COSmanager/User Guide/Installing COSmanager

From Documentation

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:

• run the install script to copy the files from the distribution tape
• license the software

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:

• open a root shell, and extract FSinstall from the distribution file
• run FSinstall
• specify a home directory for COSmanager
• enter the license key

FSinstall will:

• check whether you are installing COSmanager for the first time or reinstalling over a previous or partial installation
• create an account and group for COSmanager
• copy the COSmanager files from the distribution file, and set their ownership and permissions
• verify your license key

To install the COSmanager distribution

• Open a root shell, either by logging in as root or running su from a shell prompt.

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.

• Change directory to /tmp.
• Retrieve the installation script FSinstall from the distribution file: cpio -icvB FSinstall < <file>
• Run FSinstall: ./FSinstall ./<file>

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.

• If you are installing for the first time, FSinstall prompts you for the home directory for COSmanager. Enter a directory name or press Return to accept the default.
• FSinstall creates an account for COSmanager, using the highest free UID lower than 100. Then it creates a group, also called COSmanager, using the highest free GID lower than 100.

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.

• Now enter a password for the COSmanager account. Once you have finished running FSinstall, you will need this password to log in to the COSmanager account to configure COSmanager.

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

• The next step is to license the software. You can find this information on the Licence Key Details form, which you should have received with the COSmanager package. If you don’t have this form, or if there is any problem with licensing, contact your COSmanager distributor.

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

• Once all the licensing information has been successfully entered, the installation is complete.

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