Solstice Enterprise Manager 4.1 Installation Guide

Preface

This manual explains how to install the Solstice Enterprise Manager (Solstice EM) software from the product CD-ROM to your machine.

Who Should Use This Book

This book is written for users installing Solstice EM software. It assumes you are familiar with the Solaris^TM 8 and compatible operating environments.

Before You Read This Book

If you have just acquired the Solstice EM software, you should read Managing Your Network for an overview of the product's functions, features, and components. You should also read the Release Notes for information on compatibility and minimum machine and software requirements, known problems, an inventory of the product components, and late-breaking information about the Solstice EM product.

How This Book is Organized

This book contains the following chapters and appendixes:

• Chapter 1 Overview describes Solstice EM and the installation process.
• Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation describes the installation requirements and other information you need before installing Solstice EM software.
• Chapter 3 Installing Solstice Enterprise Manager explains how to install Solstice EM software.
• Chapter 4 Setting up Solstice Enterprise Manager provides instructions for post-installation tasks.
• Chapter 5 Administering Licenses describes the licensing mechanism and discusses how to acquire, assign, and manage licenses.
• Chapter 6 Installing SNM Agents provides instructions for installing SunNet Manager 2.2 Agents on remote machines.
• Chapter 7 Removing Solstice Enterprise Manager Software explains how to remove pre-existing Solstice EM software using either the pkgrm command or the Uninstall program.
• Appendix A Components and Packages Installed lists the Solstice EM components installed for each setup type and the Solaris packages installed for each selected component.
• Appendix B Sample Installation Using the em_installScript contains the actual output of a sample installation.
• Appendix C Data Definition Files describes the files used to build the MIS database.

Related Books

The complete Solstice EM documentation set includes the following books:

• Installation Guide (this document)
• Release Notes
• Troubleshooting Guide
• Developing C++ Applications
• C++ API Reference
• Developing Java Applications
• Java API Reference
• Customizing Guide
• Management Information Server (MIS) Guide
• Managing Your Network
• HA Installation Guide
• CORBA Gateway Administration Guide
• Developing CORBA Applications
• Glossary

Also, the following documents are included in the Solstice EM packaging:

• Cooperative Console Administration Guide
• Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Application and Agent Development Guide
• Site/SunNet/Domain Manager Reference Manual

Have your Solaris 2.8 system documentation available as a reference if you need additional information on procedures in this manual.

Conventions Used in This Book

This section describes the conventions used in this book.

What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean

The following table describes the type changes and symbols used in this book.

TABLE P-1   Typographic Conventions

Typeface or Symbol	Meaning	Example
AaBbCc123	The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output	Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. system% You have mail.
AaBbCc123	What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output	system% su Password:
AaBbCc123	Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value	To delete a file, type rm filename.
AaBbCc123	Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized	Read Chapter 6 in User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

All command-line examples in this guide use the C-shell environment. If you use either the Bourne or Korn shells, refer to sh(1) and ksh(1) man pages for command equivalents to the C shell. The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

TABLE P-2   Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell prompt	hostname%
C shell superuser prompt	#
Bourne shell and Korn shell prompt	hostname$
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser prompt	#

Operating System Terminology

This book contains references to the Solaris 2.8 operating environment.

The Solaris 2.8 environment includes:

• Solaris version 2.8
• SPARC^TM computer, either a server or a workstation
• Common Desktop Environment CDETM application development platform

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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Also, you can view the online documentation by pointing your browser to the following URL, file:/opt/SUNWconn/em/docs/SEMDOCHP/index.html

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