Installing the manager and the agent by using the advanced installation option

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Last Updated May 08, 2012
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Installing the manager and the agent by using the advanced installation option

You can use the advanced installation option to install the ESM manager and the agent on UNIX platforms. The advanced installation procedure consists of various phases. The successful installation of an ESM component depends on the successful completion of all the selected phases, based on the component that you select.

During agent installation if you want to install an application module, then you must manually create a folder structure. The installer identifies the folder and installs the application module from it.

To create an application module folder

  • Create a folder "AppModules" at the level of the SU folder and a structure within that folder as follows:

    #/<platform folder>/esm110/AppModules/<appmoduleinstaller.tpi>

    For example, create an application module folder structure for oracle as follows:

    #/linux/intel/esm110/AppModules/esmora.tpi

To install the agent by using the advanced installation option

  1. Use su or log on to root on the computer with a UNIX operating system that you use to install the Symantec ESM software.

  2. Copy the disc to the /dvdrom directory.

  3. Type./esmsetup to run the Symantec ESM installer from the product disc.

    You can also run the Symantec ESM installer from the /tmp directory if you use gzip to extract the file from the product disc.

To select the advanced installation option

  1. Type a 3 to select the advanced installation option and then type a y to continue with the installation.

  2. Type the values for the respective installation phases that you want to execute.

    Note:

    A new phase has been added to the existing ones, "Phase 15" - titled Execute the rename_agent_binary fix for the installed manager. This phase must be selected by the user when upgrading from ESM Manager version 6.5.3 or earlier.

  3. Type an A if you agree to the terms of the Symantec License Agreement.

  4. Press Enter to continue with the advanced installation. By pressing Enter, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the installation of the previous phases.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • Type a 1 to perform an ESM agent installation.

    • Type a 2 to perform an ESM manager installation.

      The manager installation includes the agent installation too.

      Note:

      You get the option to choose the manager installation only if the manager is supported on the current operating system.

To install an agent by using the advanced installation option

  1. After you choose to install the agent, press Enter to see the disk space requirements and the available space on your local computer.

  2. Type the location where you want to install the agent. If you want to check the available disc space on your local computer, then type a ?.

  3. Specify the special device file name of the tape drive that contains the installation tape. You may also enter the full path of the tar/tgz file that is located on the disc.

  4. Press Enter.

  5. Enter the manager name to which you want to register the agent.

  6. Enter the port number that the agent should use to contact the manager.

  7. Enter the user name who owns the ESM files and then press Enter.

  8. Enter the password for the user account that you specified and then press Enter.

  9. Enter the IP address, Hostname, or FQDN of the agent that you want to register to the specified manager.

  10. Type y to verify Manager to Agent communication.

  11. Do one of the following:

    • If you want to register the agent to multiple agents, then type a y, and then repeat the steps 1 to 10.

    • Type an n to continue with the installation and registration of the agent.

  12. Type a y if you want to copy the ICE module scripts to the agent.

    The setup continues to install the ESM agent.

To install a manager by using the advanced installation option

  1. After you choose to install the manager, press Enter to see the disk space requirements and the available space on your local computer.

  2. Type the location where you want to install the agent. If you want to check the available disc space on your local computer, then type a ?.

  3. Press Enter.

  4. Enter the user account that has the superuser permissions on the ESM files.

  5. Enter the group ownership for the ESM files and then press Enter.

  6. Specify the special device file name of the tape drive that contains the installation tape and then press Enter.

    You may also enter the full path of the tar/tgz file that is located on the disc.

  7. Enter the password for the ESM superuser account and then press Enter.

  8. Re-type the superuser password to authenticate the user account credentials.

  9. Enter the IP address, Hostname, or FQDN of the agent that you want to register to the specified manager.

  10. Press Enter.

  11. Type y to verify Manager to Agent communication.

To specify the LiveUpdate option

  1. Do one of the following to choose the LiveUpdate option:

    • Type a 1 to disable LiveUpdate.

    • Type a 2 to enable Liveupdate.

    • Type a 3 to specify the manager that is allowed to perform LiveUpdate on the agent.

  2. If you typed a 3, then type a y to enable the manager to perform LiveUpdate on the agent.

  3. Type n if you do not want to deploy the Manager TPK during upgrade (y/n)? [y]

  4. Select y if you want to copy the agent remote upgrade packages to the ESM Manager (y/n)? [n]

    Note:

    If you select 'y', the existing agent remote upgrade packages on the manager will be overwritten.The setup should find the agent remote upgrade packages for each operating system in a separate directory at the specified location. For example: If Remote Upgrade package for Linux (lnx-x86 folder) is present in /RU/Agent, then the path will be /RU/agent/. Specify the source directory for the agent remote upgrade packages as follows: /ccs_builds/RU_pkg .

  5. Enter the complete path of the TPK to be installed: [//<platform>/esm110/su/esm.tpk]

  6. Enter the complete path of the CCS TPK to be installed: [//<platform>/esm110/su/ccs.tpk]

  7. Type a y if you want to copy the ICE module scripts to the agent.

    The setup continues to install the ESM manager and the agent.

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