HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux

unpack files and install hpsmdb and HP SIM. If you are installing HP SIM with an Oracle database, HP
recommends the manual install.
Installation of HP Systems Insight Manager includes the hpsmdb software dependency.
Automatically installing HP Systems Insight Manager
To install HP Systems Insight Manager with hpsmdb, execute the following command:
./HPSIM-Linux*.bin
Note: Refer to Step 4 for information on setting the permission on the file.
The HPSIM-Linux*.bin file will extract the RPM Package Manager (RPM) files, install hpsmdb, and then
continue with the HP Systems Insight Manager installation.
NOTE: After installation is complete, log out of the operating system and then log back in to set all the
correct file permissions and system environmentals.
To complete the initial set up of HP Systems Insight Manager refer to “After installing HP Systems Insight
Manager”.
Manually installing HP Systems Insight Manager
1. Extract the .rpm files from the .bin file. Set the permissions to include the right to execute the .bin file
by executing the following command:
chmod u+x HPSIM-Linux_C.05.*.bin --noexec -target mxserver
Note: Refer to Step 4 for information on setting permissions.
2. To change the directory to mxserver, execute the following command:
cd mxserver
NOTE: If you are using hpsmd as your database, continue with Step 3 through Step 5. If you are
using Oracle as your database, skip to Step 6.
3. Install the hpsmdb database, using the appropriate .rpm files in the following order.
Note: The rpm -i hpsmdb-*.rpm command installs hpsmdb on your system.
• For 32-bit and 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 AS/ES
rpm -ivh hpsmdb-rhel5-*.rpm
postgresql-7.4.1-1PGDG.i386.rpm \
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 U3 AS/ES
rpm -ivh hpsmdb-rhe14-*.i386.rpm
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit) with Service Pack 3
rpm -ivh hpsmdb-sles9-*.x86_64.rpm
• 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Service Pack 3
rpm -ivh hpsmdb-sles9-*.x86_64.rpm
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 1
rpm -ivh hpsmdb-sles10-*.i586.rpm
• 64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 1
rpm -ivh hpsmdb-sles10-*.x86_64.rpm
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