HP Insight Control for Linux 6.0 Installation Guide

5 Installing Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control for
Linux
This chapter describes how to install Systems Insight Manager and Insight Control for Linux.
IMPORTANT: Use the instructions in this chapter if you are performing a new installation of
Insight Control for Linux on a CMS.
If you want to upgrade a previous version of Insight Control for Linux to this release, see Chapter 8
(page 59).
5.1 Insight Control for Linux installation overview
The Insight Control for Linux distribution medium contains the following software products
and documentation:
• Systems Insight Manager
• Insight Control for Linux
• The source code for the third-party open source products that are integrated with Insight
Control for Linux
• A DocReadMe file in PDF and text format in the HP/docs directory that describes how to
obtain the Insight Control for Linux documentation set and the documentation for related
products from the World Wide Web
To begin the installation process, you mount the Insight Control for Linux distribution medium
for this release and run the install.sh Insight Control for Linux installation script on the
server you have prepared and configured to be the CMS. For the list of CMS installation
requirements, see Section 3.4 (page 17).
The first phase of the install.sh script determines if Systems Insight Manager and Insight
Control for Linux are already installed on the CMS. The HP Insight Control for Linux Support
Matrix lists the action taken by the install.sh script when it finds previously installed versions
of Systems Insight Manager, Insight Control for Linux, or both.
Next, the installation script verifies that all required RPMs are installed on the CMS. If an RPM
requirement is not installed, the installation script stops so that you can install the missing RPMs.
After you install all RPM requirements and dependencies, you must start the Insight Control for
Linux installation script again.
When all RPM dependencies are met, the installation process proceeds, and you are prompted
to answer a series of configuration questions, which are described in Section 5.2 (page 39).
5.2 Preparing for Insight Control for Linux installation questions
Table 5-1 provides information about how to answer the installation questions presented by the
install.sh script.
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