Sample of HP OpenView Network Node Manager Installation

Installing Network Node Manager with No Other HP OpenView Products Installed

The first step to installing ViewRunner for HP OpenView is to install the HP OpenView Network Node Manager (NNM). The installation is described fully in document J1136-90000, HP OpenView Network Node Manager Products Installation Guide. You can also refer to "HP OpenView Network Node Manager Installation," in this guide.

Install HP OpenView NNM

The installation consists primarily of the following steps:

Step 1 Log in as root to the workstation onto which you want to install NNM.

Step 2 Insert the HP OpenView Network Node Manager CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive.

Step 3 Determine the device filename of your CD-ROM drive.

Note Make sure that you choose a block drive device and not a raw drive device.

Step 4 Mount the CD-ROM drive by typing the appropriate command, specifying the appropriate drive device filename and the directory onto which you want to mount the file system. The directory can be any existing directory.

For Solaris 2.x running volume management, the CD-ROM is mounted automatically. If it is the only CD-ROM mounted on the file system, it is typically mounted as /cdrom/cdrom0.

Step 5 Change to the directory where you mounted the CD-ROM file system. For example:

# cd /cdrom/cdrom0

Step 6 Execute the following command to install NNM:

# ./install

Step 7 Answer the questions that appear on the screen.

The installation process begins. The installation program goes through two phases, analysis and execution. Messages that display the progress if the installation are written to the screen throughout the installation process.

When the installation is complete, you see a status message beginning with one of the following:

Your installation was successful.

If you receive the preceding message, go to the "Verifying a Successful Installation" section.

Errors have been encountered in your installation.

If you receive the preceding message, go to the "If Errors Occurred" section of the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Products Installation Guide.

Installing the NNM Patch

ViewRunner requires that you install the PSOV_02468 HP OpenView patch for NNM 5.01. This section shows a sample installation.

Note This patch requires that you modify several files. The instructions for making those modifications are in the patch.

Patches are available through the HP OpenView NNM 5.0x/Solaris 2.x patch page at the following URL:

http://ovweb.external.hp.com:/cpe/patches/nnm/4.1x/sparc_2.X.html

As new patches are added, they are identified on this web page.

Following are the steps that you take to install PSOV_02468:

Step 1 Log in as the root user.

Step 2 Ensure that the HP OpenView environment variables are set.

Step 3 Copy the patch to your /tmp directory and unshar it:

# cd /tmp
# cp patch_source/PSOV_02468 .
# sh PSOV_02468

Step 4 Remove the patch shar file:

# rm /tmp/PSOV_02468

Step 5 untar the patch:

# tar xovf /tmp/PSOV_02468.tar

Step 6 Change to the patch directory and run the install_patch script:

# cd /tmp/PSOV_02468.install
# ./install_patch

Follow the instructions in the patch installation script.

Note The preceding change is required because the ViewRunner for HP OpenView default font for several table column headers is dependent on the UNIX CDE desktop font, which causes truncated headers unless the CDE font is reduced to size 3 or less.

Verifying a Successful Installation

To verify that your installation was successful, check the end of the log file /var/adm/sw/swagent.log. Messages are appended to this file. Therefore, the status messages for this installation are the final entries in the file. Each set of status messages includes the date and time that the installation occurred. Look for the date and time that corresponds to the most recent installation.

If the installation program completed without fatal errors, each file set that was installed should have the word Configured next to it. Although you may see the status message ERROR, if Configured appears next to each file set, the installation was successful. You may want to scan the NOTE and WARNING sections to see if there are any other steps that you need to take.

Note To remove the software, follow the instructions in "Removing Product Bundles" in the HP OpenView Network Node Manager Products Installation Guide.

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