Users Guide

or
sh srvadmin-install.sh -s (these are short options)
Server Administrator services do not start automatically.
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6. Start Server Administrator services after the installation by using the command:
sh srvadmin-services start
Using the Shell Script to Perform the Custom Installation in Interactive Mode
This procedure uses the installation shell script to prompt you for the installation of specific components through the installation.
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1. Log on as root to the system running the supported Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server operating system where you want to
install the managed system components.
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2. Insert the Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD into the CD drive.
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3. If necessary, mount the CD using the mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom command.
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4. Navigate to the srvadmin/linux/supportscripts directory.
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5. Execute the script with the sh srvadmin-install.sh command, which displays a list of component options. If any of the components are already installed,
then those components are listed separately with a check mark next to them. The Server Administrator custom installation options are displayed.
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6. Choose c to copy, i to install, r to reset and start over, or q to quit.
l If you choose c, you are prompted to enter the absolute destination path.
l If you choose i, a message states that the RPMs will be installed in the /opt/dell/srvadmin directory. You can then choose y to change, or
<Enter> to use the default installation path.
When the installation is completed, the script will have an option for starting the services.
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7. Choose n to start the services manually.
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Performing an Unattended Installation of the Managed System Software
You can use The Dell PowerEdge Installation and Server Management CD's Express Install and CustomInstalloptions for the unattended installation procedure.
Unattended installation allows you simultaneously to install Server Administrator on multiple systems. You can perform an unattended installation by creating
an unattended installation package that contains all of the necessary managed system software files.
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.
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1. Configure your ISV software distribution software to execute rpm –i *.rpm after the unattended installation package has been distributed.
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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.
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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 the types of installation.
NOTE: Long options can be combined with short options, and vice-versa.
NOTE: Just before the Server Administrator RPMs are installed, the srvadmin-install.sh shell script automatically calls the srvadmin-openipmi.sh
shell script to ensure that a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI driver is currently installed on the system. If a sufficient version is not found, the
srvadmin-install.sh shell script calls the srvadmin-openipmi.sh shell script to attempt to install a sufficient version. If the attempt fails for any
reason, an appropriate error message will be displayed with instructions describing how to resolve the error. After resolving any error, you should
then re-run the srvadmin-install.sh shell script to install the managed system components.
NOTE: Just before the Server Administrator RPMs are installed, the srvadmin-install.sh shell script automatically calls the srvadmin-openipmi.sh
shell script to ensure that a sufficient version of the OpenIPMI driver is currently installed on the system. If a sufficient version is not found, the
srvadmin-install.sh shell script calls the srvadmin-openipmi.sh shell script to attempt to install a sufficient version. If the attempt fails for any
reason, an appropriate error message will be displayed with instructions describing how to resolve the error. After resolving any error, you should
then re-run the srvadmin-install.sh shell script to install the managed system components.
NOTE: The rpm command's –-test feature does not perform any hardware verification. It will only check for RPM software dependencies.