Installing SAM-QFS Manager

Perform the tasks in this section to install the SAM-QFS Manager software.

Verifying SAM-QFS Manager Requirements

You can install the SAM-QFS Manager software in one of the following configurations:

• As a stand-alone management station to manage one or more SAM-QFS Manager hosts

• As additional software on the SAM-QFS Manager host

After the SAM-QFS Manager software is installed, you can access the SAM-QFS Manager from any machine on the network that is permitted to access its web server.

The host upon which you configure SAM-QFS Manager must meet the requirements describes in this section.

Minimum Hardware Requirements for SAM-QFS Manager

• SPARC 400-MHz CPU or x64 AMD CPU

• One Gbyte of memory

• One 20-Gbyte disk

• At least 250 Mbytes free space in /tmp

• At least 100 Mbytes free space in the root partition (/)

• One 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet port

Browser Requirements for SAM-QFS Manager

• One of the following browsers, at the minimum level indicated, must be used to access the File System Manager software:

  • Netscape 7.1, Mozilla 1.7, or Firefox 1.5 on the Oracle Solaris OS or the Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, or XP OS

  • Internet Explorer 6.0 on the Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, or XP OS

• You must enable JavaScript technology in your browser

Operating System Requirements

Ensure that at least the Oracle Solaris 10 10/08 OS is installed on the web server.

Web Software Requirements

The SAM-QFS Manager installation packages include at least the revisions of the following software:

• Java 2 Standard Edition version 1.5.0

• JavaHelp 2.0

• Java Studio Enterprise Web Application Framework (JATO) 2.1.2

• Apache Tomcat version 4.0.5

The installation software uses your input to install the correct software revisions if the compatible revisions of these software packages are not present.

How to Install SAM-QFS Manager

Before You Begin

Ensure that you have met the installation requirements. See Verifying SAM-QFS Manager Requirements.

1. Log in to the server that you want to use as the SAM-QFS management station.

   You can use the same server on which you installed the SUNWsamfsr and SUNWsamfsu packages, or you can use a different server on the same network.

2. Become superuser or assume an equivalent role.

   Roles contain authorizations and privileged commands. For more information about roles, see the Configuring RBAC (Task Map) section in System Administration Guide: Security Services .

3. Go to the directory where the software package release files reside.
   • If you download the software from the Oracle site, the binaries are on an ISO image. For information on how to mount the ISO image before installing SAM-QFS manager, see How to Mount an ISO Image for Installing the SAM-QFS Manager.
4. Start the installation process by running the fsmgr_setup script.

   # ./fsmgr_setup

5. Respond to prompts from the fsmgr_setup script.

   The fsmgr_setup script automatically installs the SUNWfsmgrr and SUNWfsmgru packages.

   The installation script prompts you to optionally install localized packages.

   After installing the packages, the installation software starts the Apache Tomcat Web Server and enables logging.

6. Edit your system setup files to include the correct paths to commands and man pages.

   For more information, see How to Set Up Access to the Commands and Man Pages.

7. Verify that the rpcbind service is running.

   # ps -ef | grep rpcbind
   root   269     1  0   Feb 08 ?        0:06 /usr/sbin/rpcbind

   If rpcbind does not appear in the output, start the rpcbind service.

   # /usr/sbin/rpcbind

8. (Optional) Start the SAM-QFS Manager daemon, fsmgmtd.

   If you did not choose to start the SAM-QFS Manager daemon automatically during the installation process, do one of the following:

   • Start the SAM-QFS Manager daemon and have it restart automatically every time the daemon process dies. With this configuration, the daemon also automatically restarts at system reboot.

     # /opt/SUNWsamfs/sbin/fsmadm config -a

   • Direct the SAM-QFS Manager daemon to run only once and not automatically restart.

     # /opt/SUNWsamfs/sbin/fsmadm start

     For more information, see fsmadm(1M) in Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager 5.3 Reference Manual.

9. (Optional) Grant a user full or partial access to SAM-QFS Manager operations.

   By default, the root user has privileges to perform all operations available from the SAM-QFS software. To give an additional user access to SAM-QFS Manager, use the useradd command. For information about adding users and assigning SAM-QFS Manager user privilege levels, see How to Manually Create Additional SAM-QFS User Accounts.

How to Mount an ISO Image for Installing the SAM-QFS Manager

After downloading the SAM-QFS ISO image to the /tmp file, follow these steps to mount the ISO image for installing the SAM-QFS Manager.

1. Create a directory.

   #  mkdir /SAM.5.3

2. Add the StorageTek_QFS_5.3.iso file as a block device.

   #  lofiadm -a /tmp/StorageTek_QFS_5.3.iso /dev/lofi/1

3. Mount the ISO image to the /SAM.5.3 directory.

   #  mount -F hsfs /dev/lofi/1 /SAM.5.3

4. Install the SAM-QFS Manager GUI by running the fsmgr_setup script.

   # /SAM.5.3/sparc/fsmgr_setup

   This is an example for the SPARC system. Use x64, if the system is an x64 server.

5. Follow steps 5 through 9 in How to Install SAM-QFS Manager.

How to Access the SAM-QFS Manager

Before you start SAM-QFS Manager, disable all pop-up blockers.

1. Log in to a server that has access to the SAM-QFS Manager.
2. If you upgraded from a previous version of the software, open the web browser and clear the browser cache.
3. From the browser, go to the SAM-QFS Manager.

   https://hostname:6789

   hostname is the name of the host where the SAM-QFS Manager software is installed. To specify a domain name in addition to the host name, specify hostname.domainname. Note that this URL begins with https, not http.

   The Sun Java Web Console login page appears.

4. At the User Name prompt, type root or another valid user name.

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   Note - If you upgraded the SAM-QFS Manager software from an earlier version, use the samadmin user to log in. The samadmin password is samadmin.

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5. At the Password prompt, type the password.
6. Click Log In.
7. In the Storage section of the Applications page, select SAM-QFS Manager.

   You are now logged in to SAM-QFS Manager.

How to Set the SAM-QFS Manager Session Timeout

The SAM-QFS Manager has a default session timeout of 60 minutes. You can change the session timeout to a different value, but to preserve security, do not set it to a value greater than 60 minutes.

• Change the session timeout value.

  Enter the following command on the SAM-QFS management station:

  # /opt/SUNWfsmgr/bin/fsmgr session timeout-in-minutes

  For example, to change the timeout value to 45 minutes, type:

  # /opt/SUNWfsmgr/bin/fsmgr session 45