Agent Third-Party Deployment: Services on UNIX
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The installers for FlexNet Inventory Agent on UNIX-like platforms install two services which are automatically started after a successful installation and on every system boot. These services are:
ndtask— The agent's task launcher. This runsndschedagwhich executes further command lines (for example, forndtrack,ndupload) to perform the required actions.mgsusageag— The usage tracking agent.
The services are managed using the operating-system-specific service management tools. For example, to start ndtask:
| Platform | Command |
|---|---|
| AIX \(see note\) | `/usr/bin/startsrc -s ndtask` |
| Linux | `/etc/init.d/ndtask start` |
| Mac OS X | `/sbin/launchctl start com.flexerasoftware.ndtask` |
| Solaris | `/etc/init.d/ndtask start` |
Similarly, to stop the ndtask service: |
| Platform | Command |
|---|---|
| AIX | `/usr/bin/stopsrc -s ndtask` |
| Linux | `/etc/init.d/ndtask stop` |
| Mac OS X | `/sbin/launchctl stop com.flexerasoftware.ndtask` |
| Solaris | `/etc/init.d/ndtask stop` |
The mgsusageag service can be started and stopped in exactly the same way. |
Note: For AIX, the agents are in a group called managesoft and can both be started using startsrc -g managesoft and stopped using stopsrc -g managesoft.
Parent topic:Agent Third-Party Deployment: Normal Operation