In real environments, the implementation of BIM and Forecast is more or less a once-off type event, but implementing Control-M/Agents and Control Modules on new job execution machines could happen at any time, based on demand. On top of everything, we also need to keep each component up-to-date by applying fix packs and patches on an ongoing basis.
As the batch environment starts to grow, Control/Agent and Control Module requests can be generated whenever a batch requirement is identified on particular host(s) and sometimes these requests can come very suddenly and may only allow a very tight time frame for setting up the Control-M/Agent and Control Modules. Within the short time frame, as a Control-M administrator, we need to perform a number of tasks to get everything going. These tasks in general are:
Check and make sure the machine meets the installation requirements (for example...