Install Guide
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5
What Is New In This Release................................................................................................................................................5
Software Availability........................................................................................................................................................ 5
Systems Management Software.........................................................................................................................................6
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System...................................................................................... 6
Security Features...................................................................................................................................................................7
Other Documents You Might Need.....................................................................................................................................8
2 Preinstallation Setup.................................................................................................................... 9
Installation Requirements......................................................................................................................................................9
Supported Operating Systems And Web Browsers....................................................................................................9
System Requirements..................................................................................................................................................... 9
Managed System Requirements....................................................................................................................................9
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards.............................................................................................10
Configuring SNMP Agents..................................................................................................................................................10
Remote Enablement Requirements................................................................................................................................... 10
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement................................................................................................................ 11
Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement.......................................................................................... 12
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating Systems..................... 13
Workaround For The Libssl Issue....................................................................................................................................... 13
Winbind Configuration For openwsman And sfcb For SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating System...............14
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESX....................................15
Software License Agreement.............................................................................................................................................16
RPM For Individual Components........................................................................................................................................16
OpenIPMI Device Driver..................................................................................................................................................... 20
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started..................20
Installing Managed System Software................................................................................................................................ 21
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software............................................................................................21
Installing Managed System Software Using The Provided Media........................................................................... 21
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility........................................................................................................24
Managed System Software Installation Using Third Party Deployment Software............................................... 26
Uninstalling Managed System Software...........................................................................................................................27
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script.......................................................................27
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command..................................................................... 27
4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi...........................................................28
Using The vSphere CLI.......................................................................................................................................................28
Using The VMware vSphere Management Assistant (vMA)........................................................................................ 29
Using The VMware Update Manager (VUM)..................................................................................................................29
Using The Power CLI.......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi..........................................................................................................30
Enabling Server Administrator Services On The Managed System.............................................................................. 31
Enabling CIM OEM Providers Using vSphere Client (For VMware ESXi4.0/ESXi 4.1)........................................ 31
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