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  1. After submitting the Agent Cluster add a number of Subagents. Click the action menu of the recently created Agent Cluster and click the Add Subagent menu item:



  2. A popup window will appear. Add the Subagent ID and the URL.

    • The Subagent ID is a unique string that identifies the Subagent and cannot be changed later.
    • The URL specifies the protocol, host, and port for which the Subagent is available.



  3. Repeat the above steps to add a number of more Subagents to the Agent Cluster.
  4. In this example, two Subagents are added to the Agent Cluster.



  5. Once all Subagents are added then select the Agent Cluster action menu and click the Deploy menu item.



  6. After successfully deploying the cluster Agent the status will be changed to the synchronized state.



Add Subagent cluster

  1. To add a Subagent Cluster select the Agent Cluster action menu and click the Manage Subagent Cluster menu item.

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  2. A new window will appear with the list of Cluster Agents click on any of the cluster Agents.

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  3. This brings up the following popup window:
    • In the left panel, the list of Subagents is available and can be dragged & dropped to the middle panel.
    • The middle panel holds a drop area to which a Subagent can be dragged & dropped.

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  4. The Primary Director Agent is already added to the graphical view for the adding the first Subagent to the cluster the middle panel offers additional drag & drop areas:
    • The next Subagent can be dropped to the area above the existing Subagent to specify its role as the first Subagent used with the fixed-priority scheduling mode.
      • In this mode, the first Subagent is used

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      • ; only if it becomes unavailable

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      • will the next Subagent

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      • be used.

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    • The next Subagent can be dropped to the area below the existing Subagent to specify its roles as the next Subagent used with the fixed-priority scheduling mode.
      • In this mode, the next Subagent is used only if the first Subagent becomes unavailable.
    • The next Subagent can be dropped to the area right to the existing Subagent to specify the use of the round-robin scheduling mode.
      • In this mode, each next task is executed with the next Subagent.

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  1. Once the configuration of a Subagent Cluster is completed the cluster can be deployed to its Controller.

    • A Subagent Cluster can be used only after deployment to a Controller.
    • Changes to a Subagent Cluster require to be deployed, for example, if a Subagent is added or removed from a cluster.
    • Deployment of Subagent Clusters can be performed individually and from bulk operations, see chapter: Bulk Operations on Subagent Clusters.
    • When deploying an Agent Cluster then this includes deploying any available Subagent Clusters, see chapter: Deploy Agent Cluster.


  2. To Deploy the Agent cluster to its controller click on the Deploy button from the upper right corner.

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  3. After a successful deployment of the Agent cluster, each Subagent Cluster is individually assigned to a job.
    • The property editor offers to select from the list of Agents that can be assigned a job.
      • This includes Standalone Agents.
      • This includes Subagent Clusters that are grouped by Agent Cluster.
    • Assignment of Subagent Clusters can look like this:

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