Users Guide

Installing Managed System Software on Supported Linux Operating Systems 145
Prerequisites for Installing Managed System Software
• You must be logged in as root .
• The running kernel must have loadable module support enabled.
• The
/opt directory must have at least 250 MB of free space, and the /tmp
and
/var directories must each have at least 20 MB of free space. If you
choose to use a non-default directory for the installation, then that
directory must also have at least 250 MB of free space.
• The
ucd-snmp or net-snmp package that is provided with the operating
system must be installed if you use SNMP to manage your server. If you
want to use supporting agents for the
ucd-snmp or net-snmp agent, you
must install the operating system support for the SNMP standard before
you install Server Administrator. For more information about installing
SNMP, see the installation instructions for the operating system you are
running on your system.
NOTE: When installing an RPM package in Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server, to avoid warnings concerning the RPM–GPG key,
import the key with a command similar to the following:
rpm --import /mnt/dvdrom/SYSMGMT/srvadmin/
linux/RPM-GPG-KEY
• Install all the prerequisite RPMs required for successful installation.
If your system came with a factory installed Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(versions 4 and 5) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (versions 9 and 10)
operating system, see the Server Administrator installation readme file
(
readme_ins.txt ) on the Dell Systems Management Tools and
Documentation
DVD for information on any RPMs that you need to
manually install prior to installing managed system software. In most cases
you will not need to manually install any RPMs. See the readme file for
more information.