Overview TIBCO Runtime Agent runs on each machine on which TIBCO software is installed and executes scripts, sends alerts, and performs recovery as specified. The TIBCO Runtime Agent has two main functions: • Supplies an agent that is running in the background on each machine. − The agent is responsible for starting and stopping processes that run on a machine according to deployment information. − The agent monitors the machine. That information is then visible via TIBCO Administrator Enterprise Edition. • Supplies the run-time environment, that is, all shared libraries including third-party libraries used by TIBCO products. The run-time environment includes the following: − TIBCO Designer (see page 21) − Java Runtime Environment (see page 23) − TIBCO Hawk agent (see page 24) − TIBCO Rendezvous − Third-party libraries (see page 25) − TIBCO runtime libraries When you install a new version of TIBCO Runtime Agent, the installer creates a folder named after the software version and places all TIBCO Runtime Agent folders and files into that folder. This chapter describes the components, lists the files and folders that are part of that component and gives additional comments as appropriate.