ServerView Agents Linux for Red Hat, SuSE Linux and VMware

The ServerView Agents Linux are released for

It is recommended to install the newest service pack or update.

Before The Installation

The ServerView Agents Linux are located on the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite DVD 1 in directory /SVSSoftware/Software/ServerView/Linux/Agents as Linux RPM packages. See also the Table of RPM Packages of ServerView Agents Linux below.

For detailed requirements and installation instructions see the readme text files. The list of released PRIMERGY systems is included in the corresponding file Supported PRIMERGYs.

For proper functionality of the installation script srvmagt(8), use ONLY pathnames that DO NOT contain spaces or special characters.

For installation of PRIMERGY RX800 systems see (installation of PRIMERGY RX800)

ServerView Agents Linux require an appropriate SNMP service on the system:

Table of Net-SNMP Packages
Linux/VMware Distribution SNMP packages at least Explanation
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 net-snmp-5.3.0.1 the Net-SNMP extensible agent system
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 net-snmp-5.4.2.1 the Net-SNMP extensible agent system
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 net-snmp-5.1.2-11.EL4.6
net-snmp-utils-5.1.2-11.EL4.6		 the Net-SNMP extensible agent system, network management utilities using SNMP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 net-snmp-5.3.1-14.el5
net-snmp-utils-5.3.1-14.el5		 the Net-SNMP extensible agent system, network management utilities using SNMP
VMware ESX 3.5 net-snmp-5.0.9 the Net-SNMP extensible agent system
VMware ESX 4.0 net-snmp-5.3.1-24.el5_2.2 the Net-SNMP extensible agent system

Installation

Standard Installation

To install of ServerView Agents Linux

  1. save the script srvmagtDVD.sh to install a reference or target system below /tmp
    (a reference system is equipped with appropriate kernel source and development tools to create the ServerView kernel modules)
    (a target system needs ServerView kernel modules created on a reference system)
  2. open (as root) a Terminal and enter
  3. cd /tmp
  4. sh srvmagtDVD.sh

The script performs the installation automatically.

User-defined Installation

You also can install the RPM packages on a Linux as well as on a VMware system individually one by one from DVD-ROM, if you mount the DVD-ROM there and then perform the following actions.

To download ServerView Agents Linux packages, click on the package in the table below:

Table of RPM Packages of ServerView Agents Linux
Download Packages Explanation Supported PRIMERGYs Version
srvmagt-mods_src-4.91-16.i386.rpm readme
srvmagt-eecd-4.91-16.i386.rpm readme
srvmagt-agents-4.91-16.i386.rpm readme
ServerViewConnectorService-1.06.07-01.i386.rpm readme
Download Install Script Explanation Supported PRIMERGYs Version
srvmagt.sh srvmagt.8.html

To install ServerView Agents Linux

  1. start (as root) a terminal
  2. mount the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite DVD 1 (mount(8)).
  3. cd <mountpoint>/SVSSoftware/Software/ServerView/Linux/Agents
  4. rpm -U ServerViewConnectorService-1.06.07-00.i386.rpm
  5. rpm -U srvmagt-mods_src-4.91-16.i386.rpm
  6. rpm -U srvmagt-eecd-4.91-16.i386.rpm
  7. rpm -U srvmagt-agents-4.91-16.i386.rpm

 

Installation on PRIMERGY RX800

To download the appropriate package for RX800 S2 and S3, click on the package archive in the table below:

RPM Package Archive for IBM USB Advanced System Management (ASM II)
Download Package Archive for RX800 Sx Explanation Supported PRIMERGYs Version
ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp246a_linux_32-64.tgz readme

To install the appropriate IBM USB ASM II package for PRIMERGY RX800 S2 and S3

  1. start (as root) a terminal
  2. mount the PRIMERGY ServerView Suite DVD 1 (mount(8)).
  3. cd <mountpoint>/SVSSoftware/Software/ServerView/Linux/Agents/RX800S2
  4. follow the install instructions in the IBM USB ASM II readme, for example:
    tar xzf ibm_svc_rsa2_hlp2xxa_linux_32-64.tgz; ./install.sh --update
    where xx is the version number of the package.
  5. back to the Agent installation

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