Usage overview

To use the agent update and deployment (agentupdate) utility requires three steps.

To install or update the IBM Rational Build Forge agent on multiple computers:

  1. Place the agent installers in a directory on the computer where you will run the agentupdate utility.

    You can obtain the installers from the installation media and from the Rational Build Forge project area on the Jazz Community site at Jazz.net.

  2. Create an XML file to specify the computers on which to install or update the Rational Build Forge agent.
    Note: When you include login credentials in the XML file, you specify those credentials in cleartext. For information about encrypting the passwords, see Running the agentupdate utility.
  3. Run the agentupdate command from the command line or through the provided Rational Build Forge project.

For more information about the XML file, see Specifying target systems in an XML file.

For more information about how to run the utility, see Running the agentupdate utility.


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