Preinstallation Information
The following table lists the prerequisite information that you need before
installing the product.
Table 1 Information Needed Before Installing
Installation Item
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Description
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Environment
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Choose the production environment.
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Base Layers (Components)
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Determine the machines on which you will install each component, for example,
server, agent, and console.
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Languages
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Determine which, if any, additional languages (French, Traditional Chinese,
Simplified Chinese, Korean, or Japanese) you need.
The documentation for Sun Management Center 3.6 is not available on the media.
Go to http://docs.sun.com for documentation in English and the supported languages.
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Add-on Products
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Review the add-on supplements to determine which add-ons you want to install.
For a list of add-on supplements, see Sun Management Center Documentation Resources.
Add-on products are installed on the same machine as the server.
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Space Needed
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If the machine does not have enough space in the default /opt directory,
you might need to make one of the following adjustments:
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Permissions
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You must have permission to write to the /var/opt and /opt/SUNWsymon directories as root on each machine.
You also need privileges to run commands such as chmod.
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After installing the product and its add-ons, you will need to set up the product
and its add-ons. The following table lists the prerequisite information that you need
before setting up the product.
Table 2 Information Needed Before Setting Up
Set Up Item
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Description
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Administrator user name
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A valid Solaris user name is required for assignment as the Sun Management Center administrator
on Sun Management Center server machines.
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Network Addressing Mode
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Sun Management Center uses two types of addressing for communication between the server
and agent: IP addressing, and Network Address Translation (NAT). You must have the
following information:
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Which addressing mode is used in your network
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The name of each machine that is to be managed by Sun Management Center
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The IP addresses and names for all machines that have been assigned
static IP addresses
See “Network Address Translation” for further information.
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Sun Management Center Password to Generate Security Key
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Sun Management Center requires an encrypted security key for communication between processes.
The security key is generated based on a unique password you provide.
Store the password securely. You need the password if you modify your Sun Management Center installation.
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SNMPv1 Community String
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Sun Management Center requires an SNMPv1 community string for security. The default
is public. You have the option of specifying a more secure custom
string.
Store the SNMPv1 string securely. You need the SNMPv1 security string if you
modify your Sun Management Center installation.
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Information to Generate Web Server Security Key
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The Sun Management Center Web server requires an encrypted security key. The security
key is generated based your organization name and location.
Store the organization name and location securely. You need this information
if you modify your Sun Management Center Web server.
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Ports
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Determine the assignments for the following ports:
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SNMPv1 Port: default 161
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Sun Management Center Port: default 161, recommended 1161
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Database port: default 2521
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Web server port: default 8080
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Web server secure port: 8443
See “Default Ports” for further information.
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