Users Guide

NOTE: If you have downloaded the managed system software installer (available as a .tar.gz file), the

srvadmin-install.sh shell script is present as setup.sh in the root directory.

• Using the RPM command

Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software

The prerequisites are:

• Log in as root.

• The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled.

• The /opt directory must have at least 250 MB of free space, and the /tmp, /etc, and /var directories

must each have at least 20 MB of free space.

• Install the ucd-snmp or net-snmp package that is provided with the operating system if you use

SNMP to manage the server. If you want to use supporting agents for the ucd-snmp or net-snmp

agent, you must install the operating system support for the SNMP standard before you install Server

Administrator. For more information about installing SNMP, see the installation instructions for the

operating system you are running on the system.

NOTE: When installing RPM packages, to avoid warnings concerning the RPM–GPG key, import the

key with a command similar to rpm --import <OM DVD mountpoint>/SYSMGMT/srvadmin/

linux/RPM-GPG-KEY

• In case of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and above and SLES 11 SP2, install the wsman and sblim

packages from the operating system DVD. See, To install the wsman and sblim packages

• Install all the prerequisite RPMs required for successful installation.

If the system had VMware ESX (version 4.0 or 4.1) factory-installed, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (versions

5.x and 6.0), or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (version 10 and 11), see the Dependent RPMs for Remote

Enablement section for information on any RPMs that you need to manually install prior to installing

managed system software. Typically, you may not need to manually install any RPMs.

Installing The wsman And sblim Packages

1. In Package selection, select Basic Server.

2. Select Customize now and click Next.

3. Select System Management group.

4. From the sub-category, select Web-based Enterprise Management → Optional Packages option.

The default selected packages are: openwsman-client, sblim-sfcb, sblim-wbemcli, and wsmancli

Deselect the sblim-wbemcli package from the above list.

5. Select openwsman-server and click Next.

6. After the operating system installation, install libcmpiCppImpl0 package from the operating system

DVD or using the

Yum utility.

Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media

The installer uses RPMs to install each component. The media (DVD) is divided into subdirectories to

enable easy custom installation.

NOTE: On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x operating system, DVDs are auto-mounted with the -

noexec mount option. This option does not allow you to run any executable from the DVD.

Manually mount the DVD and then run executables.