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Installing and Administering Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1

Installing Container Manager Software

Note –

(Solaris 10 only) Install Container Manager in a global zone.

You can install the Container Manager add-on software either by using the Sun Management Center 3.6.1 installation wizard or the command line. This section discusses how to install the software by using the installation wizard. For more information about installing at the command line, see Appendix A, Installing At the Command Line.

The Container Manager software can be installed at the following times:

The Performance Reporting Manager software must also be installed if you want to use the performance and accounting data features of Container Manager. For more information about installation and setup of this software, see the Sun Management Center 3.6.1 Performance Reporting Manager User’s Guide. If you do not intend to use these features, you do not need to install this add-on software.

ProcedureTo Install Container Manager During Upgrade to Sun Management Center 3.6.1

Step

    For more information and upgrade steps, see the Sun Management Center 3.6 Installation and Configuration Guide. You can also install additional add-on software, such as Performance Reporting Manager, at the same time.

ProcedureTo Install Container Manager Individually

Steps

  1. As superuser (su -), start the Sun Management Center installation wizard by typing:


    # /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-guiinst

    where /opt is the directory in which Sun Management Center 3.6.1 is installed. Substitute the name of the actual directory if it is different on your system.

    The Sun Management Center installation wizard appears and guides you through the installation process for the software. Click the Next button to move through the wizard.

  2. Provide the source directory of the Container Manager software files when prompted.

    • On SPARC systems, choose from the following:

      • If installing from the software CD, type:


        # /<DiskMountDir>/image

      • If installing from a directory to which the software has been copied, type:


        # disk1/image

        where disk1 is the location where the software was copied.

    • On x86 systems, choose from the following:

      • If installing from the software CD, type:


        # /<DiskMountDir>/x86/image

      • If installing from a directory to which the software has been copied, type:


        # disk1/x86/image

        where disk1 is the location where the software was copied.

  3. Select the check box Install Product Documentation if you want to install the documentation.

    Note –

    The documentation installed in this step is the Sun Management Center 3.6 collection. The Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 documentation is not included in this collection. The Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 documentation collection is at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/810.6.

    You can view installed documentation from a browser at /var/opt/sun_docs/sundocs.html.

  4. If installing the server layer, select the desired languages from the Select Language Support panel. This panel only appears when installing the server layer.

    Note –

    Translated documentation installed in this step is for Sun Management Center 3.6 only. Translated documentation for Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 is at http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/810.6 only.

    The Checking for Available Products panel appears. When the progress bar is finished, the Products Already Installed panel appears.

  5. Review the list of products already installed.

    The Select Add-on Products panel appears.

  6. Select Solaris Container Manager 3.6.1 from the list of add-on software to be installed.

    The Add-on Products License Agreement panel appears.

  7. Read the license agreement.

    • If you agree to the license agreement, click I Agree. The Confirmation panel appears.

    • If you do not agree to the license agreement, click I Do Not Agree. The installation wizard exits and installation quits.

    You must click the I Agree button to proceed with installation.

  8. Review the Confirmation panel.

    The Installation Complete panel appears when the software installation is complete.

    After installation of the Container Manager software is complete, the setup wizard guides you through the setup process for the software. For more information, see Setting Up Container Manager Software.