WMI requirements

WMI is a Windows communication protocol that is used to connect a Control-M/Agent to a remote host.

The following table describes the necessary requirements to use WMI.

Requirement

Description

Log on as

  • The Log On as option for the Control-M/Agent service is set to This account.
  • The user account that is running the Control-M/Agent service is Administrator and is defined as a Domain user.
  • This account requires read and write permission on the Sharing tab of the directory that is used as the SYSOUT share.

Run As User

The Run As user must have the following permissions:

  • Member of the Administrator group on the remote host or have access to the home directory and any other location that is needed by the job's command.
  • Full permission on the SECURITY tab of the directory that is used as the SYSOUT share.
  • Execute permission on the <windows>\system32\cmd.exe
  • The SYSOUT directory has to be a network SHARE and the share name needs to be called 'SYSOUT.

Trusted for Delegation

The following requires Trusted for Delegation:

  • The computer running the Control-M/Agent.
  • The Run As user.
  • If the command running on the remote host needs to access another host.

Parent Topic

Remote Hosts