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Software Requirements

Software Requirements

3.1 Operating System

ViewRunner for HP OpenView requires the operating system Solaris 2.5.1 running with HP OpenView Network Manager 4.11 or Solaris 2.6 running with HP OpenView Network Manager 5.01.

To verify the version of the OS running, use the following command:

uname -a 

3.1.1 Operating System Packages

The Oracle Server and requires that the following operating system packages be installed:

While not required, it is highly recommended that the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) also be installed.

3.1.2 Verifying Operating System Packages Installed

Use following command to verify packages you have installed:

pkginfo <package name>  <package name> 
 

That is, if you want to verify that you have both SUNWbtool and SUNWsprot installed, execute the following command:

pkginfo SUNWbtool SUNWsprot 

3.2 HP OpenView Network Node Manager

The following versions of HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM) have been tested with ViewRunner for HP OpenView:

Install the NNM according to the instructions found in the HP OpenView guides.

You will also need the following:

3.2.1 HP OpenView Patches

The HP OpenView NNM version 4.11 requires patch PSOV_02123, and version 5.01 requires patch PSOV_02091. Currently, the latest Cumulative Consolidated Patch PSOV_02243 for version 5.01 will cause problems in HP OpenView when creating a new map. This problem does not occur with patch PSOV_02091.

Cisco and HP are working on solving this problem. In the meantime, Cisco distributes patch PSOV_02091 on the ViewRunner for HP OpenView CD since it is no longer available from the HP support Web site.

If HP OpenView NNM is already installed use following command to verify the version:

/usr/ccs/bin/what <OV install directory>/bin/ovw | grep <patch number> 
 

That is, if HP OpenView is installed in the /opt directory, use the following command to verify the version:

 /usr/ccs/bin/what /opt/OV/bin/ovw | grep PSOV_01925

3.2.2 Verifying the HP OpenView NNM Version Installed

If HP OpenView NNM is already installed use following command to verify the version:

<OV install directory>/bin/ovversion 
 

That is, if the HP OpenView install directory is /opt, you would execute the following command

/opt/OV/bin/ovversion 

3.3 Oracle Database Software

The Oracle Enterprise database server version 7.3.4 is required to run with ViewRunner for HP OpenView. Install the Oracle database software according to the instructions found in the Oracle manuals.


Note It is highly recommended by Cisco that you have an Oracle database administrator on site during the installation and configuration of Oracle and the Oracle database to be used by ViewRunner.

3.3.1 Oracle Packages Required for a Local Installation

The following packages are required for ViewRunner when Oracle, ViewRunner server, and ViewRunner client are all installed on one machine:

3.3.2 Oracle Packages Required for a Distributed Installation

The following packages are required for ViewRunner when Oracle, ViewRunner server, and ViewRunner client are installed on separate machines.

ViewRunner Database Machine

ViewRunner Server Machine

ViewRunner Client Machine

3.3.3 Verifying Packages

To verify what Oracle packages are installed, you can start up the Oracle Installer (orainst) and look at what products are installed.

3.3.4 Important Oracle Installation Information

The following information is very important for a successful installation of the Oracle database:


Note Make sure that shell for oracle user is "ksh" and group is dba. Otherwise, the Oracle database install or the ViewRunner install may fail.

Order in which to proceed is:

Step 1 Create the group

Step 2 Create the user

Step 3 Start Oracle install

Step 4 Start ViewRunner install

3.4 ViewRunner Software Package Description

Previous releases of ViewRunner for HP OpenView had two packages to install, VRSERVER and VRCLIENT. This release has three packages that make up the full installation of ViewRunner for HP OpenView. The new packages are described below.


Table 3-1: Package Descriptions
Package Name Package Description

CSCOvrdb

ViewRunner for HP OpenView database install

This package will create or update the Oracle database used by ViewRunner. In addition to creating the Oracle database, the package will install the database startup scripts into an install directory you specify during installation.

CSCOvrovs

ViewRunner for HP OpenView server install

This package will install and upgrade the ViewRunner server application. The default install directory is /opt/CSCOvrovs if you are installing ViewRunner for the first time. If you are upgrading to a this new release of ViewRunner, the install directory will remain as it was when you installed the previous version.

CSCOvrovc

ViewRunner for HP OpenView client install

This package installs the ViewRunner client application. The default install directory is /opt/CSCOvrovc if you are installing ViewRunner for HP OpenView for the first time. If you are upgrading to this release of ViewRunner, the install directory will remain as it was when you installed the previous version.

It is very important that you install the packages in the following order:

Step 1 Install the Oracle database to be used by ViewRunner first (CSCOvrdb).

Step 2 Install the ViewRunner server package (CSCOvrovs).

Step 3 Install the ViewRunner client package last (CSCOvrovc).


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