The process of getting IBM® Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control up
and running varies, depending on your network environment and the
management granularity you want to achieve. This guide will focus
on three types of deployments:
- Peer to peer
- is the simplest scenario and therefore ideal for small deployments
where all targets are in network sight of the controllers and there
is no requirement to centrally manage the controller policies.
- Intranet managed
- are most appropriate when there is a complex network infrastructure
that requires the deployment of gateways to traverse firewalls or
there is a requirement for strict policy control and centralized auditing.
- Managed
- with support for internet sessions where at least one broker must
be installed in an internet facing machine so that it is visible to
targets outside the controllers network sight.
For the sake of readability and generality, this guide assumes
the following restrictions:
- Each IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control server
must have access to one of the supported database servers, located
locally on the server machine or remotely on a separate server. The
supported database systems are DB2, Oracle and MS SQL. It is also
possible to install the server using the embedded Derby database provided
by the installer but this configuration is not supported for production
deployments.
- In managed environments, each controller can make an HTTP or HTTPS
connection to the IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control server.
- In managed environments, each IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control target
computer in the network must be able to make an HTTP or HTTPS connection
to a server, a gateway or a broker on the specified ports.
If your network configuration does not match any of the scenarios
in that chapter, contact a support technician for more options.
The initial deployment of a minimal managed IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control system
(server and a few targets) should take about an hour to complete.
Several steps in the IBM Endpoint
Manager for Remote Control installation
depend on the completion of prior steps. For this reason, it is recommended
that you follow this guide in the order presented.