Quick Steps for Installing the CAMM Agent

The following list summarizes the steps used to install the CAMM Agent (Agent). For details of the installation, refer to the chapters in this manual.

1. Collect the credentials for database and application server installation

2. Unpack the zip file

3. Run Disk1/InstData/<platform>/VM/install.bin

4. Select the location to install into when prompted, do not create links

5. Start the configuration console by running em10g/bin/config.sh

6. Connect a web browser to https://<server>:5560/qvadmin

7. Log in as admin/admin (user name/password), you will be prompted to change the password on login

8. Go to the Configuration tab and click Database Configuration

9. Select the default MyOracle connection and click Edit Configuration

10. Enter your database access credentials

11. Click Test Connection to verify database connection and then click OK

12. If you are monitoring a WebLogic server, deploy em10g/deploy/HttpDeployer.ear to your admin server. This step is optional for OC4J.

13. Return to the CAMM UI, click Resource Configuration

14. Click Create New Resource

15. Click Configure and enter your application server access information

16. Click OK to return to the previous screen

17. Click Test Connection. If you are monitoring a WebLogic server, wait for the em10g/lib/bea/<version>_runtime directory to be created and populated with jar files. This could take a few minutes. If nothing happens, check log/manager-log#.csv for exceptions.

18. Click Back to return to the previous screen and then click Deploy

19. On the subsequent screen, select Deploy from the Command menu and then select the servers/cluster you want to deploy the Agent to. Ensure that the admin server is always selected.

20. Click Continue

21. Wait for deployment to complete. Verify that the UI reports Deployment Successful; if not, check for exceptions in log/manager-log#.csv

22. Click Back to return to the previous screen and then click Save

23. Close the browser-based console

24. Shut down the configuration console by running em10g/bin/acshut.sh

25. Wait about 15 seconds for the shutdown to complete

26. Restart the application servers you deployed the Agent to

27. Start the CAMM Manager by running em10g/bin/acsera.sh (for example, nohup ./acsera.sh &")

28. Wait for discovery to occur. You can check that discovery is happening by looking to see if em10g/darchive/server_archive is created and growing, and then that em10g/darchive/app_archive is created and growing. If you think something is going wrong, you can check log/manager-log#.csv for exceptions, but this process can take several minutes.

29. Connect a web browser to https://<server>:5560/qvadmin

30. Click the CAMM node in the navigation tree and verify in the Agent Information table that the Agent Status for all servers you deployed the Agent to are REPORTING