Sun Management Center 3.5 Installation and Configuration Guide

Installing Sun Management Center 3.5 on the Solaris Platform

This section describes how to install Sun Management Center 3.5 on the Solaris platform using the es-guiinst command. During installation, you can install the console, server, and agent layers either separately or in combination. You can also choose specific add-on products for the features that you want to install. When the install process is completed, the setup wizard es-guisetup is run, enabling you to set up the base and add-on components.

This installation procedure assumes that you are installing Sun Management Center from a cd-image directory on your network. See Creating Installation CD Images for further information. Depending on the choices you make during installation, some steps might be skipped.

Note –

If you plan to install the Sun Management Center 3.5 development environment, you should install the developer environment on a separate, dedicated machine. The Sun Management Center server, agent, and console layers are automatically installed on a developer environment machine.

A machine used for Sun Management Center development must meet the minimum hardware and software requirements for the Sun Management Center server layer. The developer environment machine must also meet the requirements for the agent layer, console layer, and any add-ons you install. For more information, see Chapter 2, Sun Management Center 3.5 Requirements.

To Install Sun Management Center 3.5 on the Solaris Platform

Open a terminal window, then type the command xhost + in the terminal window.

Also, ensure that the DISPLAY environment variable is set to the machine's display.

Make sure that the group entry in the /etc/nsswitch.conf has files as the first token.
group: files nis

Review /disk1/sbin/INSTALL.README and disk1/sbin/INSTALL_README.HWDS before continuing with installation.

To access the README files, go to the installation cd-image directory disk1/sbin. For example:
# cd /net/machine-name/cd-imagedir/disk1/sbin
where machine-name is the machine where you created the installation image, and cd-imagedir is the root directory containing the installation CD images.

Go to the cd-image disk1/sbin directory.

Run the es-guiinst script:
# ./es-guiinst
The welcome screen appears. Ensure that you have the information listed, and then click Next.
- If a previous version of Sun Management Center exists on the machine, the Previous Version of Sun Management Center Detected screen is displayed. Go to Step 7.
- If a previous version of Sun Management Center is not installed on the machine, or has been uninstalled, the Specify the Installation Destination Directory screen is displayed. Go to Step 8.

Click Next to uninstall the previous Sun Management Center version.

The es-uninst script from the previous Sun Management Center version is run in an Xterm window.
- If the previous Sun Management Center installation includes only the Sun Management Center console, you are asked whether you want to uninstall the previous version. Type y to uninstall the previous version.
  
  When the previous version has been uninstalled successfully, type y to continue. The Xterm window is closed, and the Specify the Installation Destination Directory screen appears. Go to Step 8.
- If the previous Sun Management Center installation includes only the Sun Management Center server or agent, or both server and agent, you are asked whether you want to migrate your previous data.
  - To save and migrate the previous Sun Management Center configuration data, alarms, and database for use in your new Sun Management Center 3.5 installation, type y.
    
    Your previous Sun Management Center data is saved, and you are asked whether you want to uninstall the previous version.
    
    Type y. The previous Sun Management Center version is uninstalled.
    
    When the previous version has been uninstalled successfully, type y to continue. The Xterm window is closed, and the Specify the Installation Destination Directory screen appears. Go to Step 8.
  - To discard all of the previous Sun Management Center data, type n.
    
    You are informed that all data in /var/opt/SUNWsymon will be removed, and you are notified that you should move any custom scripts you might have to an alternate location. If desired, save your custom scripts before continuing.
    
    You are asked whether you want to continue with removal of the existing data.
    
    Type y to uninstall the previous Sun Management Center installation. The previous Sun Management Center version is uninstalled.
    
    When the previous version has been uninstalled successfully, type y to continue. The Xterm window is closed, and the Specify the Installation Destination Directory screen appears. Go to Step 8.

Click Next to accept the default /opt installation directory, or type your preferred directory name and then click Next.

Sun Management Center 3.5 can be installed in any location on your system where the minimum required disk space is available. The default location is /opt.

The Select Environment screen appears.

Select either the Sun Management Center production environment or developer environment.

Note –
If you are installing the developer environment, you should run the Sun Management Center 3.5 developer environment and the Sun Management Center 3.5 production environment on separate, dedicated servers.
- The production environment is preselected by default. To install the production environment, click Next. The Select Sun Management Center Components screen appears. Go to Step 10.
- To install the developer environment, select Developer Environment. The Sun Management Center server, agent, and console layers are automatically selected for installation. Click Next.
  
  The server layer Binary Code License agreement is displayed. Go to Step 11.

Select the Sun Management Center components that you want to install and click Next.

Note –
If you select Server, Agent is automatically selected for installation as well.
- If you selected Server, or selected Server, Agent, and Console, the Server layer Binary Code License is displayed. Go to Step 11.
- If you selected Console, or Agent and Console, the Select Language Support screen appears. Go to Step 12.
- If you selected Agent only, the Select Add-on Products screen appears. Go to Step 13.

Review the Server Layer Binary Code License.

Read the Server Layer Binary Code License carefully. To continue the installation, you must agree to the terms of the license.

Click I Agree to agree to the license and continue, or click I Disagree to exit the installation.

If you accept the license, the installation process checks for a valid JDK version.
- If a valid JDK version is not installed, you are informed of this fact, and the installation process exits to the system prompt.
- If a valid JDK version is installed, the Select Language Support screen appears.

Select language support.

You can install help and support files in additional languages. Select the additional languages that you want and then click Next. The Checking for Available Products screen appears. When the check for available add-on products completes, the Select Add-on Products screen appears.

Note –
The Sun Management Center online help, which is based on the Sun Management Center Software User's Guide, is a quick reference for specific topics. Sun Management Center online help is installed automatically with the Sun Management Center server in the /opt/SUNWsymon/lib/locale/dir/help directory, where dir represents a particular language version.

Select the Sun Management Center add-on products and hardware packages.

The Select Add-on Products screen provides a selectable list of add-on products that you can install. Select the add-ons that you want to install, and then click Next.

Note –
Some of the add-ons and packages are platform-specific. For information about each add-on and package, refer to the Sun Management Center 3.5 Software Release Notes, the platform supplements provided with the Sun Management Center release kit, and the Sun Management Center Web site at http://www.sun.com/solaris/sunmanagementcenter/.
- If you did not select any add-on components, or no additional components are available for the add-on components that you selected, the installation process checks disk space. Go to Step 16.
- If any of the add-on products you selected have optional components, the Optional Add-on Components screen appears. Go to Step 14.
- If you selected one or more of the following base add-on components and did not select any other add-on components, the Add-on Products Binary Code License is displayed. Go to Step 15.
  - Advanced System Monitoring
  - Performance Reporting Manager
  - Service Availability Manager
  - System Reliability Manager

Select Optional Add-on components if desired.

Select the optional components that you want to install, if any, and then click Next.
- If you did not select any optional add-on components, the installation process checks disk space. Go to Step 16.
- If you selected any of the following add-on products, the Add-on Products Binary Code License is displayed.
  - Advanced System Monitoring
  - Performance Reporting Manager
  - Service Availability Manager
  - System Reliability Manager

Review the add-on products binary license.

Read the add-on products Binary Code License carefully. To continue the installation, you must agree to the terms of the license. Click I Agree to continue with the installation, or click I Disagree to exit the installation.

If you clicked I Agree, the installation process checks disk space.

Check disk space.

The installation process checks whether there is enough disk space to install the products that you selected.
- If there is enough disk space, the products you selected are listed and you are asked to confirm your selections. Go to Step 18.
- If there is not enough disk space, you are asked to provide an alternate file system. The amount of space that is available and the amount of space that is needed are displayed.

Provide the name of an alternate file system with enough disk space.

Type the name of a file system and directory that has enough free space.

Tip –
In a terminal window on the machine where you are installing Sun Management Center, type df -ak to list the amount of used and free space for each file system on the machine.

The installation process checks disk space again. If there is enough disk space, the products that you selected are listed. You are asked to confirm your installation selections.

Confirm installation selections.

A list of Sun Management Center base components and add-on components appears.
- If the list is not correct, click Back to return to the Select Add-on Products screen to select the products that you want to install. Confirm the new selections.
- If the list is correct, click Next to start installation of Sun Management Center.
  
  The Installation in Progress screen appears.
  
  Note –
  The installation process can take from a few minutes to half an hour or more, depending on the products selected.
  - When the installation process completes, you are given the opportunity to run the setup wizard as described in the next step.
  - If installation failed, a summary screen is displayed.
    
    Review the installation log in /var/opt/SUNWsymon/install to find out why the installation failed, and correct the problem.

Choose whether to run the setup wizard.
- Click Next to set up Sun Management Center components and any add-on products that you selected. The es-guisetup wizard is started, and the Setup Wizard Overview screen appears. Go to Step 5 in the procedure To Set Up Sun Management Center 3.5 on the Solaris Platform.
- Click Close to exit to the system prompt and run setup later. You cannot use Sun Management Center until you have run setup as described in Setting Up Base Products and Add-ons on the Solaris Platform.
Caution –
If you have used gui-inst to install only add-on products, click Close to exit the installation and setup process. You must set up the add-on products as described by To Set Up an Add-on Product Using es-setup. Otherwise, you will overwrite your security keys, and will then have to set up all of the agents on all of your machines for the agents to work properly.