Users Guide

152 Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating Systems
Performing an Unattended Installation of the Managed System Software
You can use Dell OpenManage installer’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.
1
Configure your ISV software distribution software to execute rpm –i
*.rpm
after the unattended installation package has been distributed.
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.
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: The rpm command’s –-test feature does not perform any hardware
verification. It will only check for RPM software dependencies.
Creating and Distributing the Express Unattended Installation Package
The Express Install unattended installation option uses the
srvadmin/linux/supportscripts and the srvadmin/linux/RPMS subdirectories
of the Dell Systems Console and Agent CD (or
SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/supportscripts and the
SYSMGMT/srvadmin/linux/RPMS subdirectories if you are using the
Dell
Systems Management Tools and Documentation
DVD) as the unattended
installation package. RPM accesses the CD or DVD to install all required
Server Administrator components on selected remote systems.