The following list describes the tasks that you need to perform before you can install Sun Management Center 3.6, or upgrade an existing SyMON or Sun Management Center installation to Sun Management Center 3.6.
If the Solstice SyMON server, or the Enterprise SyMON server is installed, you must upgrade the SyMON installation to Sun Management Center 2.1 or Sun Management Center 2.1.1 before you can upgrade to Sun Management Center 3.6. See Upgrading from Solstice SyMON 1.x and Sun Enterprise SyMON 2.x Software.
If you customized the email.sh script that Sun Enterprise SyMON software uses to send email notification of alarm conditions, save the email.sh script to another directory, then move the script back after your upgrade is complete. The email.sh script is overwritten when you upgrade SyMON software to version Sun Management Center 3.6.
If you do not want to migrate your SyMON configuration data, you must uninstall the SyMON software as described in Uninstalling Solstice SyMON 1.x or Enterprise SyMON 2.x before you can install Sun Management Center 3.6.
Determine which components of Sun Management Center 3.6 and which product add-ons you want to install on each machine on your network.
Make sure the platforms on which you want to install Sun Management Center or Sun Management Center components are supported platforms. See Supported Platforms.
For minimum RAM and disk space requirements, see Chapter 1, Installing Sun Management Center 3.6. Also, refer to the Sun Management Center add-on product supplements at http://docs.sun.com.
Total the amount of RAM and disk space needed for the selected components and add-on products.
Ensure that each machine is running the correct operating system for the components you want to install. See Table 1–3 and Table 1–4.
Ensure that the correct JDK version is installed on machines that are designated for the Sun Management Center server and console components. See Table 1–3. You can download the JDK software from http://java.sun.com/.
Set the PATH and the JAVA_HOME environment variables.
For the Solaris platform:
Make sure that the DISPLAY and JAVA_HOME environment variables are set in any account that is used to run the Sun Management Center Web or Java console.
The default location for JDK versions 1.3.1 and 1.4 is /usr/j2se. See To Set JAVA_HOME and PATH on the Solaris Platform.
For the Microsoft Windows platform:
Ensure the path to the JDK bin directory is added to the Microsoft Windows %PATH% environment variable. See To Set PATH on Microsoft Windows 98.
If any machine on your network has 4 Gbytes of RAM or more, install the 64–bit compatibility patch SUNWscpux on the machine. See Solaris Systems With More Than 4 Gbytes RAM.
If your network includes StorEdge A5X00 devices, install the required patches. See Sun StorEdge A5x00 Packages.
If your network includes T3 storage devices, you must update the /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers files on the machine to which the devices are attached. You must also update the /etc/hosts and /etc/ethers files on the machine where you will install the Monitoring and Management of A5X00 and T3 Devices add-on product. See T3 Storage Devices.
If you are upgrading an older version of Sun Management Center and you use the older version to monitor and manage T3 devices, you must remove Sun Management Center T3 device configuration before performing the upgrade to Sun Management Center 3.6. See Removing T3 Device Configuration If Present.
Select the installation source.
You can install from a CD-ROM disk or from CD images. See Determining the Installation Source.