Deploying Agents on a Client Device 

Use

If you want to set or obtain values of specific attributes of a client device, you must deploy agents on that device. For example, you want to obtain the trace files of a device, Device A. To do this, you must:

·        Ensure that the Send Trace parameter is assigned to the Trace agent

●      Ensure that the Send Trace parameter is enabled

●      Assign the Trace agent to device A

When Device A connects to the Data Orchestration Engine (DOE) to synchronize data, DOE notifies Device A to send the trace files. Based on this request from the DOE, the client framework transfers the trace files to the outbound queue of Device A. These files are then transferred to the DOE during synchronization.

More information: Agent

Procedure

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       1.      You must create an agent if you want to set or obtain values of specific client device attributes.

More information: Creating an Agent

       2.      Agents set or obtain values of client device attributes through their parameters. You can create new parameters for agents or assign existing parameters to agents.

More information: Creating Parameters for Agents, Assigning Parameters to an Agent

       3.      You must specify the possible values for agent parameters to ensure that you can use these values to set or obtain values of client device attributes. For example, you want to delete the trace files of a client device, Device A. To do this, in the Trace agent, you must set the value of the Delete Trace parameter to True. When device A connects to the DOE to synchronize data, DOE sends a message to delete the trace files. Based on this request from DOE, the client framework deletes the trace files.

More information: Specifying Values for Agent Parameters

       4.      After you have created an agent, you need to assign agents to a device based on your requirement. You can assign multiple agents to a device directly. However, to assign multiple agents to multiple devices, you must create an agent configuration and assign it to a device profile. When this device profile is assigned to multiple devices, the agent configuration along with all the agents is also assigned to the respective devices.

More information: Assigning Agents to a Device

       5.      Optional: You can delete an agent (if required).

More information: Deleting an Agent