Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating Systems 145
The unattended installation package is distributed to the remote systems
using a software distribution tool from an ISV. After the package is
distributed, RPM installs the software.
The custom unattended installation package is located in the directory you
created as detailed in the section "Using the Shell Script to Perform the
Custom Installation in Interactive Mode." This directory contains all the
RPMs for the managed system software components for distribution.
1
Configure your ISV software distribution software to execute rpm
–i *.rpm
after the unattended installation package has been
distributed.
2 Use your ISV distribution software to distribute the unattended
installation package to the remote systems. The RPM command installs
Server Administrator on each remote system.
Dependency Check
RPM has a test feature that verifies software dependencies without actually
installing any software. To execute this dependency check, type rpm
–ihv *.rpm –-test. This command is valid for all the types of
installation.
NOTE: The rpm command’s –-test feature does not perform any hardware
verification. It will only check for RPM software dependencies.
Creating and Distributing the Express Unattended Installation Package
The Express Install unattended installation option uses the
SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts and the
SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS subdirectories as the unattended
installation package. RPM accesses the DVD to install all required Server
Administrator components on selected remote systems.