You can use the AG_ME_TOOL.EXE utility to administer Argent Guardian Monitoring Engines from a command prompt.

The utility is located in drive:\ARGENT\ArgentManagementConsole\ArgentGuardian.

You can get it from the Installation zip file.

Commands

/LIST

Lists all visible Monitoring Engines.

/INSTALL /TARGET=machine

Installs the Monitoring Engine Service on the target server and adds an entry to the Argent Database.

/DE-INSTALL /TARGET=machine

Uninstalls the Monitoring Engine Service on the Target Server and removes the entry from the Argent Database.

Additional Switches

/IP

Used to specify the IP address for the Monitoring Engine if this is not DNS resolvable.

/REMOTE

When used with Install or De-install commands, this will add or remove the database entry only. It will NOT install /de-install the Monitoring Engine Service.

Example:

ag_me_tool.exe /DE-INSTALL /TARGET=Server1 /IP=192.168.1.1 /REMOTE

/LOGON

Specifies the service account for the Monitoring Engine should this be required. It will be in the format of DOMAIN\ACCT or COMPUTER\ACCT.

/PSWD=

Specifies the password for the service account.

Example:

ag_me_tool.exe /INSTALL /TARGET=Server1 /LOGON=Account /PSWD=Password

Available Commands When Run from Daughter/Monitoring Engines

/UPLOAD

Uploads Daughter Scheduling Engine information to Main (Mother) Engine. This is an alternative to using screen G2A in the Daughter Scheduling Engine GUI.

INSTALL /LOCAL=

This will add or remove the Monitoring Engine Service. It will NOT make any changes to the Database Entry.

Example:

ag_me_tool.exe /INSTALL /TARGET=Server1 /LOGON=Account /PSWD=Password