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Installing UNIX agents
Installing an agent in verbose mode
You can use the bypass prerequisite checks feature to bypass the following prerequisite checks:
■Verify that the installation kit is being run by the root user
■Perform OS platform and version checks
■Perform package dependencies checks
■Perform file system/disk space usage checks
When the bypass prerequisite checks feature is used, the installation kit displays all errors and warnings about prerequisite check failures. However, instead of terminating the installation, you may choose to continue.
When you run the installation kit in interactive mode, you are asked if you want to continue. When you run the installation kit in silent mode, the prerequisite failure is logged and the installation continues.
The installation kit removes
Warning: Use of the bypass prerequisite checks feature does not guarantee that the installation will be successful if a
Installing an agent in verbose mode
Ports that are used for communications between an agent and the management server must be available on the agent computer and must match the values used during management server installation. The default settings are 443 and 2222.
After agent installation, you should assign a prevention policy and one or more detection policies to the agent using the management console.
See the Symantec Critical System Protection Administration Guide for information on assigning policies.
Before you install an agent, you need to place the SSL certificate on the computer that is targeted for installation. The certificate file is on the management server in the \Symantec\Critical System Protection\Server directory. The file is named
To place the certificate on the computer that is targeted for installation, do the following:
■On the management server that will be used to manage the agent, locate the file named
