization must be specified for every particular user in the [USERID] section.
"EXCL" = Access is denied for users specified in [USERID]. All other users can start jobs.

RSM=

RSM8 must be installed in order to enable job report transfers to AE. If this program is not available, the parameter RSM= should be used to avoid that jobs remain stuck. Without the use of RSM8, files containing some basic information are created with the name of the job report.

Allowed values: "N" and "X"

"N" - A file is stored in the OUT catalog.
"X" - The first character of the job report's name is replaced by the letter "X". The file is then stored in the OUT catalog.

Do not specify this parameter RSM= if RSM8 is used.

active_jobreport_count=

Maximum number of job reports that can be sent to the Automation Engine at the same time.

Default value: "10"

ft_temp_file=

Creates temporary files in file transfers.

Allowed values: "yes" (default value) and "no"

"yes" - The file obtains a temporary name which is composed of the letter "T" and an alphabetic string originating from the RunID. The new file transfer protocol additionally appends a file ID in order to obtain a unique file name because basically, only a RunID is provided. The file is renamed after it has successfully been transferred.
"no" - The agent assigns the final file name when the file transfer starts.

The name and the path of the file that includes the authentication package (company-key file).

This parameter must be specified if you use the authentication methods "Server" or "Server and Agent". Any attempt to log in fails if the company-key file cannot be found.

When the agent starts, it reads the company-key file and stores its information in the file that is specified in the parameter KeyStore=. The first file is deleted afterward.

The name and the path of the file that includes the information of the authentication package (see parameter InitialPackage=).

If no file name and/or path is specified, the system uses the name (file ending *.kstr) or the path of the agent's INI file. If you define a file name, the ending *.kstr is not automatically appended.

The KeyStore file is created when the agent starts for the first time. You must not delete, rename or move it subsequently. Regardless of the authentication method that you use, any attempt to log in will fail if the agent cannot find this file when it starts. In this case, you must open the menu item "Renew transfer key" in the affected agent's System Overview.

[USERID]

Specification of authorized GCOS8 users in the format:
User name=START

Specification of non-authorized GCOS8 users in the format:
User name=NO_START

SNUMB_SUFFIX=

Character that should be appended to the job's sequence number if the user did not specify it in the Job object.

[MISC]

TRCOPENCLOSE=

Setting for the handling of trace files.

Allowed values: "0" (default value) and "1"

"0" - The file opens when a trace is set and closes when the trace or the agent is closed (highly recommended).
"1" - The file opens and closes when there is information that should be recorded.

[HOSTS]

Assignment of an agent's name to its address (DNS name or TCP/IP address) if it cannot directly be accessed through the address that is stored in the server. Specify several assignments line by line, there is no upper limit for the number of assignments.

In file transfers, the sending agent obtains the destination agent's internal address from the Automation Engine. The sending agent replaces this internal address by the external address that is defined here.

This setting is only required if you run file transfers with agents that cannot directly establish a TCP/IP connection between each other by using the address that they have received from the Server. This can happen if the agents that are involved in the file transfer are located on different networks or if a firewall is used.

[TRACE]

The number signs serve as place holders for a series in numerical order. When you start a trace, the trace files will be renamed so that the most current trace file is always the one with the number "00".

tcp/ip=
filetransfer=
job=
event=
variable=
controlflow=
message=
dump=
misc=
msgconv=

Allowed values: "0" (default value) to "9"

Trace flags must only be used in close cooperation with Automic Support.

[TCP/IP]

Time interval in seconds during which the agent waits for a response from its communication partner (CP or another agent). If this time limit is exceeded, the connection to the communication partner is disconnected.

Default: 10 seconds

Other agents and the Job Messenger establish connection with the agent via this port number.

connect=

Time interval in seconds during which the agent tries to establish a connection to the Automation Engine. This affects the connection attempt for a restart or after a lost connection.

Default value: 20 seconds

This parameter only works until the agent's  first successful logon to the AE system. After that, the parameter RECONNECT_TIME in the Host Characteristics serves this purpose.

report=

Time interval in seconds in which the agent sends the logging to the Automation Engine.

cp=

Address of the AE system's communication process to which the agent should connect.

Allowed formats:
DNS name:port number
TCP/IP address:port number

job_check_count=

Number of periodical job checks that the agent should wait when the job ends. Only then the job is reported as vanished (ENDED_VANISHED status).

Allowed values: "0" - "32767"
Default value: "3"

"0" - The agent does not use this parameter.

[CP_LIST]

List of communication processes.

This list is created when the agent starts and is extended when new communication processes are activated. You will find more detailed information about establishing a connection in the chapter Multi-Server Operation.

The communication process that is defined in the parameter cp= (section [TCP/IP]) is not included in the cp list.

Format:
Port number=DNS name
or
Port number=TCP/IP address