Agent Deployment tab

Agent Deployment Policies tab

The Agent Deployment Policies tab of the LAN Watch by Network page sets policies for the deployment of agents on computers discovered on a selected network. For each type of operating system—for Windows, Mac and Linux—set the following:

Automatically install agents for <OS type> machines - Check to enable.
Default Package - For each type of OS, select an OS appropriate agent install package.
Designated Deployer Agent - An agent machine on the same network used to deploy the agent.
User Name / Password / Confirm Password - Enter an administrator credential that allows remote installation of an agent.

The policies you set also serve as defaults when deploying an agent manually using:

Matching OS Type Requirement

Any OS type of computer that can support an agent can be used to scan a network: Windows, Mac or Linux. If an agent is deployed, Discovery automatically switches, if necessary, to a matching OS type machine on the same LAN. Since each type of OS can only deploy agents to target machines matching its own OS type, you must manually install at least one agent of each OS type—Windows, Mac and Linux—on a LAN to deploy agents automatically from then on to all three types of operating system.

Administrator Credential

The logon credential specified must have administrator rights on the remote selected machine.

If the target machine is on a domain, the administrator credential must use the format domain\administrator or administrator@domain.
If the target machine is not on a domain, then the administrator credential may require the format local\administrator or <hostname>\administrator.
If the target machine is a Linux machine, the root username alone—without a hostname or domain—must be used.

Troubleshooting

See Install Issues and Failures for a general agent install issues and failures.
See the Kaseya knowledge base for troubleshooting issues and failures specific to deploying agents using Discovery.