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COSmanager provides a framework for installing and managing COSmanager applications. You first install and configure the COSmanager framework, then install and configure each COSmanager application.

This section explains the steps you need to follow to install the COSmanager framework:


Once COSmanager is installed, the next task is to set up the initial COSmanager configuration — see Configuring COSmanager.



Note
You must have a valid license key for each host that you intend to install COSmanager on. See your COSmanager distributor to obtain license keys if you don’t already have them.


Installing the COSmanager Framework

This section explains how to install the COSmanager application framework on a host for the first time. You will only need to install the framework once. Once COSmanager is fully installed, upgrading or installing a new version of the COSmanager framework is handled in the same way as for any other COSmanager product or application. See Installing COSmanager Applications and Modules.


What will happen

You will:


FSinstall will:


To install the COSmanager distribution


Caution
Don’t shell out from an existing COSmanager application. If you attempt to install or upgrade COSmanager from a COSmanager shell, the environment will not be set up correctly and you may damage the existing software.


FSinstall checks the password file to see if there is an existing copy of the COSmanager framework on this host.

If an older version of COSmanager is found, FSinstall terminates. You should run the existing COSmanager and install this new version using the Application > Install option. See Installing COSmanager Applications and Modules.

If you are reinstalling over a previous installation, FSinstall will save a copy of the old database.


Note
Some UNIX systems may warn you that the UID used for COSmanager is in the range usually reserved for system accounts. The warning can be ignored.

FSinstall now:
  • unloads the files from the distribution into the COSmanager home directory
  • sets their ownership and permissions
  • synchronizes COSmanager’s own hostinfo and netinfo tables with information from your system hosts and networks files
  • creates audit trails and log files

COSmanager must be licensed separately on each host on which it is installed.

The next step is to set up the initial COSmanager configuration. See Configuring COSmanager.