C H A P T E R 2 |
Installation |
This chapter describes how to install and set up Sun Management Center software on the platforms listed in Supported Platforms.
The chapter contains the following sections:
The Sun Management Center software is composed of the following:
The Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide provides basic information about installing and setting up the Sun Management Center core components and starting and stopping the software. For information about the value-added software and integration adapters, refer to the Sun Management Center web site:
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/sunmanagementcenter
Support for each platform requires both the core Sun Management Center software and the add-on software for the monitored platform.
TABLE 2-1 lists the specific software revisions required to install Sun Management Center on the monitored platform.
Your Sun Management Center installation and setup scripts might not display the same messages in exactly the same sequence as the examples in this chapter. However, these examples show the basic messages you will see and the approximate sequence in which you will see them.
Specific installation and setup scripts depend on the additional components you install and other choices you make.
Platform-specific, see Appendix B |
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Platform-specific, see Appendix B |
The installation procedure described in this chapter installs the common packages and platform-specific packages automatically.
The add-on software for the Sun Fire, Sun Blade, and Netra systems is included as part of the core Sun Management Center 3.6 software. It is available on CD-ROM and as a download from the Web. You can obtain the software at:
http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/
This document does not describe the installation and setup process for the core Sun Management Center product. Refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for information about installing and setting up the core software.
To Prepare for Installation |
Your environment must meet certain requirements before you can install the management software.
1. Determine which server is to be the Sun Management Center server.
The available memory in the server must meet the requirements described in the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
2. To simplify the installation procedure, make sure you have the following information at hand before starting your installation:
There are two ways to run the installation script. You can use either the traditional installation script, es-inst, or the GUI Install feature, es-guiinst. The installation method you choose determines which setup script automatically runs afterward. For example, if you used the GUI Install program for installation, es-guisetup runs by default.
For complete Sun Management Center core software installation instructions, refer to the current Sun Management Center release notes and to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
The GUI Setup application enables you to set up the add-on software for the supported platforms through the GUI. For more information about the GUI Setup application, refer to the Sun Management Center User's Guide and the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
To Install the Software |
1. If necessary, install or upgrade to version 3.6 the core Sun Management Center software on the Sun Management Center server, agent, and console.
For details, refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
During the course of installation, you will be prompted to check boxes for all the add-on products you want to install. Check the box for
2. If you have already installed core Sun Management Center 3.6 but have not yet installed this version of the add-on software, perform the following steps.
a. Install the Sun Management Center 3.6 add-on server software on the Sun Management Center server.
For details, refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
During the course of installation, you will be prompted to check boxes for all the add-on products you want to install. Check the box for
b. Install Sun Management Center 3.6 agent software and the add-on agent software on the platform(s) to be monitored.
For details, refer to the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide.
During the course of installation, you will be prompted to check boxes for all the add-on products you want to install. Check the box for
See FIGURE 2-1 for high-level details of the installation process.
This section describes removing this release of the add-on software from the server and agent. To remove earlier versions of the add-on software, refer to the version of this document that pertains to that version.
Refer to Platform-Specific Information for information about which Sun Management Center 3.6 platform-specific packages apply to your hardware.
To Remove Existing 3.6 Add-On Software From the Server |
1. Remove all platform-specific Sun Management Center server packages that are already installed using the es-uninst command.
To Remove Existing 3.6 Add-On Software From the Agent |
1. Remove all platform-specific agent packages using the es-uninst command.
The add-on for Sun Fire, Sun Blade, and Netra Systems supports the agent update feature. See "Creating Agent Installation and Update Images" in Chapter 6 of the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions.
To Create an Agent Update Image Containing the Add-On |
1. Type the path to the disk1/image directory of the add-on when prompted to provide the name of a valid Sun Management Center source directory.
For example, if you installed the add-on using the instructions in this chapter, the installation source directory would be:
2. See "Applying Agent Installation, Update, and Patch-Only Images" in Chapter 6 of the Sun Management Center Installation and Configuration Guide for instructions on how to apply the agent update image.
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