6.6 Enabling Support Tools on Systems Provisioned with Software Release 1.0.2

6.6 Enabling Support Tools on Systems Provisioned with Software Release 1.0.2
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Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance controller software Release 1.1.1 and later installs the support tools on the management nodes and compute nodes. However, compute nodes provisioned and discovered in an earlier release do not have the packages for these support tools. After you update the appliance software to Release 1.1.1, any compute node you provision or reprovision will be installed with the Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance support tools. On running compute nodes that were previously provisioned, and already host virtual machines, you can install the support tools manually by following the instructions in this section.

Installing Support Tools Manually on a Compute Node

Make sure that the appliance software has been updated successfully to Release 1.1.1.
Using SSH and an account with superuser privileges, log into the compute node where you want to install the support tools.
You can connect to a compute node from a workstation connected to the appliance management network. Alternatively, log into a management node first, and then connect to the compute node through either the appliance management network (192.168.4.x) or the Oracle VM management network (192.168.140.x). The IP address of a discovered compute node can be found in the Servers and VMs tab of Oracle VM Manager.
Note
The management node data center IP address used in this procedure is an example.
```
# ssh root@10.100.1.101
root@10.100.1.101's password:
[root@ovcamn05r1 ~]# ssh root@192.168.4.106
root@192.168.4.106's password:
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]#
```
On the compute node, mount the shared partition on the storage appliance where the software install media is unpacked.
```
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# mkdir /tmp/shared_storage
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# mount 192.168.40.1:/export/MGMT_ROOT /tmp/shared_storage
```

Locate and install the ovca-support package.

[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# ls -l /tmp/shared_storage/ovm_image/Server/ovca-support*
-r--r--r--+ 1 root root 162726 Mar 23 16:14 /tmp/shared_storage/ovm_image/Server/ \
ovca-support-1.1.1-106.el5.noarch.rpm
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# rpm -ivh /tmp/shared_storage/ovm_image/Server/ovca-support*
warning: /tmp/shared_storage/ovm_image/Server/ovca-support-1.1.1-106.el5.noarch.rpm:
    Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 1e5e0159
    Preparing...                      ########################################### [100%]
       1:ovca-support                 ########################################### [100%]
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]#

Verify that the package has been installed correctly, for example by checking the software version as follows:
```
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# ovca-diag version
1.1.1_381_2014-03-20
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]#
```

Unmount the shared partition and remove the temporary directory you created.

[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# umount /tmp/shared_storage
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]# rmdir /tmp/shared_storage
[root@ovcacn09r1 ~]#

Log out of the compute node.
Repeat this procedure on all other compute nodes installed in your Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance environment.

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