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Oracle Light Weight Availability Collection Tool User Guide

Installing the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool

To install the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool using STB, complete the following steps when requested during the installation process:

Note –

Though questions not pertaining specifically to the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool are asked, this section does not address these questions. You must decide whether you want these tools installed and answer the questions accordingly.

At the beginning of the installation, the following is displayed on your screen:


-bash-3.00# ./install_stb.sh
Services Tools Bundle(STB) v6.0 Installer

Checksumming...

List of Components and Corresponding Selection

1. Install SNEEP Tool v2.9 ? (y/n) y
   Already Installed Sneep Tool has Version (2.9)

   Sneep Tool details can be found at <http://www.sun.com/sneep> and local
   system documentation reference is available at /opt/SUNWsneep/Docs

2. Install Service Tags v1.1.5,REV=2009.09.23.10.58 ? (y/n) y
   Already Installed Service Tags has Version (1.1.5,REV=2009.09.23.10.58)

   Service Tags details can be found at
   <http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunInventory/FAQ> and
   <http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunInventory/Discovery+and+Registration>

3. Install Explorer v6.5,REV=2010.07.02.12.51 ? (y/n) y
   
   Explorer details can be found at
   <http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1554.2> and local system
   documentation reference is available at /opt/SUNWexplo/doc

4. Install Lightweight Availability Collection Tool v3.3 ? (y/n) y

   Lightweight Availability Collection Tool details can be found at
   <http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/1811.1>

Would you like to (I)nstall, (X)tract component selections, or
(E)xit ? I(default)

  1. Accept the default: I

    The installation proceeds with the default options:


    Would you like to (I)nstall, (X)tract component selections, or
(E)xit ? I(default)

STB is installing all selected modules and their dependencies.
Details of this will be in /var/log/install_stb-v6.0.log
Please wait.....

Installing Oracle Sneep .....

---- Already Installed Sneep Packages has current Version (2.9)

All sneep data sources are consistent.

Installing Service Tags and Product Serial Number Package .....

---- Checking Service Tags dependency packages...

---- Service Tags dependency check passed

---- Already Installed Product Serial Number Package has current Version
(1.1.4,REV=2008.04.25.10.21)

---- Already Installed Service Tags Packages has current Version
(1.1.5,REV=2009.09.23.10.58)

---- Already Installed Hardware Service Tag Registration Package has
current Version (1.0,REV=2009.09.23.11.02)

Installing Oracle Explorer Data Collector .....

Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/xscfinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/tapeinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/t3input.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/srscinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/se6920input.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/se6320input.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/se3kinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/scinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/saninput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/ipmiinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/indyinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/ilomsnapshotinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/ilominput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/b1600switchinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/b1600input.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/alominput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/acinput.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/Tx000input.txt
Modifying /etc/opt/SUNWexplo/1280input.txt
Copyright (c) 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
All sneep data sources are consistent.
Installation of Oracle Explorer Data Collector <6.5,REV=2010.07.02.12.51>
was successful

Installing Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool .....
It may take a few minutes to complete postinstall..
It may take a few minutes to complete postinstall..
Installation of Lightweight Availability Collection Tool <3.3> was
successful

STB v6.0 installation is complete...
    Note –

    In order to leverage complete functionality, the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection tool requires Explorer at a minimum release of 6.0. STB will fail to install the tool if this minimum requirement is not met.

  2. Verify that the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool completed successfully by reviewing the following conditions:

    • The output of the pkginfo -l SUNWlwact command reflects completely installed in the STATUS field.

    • Immediately upon successful installation of the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool package, the tool starts the tictimed daemon. This is the daemon responsible for continuous monitoring of the availability status of the system. You can check for the existence of this daemon by executing: /usr/bin/ps -eaf | grep tictimed.

    • /etc/inittab contains a new entry for tictimed under the ID LT.

    • Availability datagram is created in the default location (defined by the configurable parameter LOGDIR).

As soon as the Oracle Lightweight Availability Collection Tool package is installed, it will kick-off the process tictimed which monitors availability related events. You can check this with:


# ps -eaf | grep tictime
              root  4817     1  0 16:47:43 ?        0:00 /usr/sbin/tictimed

Any availability-related event is logged by the tictime daemon to /var/log/<hostid>.lwact.xml

A local report based on this file can be viewed in a user friendly format with the following command:

# /usr/bin/ltreport -v

The file can also be viewed in its raw XML format using the following command:

# /usr/bin/ltreport -x

To prevent tampering with the file, each event that is logged has a checksum. If the file is manipulated, the checksum will become invalid and a message will be logged to /var/adm/messages.