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Select one of the following options:
Installing OVO Agents on the Managed Nodes
Installing or Updating OVO Software Automatically
DCE RPC (UDP) (recommended)
DCE RPC (TCP) (useful when communicating over a
WAN)
NCS RPC
HTTPS/SSL-Based (TCP)
d. Click [OK] in the Node Communication Options and in the
Modify Node window.
NOTE Switching between communication type "HTTP/SSL-Based
(TCP)" and another communication type changes the platform
for the node and removes all values for this node.
Large number of nodes
If you want to change the communication type for a large number
of managed nodes, you can use the OVO tool opcnode.
Add the OVO tool opcnode as an OVO application to the OVO
Application Bank:
a. In the OVO Application Bank window, select Actions: Add
OVO Application.
b. Enter a name in the Application Name field.
c. Enter the following in the Application Call field:
/opt/OV/bin/OpC/utils/opcnode -chg_commtype \
comm_type=COMM_DCE_UDP node_list=”$OPC_NODES”
Although you can also choose COMM_DCE_TCP, COMM_DCE_UDP
is recommended.
d. Select Start on Management Server.
e. Specify user root to execute the application because opcnode
must be called with root permissions.
f. Click the[OK] button.
The OVO tool opcnode is added as an application to the OVO
Application Bank.
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