Install Guide
1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 5
What’s new in this release....................................................................................................................................................5
Software Availability........................................................................................................................................................ 6
Systems Management Software.........................................................................................................................................6
Server Administrator Components On A Managed System...................................................................................... 6
Security Features...................................................................................................................................................................8
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.................................................................................................................................. 10
Supported Systems Management Protocol Standards.............................................................................................10
Configuring SNMP Agents..................................................................................................................................................10
Remote Enablement Requirements....................................................................................................................................11
Dependent RPMs For Remote Enablement................................................................................................................ 11
Post Installation Configuration For Remote Enablement...........................................................................................11
Winbind configuration for openwsman and sfcb for Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems......................12
Work around for the libssl issue...................................................................................................................................13
Winbind configuration for openwsman and sfcb for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system............... 13
3 Installing Managed System Software On Supported Linux and VMware ESXi operating systems........14
Software License Agreement.............................................................................................................................................15
RPM for individual components......................................................................................................................................... 15
Installing Managed System Software................................................................................................................................ 18
Prerequisites For Installing Managed System Software........................................................................................... 19
Installing Managed System software using the provided media.............................................................................. 19
Server Administrator Custom Installation Utility........................................................................................................22
Managed System Software Installation Using Third-Party Deployment Software...............................................23
Uninstalling Managed System Software.......................................................................................................................... 24
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The Uninstall Script.......................................................................24
Uninstalling Managed System Software Using The RPM Command.....................................................................25
4 Installing Systems Management Software On VMware ESXi.......................................................... 26
Using the vSphere CLI........................................................................................................................................................26
Using the VMware vSphere Management Assistant vMA............................................................................................ 27
Using the VMware Update Manager (VUM)...................................................................................................................27
Using The Power CLI.......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Accessing Server Administrator on VMware ESXi..........................................................................................................28
Uninstalling the existing Systems Management VIB.......................................................................................................29
Configuring The SNMP Agent On Systems Running VMware ESXi............................................................................29
Configuring The System To Send Traps To A Management Station Using The vSphere CLI............................ 29
Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................................................................30
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