Restart scx agent from task

Question

I would like to be able to restart a scx agent from the scom taskpane.

I've created the task like this:
<Task ID="RestartSCXAgent2" Accessibility="Internal" Enabled="true" Target="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer" Timeout="12000" Remotable="true">
<Category>Custom</Category>
<ProbeAction ID="PA" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Invoke.VarPriv.ProbeAction">
<TargetSystem>$Target/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/NetworkName$</TargetSystem>
<UserName>$RunAs[Name="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.PrivilegedAccount"]/UserName$</UserName>
<Password>$RunAs[Name="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.PrivilegedAccount"]/Password$</Password>
<Uri>http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/SCX_OperatingSystem?__cimnamespace=root/scx</Uri>
<Selector />
<InvokeAction>ExecuteShellCommand</InvokeAction>
<Input><p:ExecuteShellCommand_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/SCX_OperatingSystem"><p:command>/usr/bin/nohup /opt/microsoft/scx/bin/tools/scxadmin -restart</p:command><p:timeout>120</p:timeout></p:ExecuteShellCommand_INPUT></Input>
<TimeOutInMS>12000</TimeOutInMS>
</ProbeAction>
</Task>

But the issue is that the agent will stop but don't start. The agent probably kills the start task on stopping, that's why i added the nohup which i thought would prevent that but it won't.
Anyone a idea or a working task that performs an agent restart?

Answer 1

Hi,

It seems this is a question about logic. Per my understanding, we can run any command, other than restart/stop the agent command, which will break the running environment. The restart/start agent command should be run at OS level, for example, crond. To confirm this, we can run other commands, for example, ps -e | grep omi to see if it works.

<p:ExecuteShellCommand_INPUT xmlns:p="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2/SCX_OperatingSystem"><p:command>ps -e | grep omi</p:command><p:timeout>120</p:timeout></p:ExecuteShellCommand_INPUT>

Alex
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Answer 2

Yes, i'm afraid this has to be it, i was hoping the nohup would keep the proces running but apperently not.