Server Administrator Version 8.3 Installation Guide — Linux May 2020 Rev.
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Contents 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 4 What Is New In This Release................................................................................................................................................4 Software Availability........................................................................................................................................................
1 Introduction This topic provides information on: • • • • Installing Server Administrator on managed systems. Installing and using the Remote Enablement feature. Managing remote systems using Server Administrator Web Server. Configuring the system before and during a deployment or upgrade. NOTE: If you are installing management station and managed system software on the same system, install identical software versions to avoid system conflicts.
NOTE: For more information on these DVDs, see Systems Management Tools And Documentation Installation Guide. Server Administrator Components On A Managed System The setup program provides the following options: • • Custom Setup Typical Setup The custom setup option enables you to select the software components you want to install. The table lists the various managed system software components that you can install during a custom installation. Table 1.
Table 1. Managed System Software Components(continued) Component What is installed Deployment Scenario Systems to install on Storage instrumentation data using SNMP protocol. Systems Software Support Matrix. Remote Enablement (Management Interface) Instrumentation Service and CIM Provider Install to perform remote systems management tasks. Install Remote Enablement on one system and Server Administrator Web Server on another system.
Other Documents You Might Need In addition to this guide, for more information, access the following guides. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The Lifecycle Controller 2 Version 1.00.00 User's Guide provides information on using the Lifecycle Controller. The Management Console User’s Guide provides information about installing, configuring, and using Management Console. The Systems Build and Update Utility User’s Guide provides information on using the Systems Build and Update Utility.
2 Preinstallation Setup Ensure that you perform the following before installing Server Administrator: • • • • Read the installation instructions for the operating system. Read the Installation Requirements to ensure that the system meets or exceeds the minimum requirements. Read the applicable readme files and the Systems Software Support Matrix. Close all applications running on the system before installing the Server Administrator applications.
• The Server Administrator Storage Management Service requires Server Administrator installed on the managed system. See the Server Administrator Storage Management User’s Guide for complete software and hardware requirements. Related Link: Supported Operating Systems and Web Browsers Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards Install a supported systems management protocol on the managed system before installing the management station or managed system software.
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement If you choose to install the Remote Enablement feature, you have to install certain dependent RPMs and configure these RPMs before installing the feature. Install the following RPMs: • • • • • libcmpiCppImpl0 libwsman1 openwsman-server sblim-sfcb sblim-sfcc The dependent RPMs are available on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD at srvadmin\linux\RPMS \supportRPMS\opensource-components\\.
NOTE: Install the libwsman and openwsman client RPMs simultaneously as they have cyclic dependency. rpm -ivh libwsman1-x.x.x.rpm openwsman-client-x.x.x.rpm rpm -ivh openwsman-server-x.x.x.rpm Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement This section details the steps to configure the dependent RPMs if you have installed the Remote Enablement feature. The post-installation configuration script is available at /opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/ on the server file system.
NOTE: CRL support is only present on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server version 11 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server version 5 update 5. For other operating systems, contact the operating system vendor to provide the required CURL library with CRL support. Running sfcb And openwsman Run sfcb and openwsman: • • /etc/init.d/sfcb start /etc/init.d/openwsmand start NOTE: On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, replace sfcb with sblim-sfcb.
Workaround For The Libssl Issue If the required library needed by openwsman is present on the system, the autoconf_cim_component.sh script tries to resolve the libssl.so issue. However, if the library is not present, then the script reports the same. Check if the latest version of the libssl library is installed on the system and then create a soft link with libssl.so. For example: On a 32-bit installation, if you have libssl.so.0.9.8a and libssl.so.0.9.
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux And VMware ESXi The following table explains the operating system installation matrix for Systems Management. Table 4. Operating System Installation Matrix Operating System Architecture 64-bit Architecture Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
If any of the RPMs listed are missing, the system experiences issues in detecting the Emulex Network Adapters. The installation scripts and RPM packages specific to supported Linux and VMware ESXi operating systems are provided to install and uninstall the Server Administrator and other managed system software components. These installation scripts and RPMs are located in the SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory available in the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD.
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components(continued) Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmininstall.
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components(continued) Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmininstall.
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components(continued) Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmininstall.
Table 5. RPM for Individual Components(continued) Prerequisite RPM Service Names Command Line Options for srvadmininstall.
Degradation Of Functionality When The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service Is Started After Server Administrator is installed, the Server Administrator Instrumentation Service performs a run‑time check of the OpenIPMI device driver whenever it is started. The Server Administrator Instrumentation Service is started whenever you run either the srvadmin-services.sh start or srvadmin‑services.
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.
Component Specific Install Using RPM Commands The RPMs specific to a particular OpenManage component are grouped together.
Related Links: Linux Installer Packages Custom RPMs Based Installation The following is an example of custom RPMs-based installation of Server Administrator, including the installation of the Remote Enablement feature and the Storage Management Service components. NOTE: On the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x operating system, DVDs are automounted with the -noexec mount option. This option does not allow you to run any executable from the DVD. You have to manually mount the DVD and then run executables. 1. 2.
• • • 3. Server Administrator Operating System Log Interface [-g|--agent] — Installs the Server Instrumentation agent only.* [-h|--help] — Displays the help text. [-i|--cli] — Installs Server Administrator Command Line Interface.* [-l|--oslog] — Installs operating system logging component.* [-m|--snmp] — Installs Server Administrator SNMP component.* [-r|--rac] — Installs applicable RAC components and Server Instrumentation components.
NOTE: After installing Server Administrator, log out and then log in again to access the Server Administrator Command Line Interface (CLI). Determining The Server Administrator Architecture Use the following command to identify if the already installed Server Administrator is of 32-bit or 64-bit architecture rpm -q --queryformat "%{NAME} - %{ARCH}\n" `rpm -qa | grep srvadmin` The system displays a message identifying the architecture where, i386 refers to 32-bit and x86_64 refers to 64-bit.
Using YUM NOTE: Ensure that you are using the latest version of YUM as the older versions do not support plug-ins or mirrorlists. If you are using YUM with CentOS, or Scientific Linux, ensure that the plug-ins are enabled as the system connects to a system specific repository using a YUM plug-in. If the plug-in is not enabled, the repository will not work properly and you will not be able to install packages from the repository. Add the plugins=1 line, to your yum.conf, if the plug-in is not enabled.
4 Frequently Asked Questions What ports do systems management applications use? The default port used by Server Administrator is 1311. These ports are configurable. For port information of a particular component, see the User Guide of that respective component.
I see the following message when I try to install Server Administrator on a guest Linux operating system. ./srvadmin-install.sh: line 2295 : [: ==: unary operator expected. When installing Systems Management components on a guest Linux operating system, the warning message may be displayed. However, the installation continues and completes without any loss of functionality.
What do I do when management station RAC utility installation fails due to missing RPM file? During the installation of the management station RAC utility (mgmtst-racadm RPM under /SYSMGMT/ManagementStation/ linux/rac directory on the Systems Management Tools and Documentation DVD), the installation may fail due to missing RPM file dependencies on libstdc++.so libraries. Install the compat-libstdc++ RPM provided in the same directory to resolve the dependency and retry the installation.
What are the names of all the Systems Management features under Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server? The following table lists the names of all systems management features and their corresponding init script names under Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating systems. Table 8.
Table 9. Names of the Directories Under the srvadmin/linux/custom/ directory(continued) Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required srvadmin-isvc Server Administrator Instrumentation Service — Server Administrator provides a suite of systems management information for keeping supported systems on the network healthy.
Table 9. Names of the Directories Under the srvadmin/linux/custom/ directory(continued) Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required server clusters and the remote administration of distributed resources. add-RAC5 — Software for remote management of fifth generation Remote Access Controllers. For example, DRAC 5.
Table 9. Names of the Directories Under the srvadmin/linux/custom/ directory(continued) Name of RPM Description Other Server Administrator RPMs required management package provides the device drivers and libraries needed by systems management software to access information about the hardware on supported systems.
In this case, if you try to install Server Administrator later by running the sh srvadmin-install.sh command, the following message is displayed: Server Administrator version X.Y.Z is currently installed. Installed components are: • • srvadmin-omilcore-X.Y.Z-N srvadmin-hapi-X.Y.Z-N Do you want to upgrade Server Administrator to X.Y.Z? Press (y for yes| to exit): On pressing , only those Server Administrator packages (in the above example), srvadmin-omilcore-X.Y.Z-N and srvadmin-hapiX.Y.
What kernel modules are loaded when Server Administrator is started? This is dependent on the type of systems instrumentation. The following table displays the kernel modules loaded when Server Administrator is started. Table 11.
5 Linux Installer Packages This section lists the Linux installer packages. Table 12. Meta RPMs RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
Table 12. Meta RPMs(continued) RPM Description Dependent packages Required for rac4populator, srvadminracadm4, srvadminracdrsc, srvadminracsvc GUI/CLI, RAC4 tools Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
Table 12. Meta RPMs(continued) RPM Description Dependent packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
Table 13. Server Instrumentation and SNMP monitoring(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 libsmbios Provides None SMBIOS library to get standard BIOS tables Installation and software updates Y Y Y Y smbios-utilsbin Provides None SMBIOS Utility to get system information Installation Y Y Y Y Table 14.
Table 14. Packages needed for local management that are used by GUI and CLI components(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 srvadminomacs Server Administrator OMACS srvadminomcommon srvadminomilcore Common services bundled in helper library Y Y Y Y srvadminominst Server Administrator Core None Server Instrumentatio n Components Y Y Y Y Table 15.
Table 16. Server Administrator Remote Enablement (Standard Agent)(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.3 by client and server components openwsmanserver Openwsman None server and service libraries *N/A on VMware ESX Enabling remote management of server Y Y Y Y sblim-sfcb Small Footprint None CIM Broker (sfcb) - CIM server conforming to the CIM Operations over HTTP protocol.
Table 17. Storage Instrumentation, SNMP Monitoring, GUI and CLI Plugins(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for storage management srvadmin-isvc, srvadminmegalib, srvadminomilcore, srvadminsmcommon, srvadminstorelib n, SNMP monitoring and CLI (for storage management) LSI utility libraries for storage management srvadminstorelib-sysfs Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
Table 17. Storage Instrumentation, SNMP Monitoring, GUI and CLI Plugins(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
Table 18. RAC Instrumentation, SNMP Monitoring, GUI and CLI Plugins(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
Table 18. RAC Instrumentation, SNMP Monitoring, GUI and CLI Plugins(continued) RPM Description OM Dependant packages Required for Systems Management Software 7.4 8.1 8.2 8.
