You can manually deploy or upgrade the Agent on Mac devices as needed.
This section provides information for manually deploying the KACE SMA Agent on Mac OS X devices. Additional options are described in Use shell scripts to deploy the KACE SMA Agent.
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The installer creates the following directories on your device:
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/Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/bin where the Agent executable files are installed. |
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/Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/data/ where the Agent configuration, logs, and other data is stored. |
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sudo sh -c 'KACE_SERVER=kace_sma_name installer -pkg /Volumes/Quest_KACE/AMPAgent.pkg -target /'
hdiutil detach '/Volumes/Quest_KACE'
You can run shell scripts to deploy the Agent to Mac devices.
When using shell scripts to deploy the Agent, you can use the following command line options:
NOTE: The export call must proceed the install call. For example: sudo export KACE_SERVER=kace_sma_name installer -pkg '/Volumes/Dell KACE/AMPAgent.pkg' -target / |
The system looks for the value of host in these locations in the following order shown:
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KACE_SERVER (environment variable) |
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The amp.conf file |
For information about using shell scripts and command lines, go to http://developer.apple.com.
You can manually deploy or upgrade the Agent on Mac devices as needed.
This section provides information for manually deploying the KACE SMA Agent on Mac OS X devices. Additional options are described in Use shell scripts to deploy the KACE SMA Agent.
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The installer creates the following directories on your device:
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/Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/bin where the Agent executable files are installed. |
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/Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/data/ where the Agent configuration, logs, and other data is stored. |
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sudo sh -c 'KACE_SERVER=kace_sma_name installer -pkg /Volumes/Quest_KACE/AMPAgent.pkg -target /'
hdiutil detach '/Volumes/Quest_KACE'
You can run shell scripts to deploy the Agent to Mac devices.
When using shell scripts to deploy the Agent, you can use the following command line options:
NOTE: The export call must proceed the install call. For example: sudo export KACE_SERVER=kace_sma_name installer -pkg '/Volumes/Dell KACE/AMPAgent.pkg' -target / |
The system looks for the value of host in these locations in the following order shown:
2. |
KACE_SERVER (environment variable) |
3. |
The amp.conf file |
For information about using shell scripts and command lines, go to http://developer.apple.com.
You can manually deploy or upgrade the Agent on Mac devices as needed.
This section provides information for manually deploying the KACE SMA Agent on Mac OS X devices. Additional options are described in Use shell scripts to deploy the KACE SMA Agent.
2. |
3. |
The installer creates the following directories on your device:
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/Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/bin where the Agent executable files are installed. |
• |
/Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/data/ where the Agent configuration, logs, and other data is stored. |
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sudo sh -c 'KACE_SERVER=kace_sma_name installer -pkg /Volumes/Quest_KACE/AMPAgent.pkg -target /'
hdiutil detach '/Volumes/Quest_KACE'
You can run shell scripts to deploy the Agent to Mac devices.
When using shell scripts to deploy the Agent, you can use the following command line options:
NOTE: The export call must proceed the install call. For example: sudo export KACE_SERVER=kace_sma_name installer -pkg '/Volumes/Dell KACE/AMPAgent.pkg' -target / |
The system looks for the value of host in these locations in the following order shown:
2. |
KACE_SERVER (environment variable) |
3. |
The amp.conf file |
For information about using shell scripts and command lines, go to http://developer.apple.com.
You can run commands on Agent-managed Mac devices to perform various operations.
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You can remove the Agent from Mac devices manually by running commands on the devices.
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You can run a command on Mac devices to determine whether the Agent is running.
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root 2159 0.0 1.1 94408 12044 p2 S 3:26PM 0:10.94 /Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/AMPAgent
You can run a command on Mac devices to verify the version of the Agent installed on those devices.
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The version number is displayed.
You can manually collect information from Mac devices by forcing inventory updates.
See Forcing inventory updates.
To access the KACE SMA Agent status using the system tray, you must enable the Agent Status On Device option in the Communication Settings section. For more information, see Configure Agent communication and log settings.
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