How to Install Agents to a Location Other Than the Default Location (298476)

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Sometimes it may be necessary or beneficial to force the installation of Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) agents onto a specific drive because of disk space availability. This article describes how to install agents to a drive and directory other than the default location, which is C:\Program Files.

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To force installation of a MOM agent to a custom location, perform the following steps before you install the agent:

Start Registry Editor (Regedt32) on the server that is to receive the agent installation.
Create a registry key named Mission Critical Software under the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software
Create a key named OnePoint under the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mission Critical Software
Create a string value (data type REG_SZ) named MSInstallSubDir in the following registry location, and then specify the installation path for the agent as the string for the value:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Mission Critical Software\OnePoint
Quit Registry Editor, and then install the agent.