HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)

Installing the Management Server on Linux10
• For RHEL, the package name is “xorg-x11-Xvfb”
• For SLES, the package name is “XFree86-Xvfb”
Verify Network Settings
Verify the network configuration for the management server:
1. Verify that the appropriate DNS server entries are present in /etc/resolv.conf. Verify that
the correct DNS suffixes are mentioned in the order of preference in which they need to be
appended to hostnames.
For example:
nameserver 172.168.10.1
nameserver 172.168.10.2
search hp.com
2. From a console window on the management server, enter the following command:
ping <hostname>
where <hostname> is the hostname (without domain name) of the Linux CMS.
The ‘ping’ command must ping the IP address of the management server. It must not ping the
loopback address (127.0.0.1). If it pings the loopback address, edit the /etc/hosts file to
make appropriate corrections.
The /etc/hosts file should have entries similar to:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.0.100 myservername.mydomain.com myservername
NOTE: If the ping command fails to ping the IP address and instead pings the loopback
address, the oracle listener process will fail to start and therefore, the CIMOM process will
also fail.
3. Enter the following command:
nslookup <hostname>
where <hostname> is the hostname (without domain name) of the management server.
4. Enter the following command:
nslookup <IP address>
where <IP address> is the IP address of the server.
5. Verify that the both results from nslookup have the same fully qualified computer name and IP
address.
Step 1 - Install the Oracle Database
The management server uses a database to store the data it collects from the hardware it monitors.
The management server ships with a three-CD set for the management server database and an
additional CD-ROM for Database Server Patch 9.2.0.6.0. During the installation of the database,
you are prompted to change CD-ROMs. After the installation, you must install the database patch
from the Database Patch CD-ROM.