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Functionality

Upload and Compare agents are installed on a client PC via a separate setup. To enable an agent to communicate with the server via TCP/IP and perform tasks, certain settings must be configured on the server in the AdminClient. The IP address of the client on which the agent is installed and the ports are specified.

The tasks are either started manually in a client application or created as jobs.

  • If the task is executed manually, the client application transfers the data required for the task via the server to the agent, which executes the task and sends the results back to the application via the server.
  • With automatic job execution, the time-controlled scheduler of the octoplant server evaluates the configuration of the job and sends an order to the corresponding agent at the specified times. The agent processes the job, i.e. it performs an upload and comparison. As soon as the agent has completed its task, it sends a message to the server that the corresponding data is ready.

Note the following for manual execution:

  • The following tasks can be outsourced from the client applications: Backup/backup comparison, version comparison, backup and version comparison, working directory comparison.
  • Communication between the client application and Compare agent does not take place directly, but always via the server. This means that both the computer on which the client application and the computer on which the agent is installed must be accessible to the server. Therefore, compare agents cannot be used in the client application and generally not in the BackupClient with local login.
  • The restrictions for the maximum number of simultaneously executable jobs and comparisons also include the number of comparisons that are processed by client applications via agents.
  • The execution of client scripts is not possible if tasks are outsourced from a client application to an agent. Server scripts are executed normally.
  • Comparison during versioning of components with assigned standard blocks cannot be outsourced to an agent.