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6. We will initiate an inventory scan on the devices, where applicable, and

collect the device hardware and software information.

Table 4-3 Device Tivoli action matrix

4.2 Managing Nokia 9290 Communicator

The prerequisites for the Device Agent are the PC and Administrator Suites for

the Nokia 9290 Communicator. You need to install the PC Suite before you can

install the Administrator Suite. Both these suites are supplied by Nokia or can be

downloaded from the Nokia Web site. We have already installed these suites.

http://www.nokia.com/phones/productsupport

The Device Agent does not reside on the device. It is referred to as a proxy agent

because it acts on behalf of the device to communicate with the plug-in on the

Web Gateway and the interface of the PC and Administrator Suites’ applications

from Nokia. When the device connects to the host PC, the agent contacts the

plug-in on the Web Gateway and any pending jobs are processed. The Device

Agent uses the Nokia programming interface to perform the jobs on the device.

You must install the Device Agent on a host PC that has the PC and

Administrator Suites installed. The PC Suite needs to be run at least once to

recognize your device

before you can install the agent.

The agent install program file EUPCInstaller.exe is located on the Tivoli Web

Gateway Server in the default directory

[TWGdir]

\agents\Nokia, where

[TWGdir]

is the Tivoli Web Gateway installation directory.

4.2.1 Installation and configuration of the Device Agent for Nokia

To install the Device Agent and configure the device:

1. Copy EUPCInstaller.exe to the host PC.

2. Double-click the file to start the installation wizard of the Device Agent.

Device Type Software Distribution Inventory scan

Nokia 9290 Yes Not supported

Palm V Yes Yes

Toshiba Pocket PC E335 Yes Yes

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Figure 4-2 Nokia Device Agent welcome window

3. Click Next to continue.

Figure 4-3 Specify destination folder

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4. Specify the destination folder of the installation and click Next. We use the

default destination folder.

Figure 4-4 Device management server URL specification

5. The next step is to specify the device management server URL. The syntax

is:

http://<TWG_hostname>/dmserver/NokiaDeviceServlet

where <TWG_hostname> is the Tivoli Web Gateway host name.

6. After clicking Next, the installation starts.

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Figure 4-5 Progress bar of the installation

Figure 4-6 The finished installation

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7. The Nokia Device Agent automatically enrolls itself to the Tivoli Web Gateway

after the successful installation. Now we open a session.

8. We run a wresgw, discover command to verify it:

# wresgw discover

FBBWD0001I Discover resources

FBBWD0002I Resources discovered in itcmpda5

FBBWD0039I UNKNOWN EXISTS

9. We list the discovered pervasive devices:

# wresource ls Pervasive_Device

Pervasive_Device:

103 UNKNOWN (Nokia9200Series) itcmpda5 Nokia9200Series:010108/50/236874/8

10.Since the label of the Nokia device is UNKNOWN, we rename the label to

Communicator001:

# wresource edit Pervasive_Device UNKNOWN -u -l Communicator001

11.Check if it was renamed correctly:

# wresource ls Pervasive_Device

Pervasive_Device:

103 Communicator001 (Nokia9200Series) itcmpda5

Nokia9200Series:010108/50/236874/8

12.We now have to assign the device to a resource group. We assign it to the

rg.pervasive_devices.nokia resource group:

# wresgrp subscribe rg.pervasive_devices.nokia Communicator001

13.We list the assigned devices in the rg.pervasive_devices.nokia resource

group:

# wresgrp ls rg.pervasive_devices.nokia

rg.pervasive_devices.nokia (Static, Pervasive_Device):

103 (Communicator001)

total 1

Note: In this part of the scenario, we will use the CLI commands to perform

the actions. However, these actions can be performed using the Tivoli

Desktop as well. For more information on the wresgw, wresource and wresgrp

commands, please consult the

IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager User’s

Guide for Deployment Services,

SC23-4710.