Installation Manual

Installing the Management Server on Linux64
NOTE: If the ping command fails to ping the IP address and instead pings the loopback
address, the oracle listener process will fail to start and therefore, the CIMOM process will
also fail.
3. Enter the following command:
nslookup <hostname>
where <hostname> is the hostname (without domain name) of the management server.
4. Enter the following command:
nslookup <IP address>
where <IP address> is the IP address of the server.
5. Verify that both results from nslookup have the same fully qualified computer name and IP
address.
Installing from a Network Drive
Support for installing (or upgrading) from a network drive is limited to NFS mounted network drives
only. After the network drive is mounted to the local server, there are no separate network
drive-related steps required for the installation (or upgrade).
• Create a directory on which the NFS drive will be mounted:
#mkdir /InstallSE
• Mount the NFS shared network drive from NFS server (example: "pillbox") with shared drive
"InstallSE", with strong recommendation to set it as read only.
#mount pillbox:/InstallSE /InstallSE
• Any database ISO files must be loop-mounted and it is strongly recommended to set them to
read only mode. Management CD ISO files can be mounted in the same way as shown in the
following representative example for the Oracle database. (Names such as Disk1 or Vol1 can
be user-configurable, created by user with “mkdir”.) The steps need to be repeated for any
other ISO user trying to mount from NFS mount (Database, management server, CIM extension)
Example:
#mkdir /Disk1
#mount -o loop,ro /InstallSE/database/linux/<oracle10g.iso> /Disk1
In this example, to install the Oracle database:
#/Disk1/InstallDatabase
Step 1 - Install the Oracle Database
The management server uses a database to store the data it collects from the hardware it monitors.
The management server ships with a DVD that includes Oracle 10g Release 2, 10.2.0.1, upgrade
to Oracle 10g Release 2, 10.2.0.3, and the October 2007 Critical Patch Update for Oracle 10g
Release 2.
The install for Oracle 10g Release 2, 10.2.0.1, will also install the upgrade to Oracle 10g Release
2, 10.2.0.3, and apply the October 2007 Critical Patch Update.