HP Storage Essentials V5.1 Installation Guide Second Edition (Linux Release) (T4283-96055, November 2006)
Installing the Management Server on Linux26
4. Insert the CD-ROM for installing Storage Essentials in the CD-ROM drive of the server running
Storage Essentials and mount by using the following commands:
# mkdir -p /mnt/HPSIMConnector
# mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/HPSIMConnector
where /dev/cdrom is the CD device.
5. Start the Connector installer with one of the following commands:
• SUSE: # /mnt/HPSIMConnector/SIMConnectorInstall.bin LAX_VM
<install_loc>/jre/bin/java
• RHEL: # /mnt/HPSIMConnector/SIMConnectorInstall.bin LAX_VM
<install_loc>/jre/bin/java
Where <install_loc> is the directory containing the software.
6. Follow the instructions on the screen for completing the installation.
7. When you see the HP SIM Information screen, provide the following information:
• HP SIM Hostname - Name of the server on which you installed HP SIM. Do not use
localhost or an IP address. The FQDN (fully qualified domain name) is required if the server
is part of a domain (for example: server.domain.xxx.com).
• HP SIM Administrator Name - Provide the Administrator name that is used to access HP
SIM.
• HP SIM Administrator Password - Provide the password for the Administrator.
8. Complete the installation by following the instructions on the screen.
9. After the installation is complete, restart the HP SIM process by entering the following command:
# /opt/mx/lbin/hpsim restart server
10.Verify that the HP SIM processes (mxdomainmgr and mxdtf) are running by entering the
following command:
# ps -ef | grep mx
NOTE: You can also verify that the HP SIM processes are running by waiting until you can
browse to the HP SIM server (https://<HP SIM Host Name>:50000).
11.Start the Storage Essentials process by entering the following command:
# /etc/init.d/appstormanager start
12.Verify that the Storage Essentials process has started by entering the following command:
# /etc/init.d/appstormanager status
13.Run the populate.sh script by entering the following commands:
# . <productname>/install/setvars.sh
where <productname> is the directory containing the software, the default value being
/opt/HP_Storage_Essentials
# $APPIQ_DIST/install/run-populate.sh <HP SIM Password>