Activate Agent Auto-Update from the Server

You can activate auto-update for agent groups or all agents from the VMware Aria Operations for Logs server.

Auto-update applies the latest available update to the selected agent group or all agents connected to the server. You can deactivate the auto-update feature for individual servers by editing the agent's liagent.ini file.

Note:

• If auto-update=yes is changed to auto-update=no in the client, you cannot activate auto-update for the agent in the server.
• If the default configuration in the client is not changed (auto_update=yes), the configuration in the server works. So, you can activate auto-update for all agents or agent groups using the relevant option.

For more information, see Working with VMware Aria Operations for Logs Agents.

Auto-update is deactivated for the server by default.

Prerequisites

• Ensure that agents have an active status are version 4.3 or later.
• Ensure that the client-side agent configuration has auto_update set to yes.

Procedure

1. Expand the main menu and navigate to Management > Agents.
2. Do either of the following.
   • To activate auto-update for all agents, in the upper-right corner of the Agents page, click the toggle control for Enable auto-update for all agents.
   • To activate auto-update for an agent group, select the agent group in the agent drop-down menu and click the toggle control for Enable auto-update for selected Agent Group.
     Note: This toggle control appears only when Enable auto-update for all agents is deactivated.

Results

Agents in the selected agent group or all agents connected to this server are updated when an update is present.