Oracle Linux FMA Installation Can Fail When Using Either Anaconda or Oracle System Assistant to Install the OS

Installation of Oracle Linux FMA software can fail when using the Linux Anaconda installer or the Oracle System Assistant assisted OS installation (which calls the Anaconda installer). The OS installation completes successfully and the software is installed; however, upon system reboot after installation the required Oracle Linux FMA services are not automatically started. Consequently, none of the Oracle Linux FMA fault events are recorded or observed on the host.

If this happens, perform the following procedure.

1. Complete the OS installation process, ignoring any Oracle Linux FMA software install failure messages.
2. After the system reboots, login as root and make a directory for the man pages.

   # mkdir -p /usr/local/share/man/man1m

3. Create soft links to the installed man pages.

   # ln -s -t /usr/local/share/man/man1m /opt/fma/share/man/man1m/fmadm.1m /opt/fma/share/man/man1m/fmdump.1m /opt/fma/share/man/man1m/fmd.1m /opt/fma/share/man/man1m/intro.1m

4. Enable the appropriate services.

   # chkconfig --add ksyseventd.init

   # chkconfig --add fmd.init

5. Then, start the services.

   # service ksyseventd.init start

   # service fmd.init start

6. Use the fmadm config command to ensure that all Oracle Linux FMA software components are installed and ready.

   For example:

   [root@testserver16 ~]# fmadm config
   
   MODULE                   VERSION STATUS  DESCRIPTION
   ext-event-transport      0.2     active  External FM event transport
   fmd-self-diagnosis       1.0     active  Fault Manager Self-Diagnosis
   ip-transport             1.1     active  IP Transport Agent
   mce                      1.0     active  Machine Check Translator
   sysevent-transport       1.0     active  SysEvent Transport Agent
   syslog-msgs              1.1     active  Syslog Messaging Agent