Use the one of the following procedures to repair the installation of the agent on agent-managed computers.
To repair the installation of the agent by using Operations console
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Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.
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In the Operations console, click the Administration button.
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In the Administration pane, expand Administration, expand Device Management, and then click Agent Managed.
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In the Agent Managed pane, select the computers for which you want to repair the agent, right-click them, and select Repair.
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In the Repair Agents dialog box, either leave Use selected Management Server Action Account selected or do the following:
- Select Other user account.
- Type the User name and Password, and type or
select the Domain from the list. Select This is a local
computer account, not a domain account if the account is a
local computer account.
Important The account must have administrative rights on the computer or the repair will fail. - Click Repair.
- Select Other user account.
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Notice that in the Agent Management Task Status dialog box, the Status for each selected computer changes from Queued to Success. If the task fails for a computer, click the computer. The reason for the failure is displayed in the Task Output text box.
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Click Close.
To repair the agent by using the MOMAgent.msi setup wizard
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Log on to a managed computer with an account that is a member of the administrators security group for the computer.
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In Add or Remove Programs, click Change for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Agent.
Note The Agent Setup Wizard can also be run by double-clicking MOMAgent.msi, which is available on the Operations Manager 2007 installation media. -
In the Agent Setup Wizard, click Next.
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On the Program Maintenance page, select Repair, and then click Next.
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On the Ready to Repair the Program page, click Install.
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On the Completing the System Center Operations Manager Agent Setup Wizard page, click Finish.
To repair the agent by using MOMAgent.msi from the command line
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Log on to the managed computer with an account that is a member of the administrators security group for the computer.
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Open the command window.
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At the prompt, for example, type the following:
%WinDir%\System32\msiexec.exe /fomus <path>\MOMAgent.msi./qb
Note For more information about Windows Installer command-line options, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70004.
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