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Install the Agent on UNIX and Linux Systems

You can use an interactive wizard to install the SystemEDGE agent manually for UNIX and Linux.

Notes:

• This document refers to the installation directory as CASYSEDGE and to the data directory as CASYSEDGE_DATA.
• The installation program does not modify the system environment settings in /etc/profile.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the system as the root user and mount DVD2.
2. Open a terminal console and change to Installers/platform/Agent/SysMan/CA_SystemEDGE_Core directory, selecting the platform directory that corresponds to your operating system.
3. Run the installer from this directory as follows:

   sh ca-setup.sh 
   

   The Introduction page of the installer appears.

4. Click Next.

   The License Agreement page appears.

5. Read the license agreement and select I accept the terms of the License Agreement. Click Next.

   The Installation Type page appears.

6. Select Typical or Custom and click Next.

   Note: This procedure describes a custom installation. If you select Typical, the Review Settings page appears when you click Next.

   The Destination Location dialog appears.

7. Accept the default or Browse to select the locations for the installation and data directories, click Next, and continue with Step 9. If you want to specify different locations click Advanced and continue with Step 8.

   Destination Location

   Specifies the location at which to install the agent. By default, the installation directory is /opt/CA/SystemEDGE and the runtime program data is stored in the config subdirectory. To specify more parameters, click Advanced.

   Note: If you are installing the agent on a system with a previous version of the agent already installed, the installer automatically selects the installation directory of the existing agent.

   If you skip the Advanced dialog, the Configuration Manager Settings dialog appears.

8. Complete the following fields in the Advanced Destination Locations dialog and click Next.

   SystemEDGE binary path

   Specifies the directory for program binaries and documentation.

   SystemEDGE data path

   Specifies the directory for run-time program data.

   CA Shared Components path

   Specifies the directory for CA Shared Components. Once set by any CA software, this directory cannot be changed and the corresponding field in the user interface is disabled.

   The Configuration Manager Settings dialog appears.

9. Complete the following fields and click Next.

   Configuration Manager Host Name

   Specifies the host name of the configuration manager from which you want to manage this agent. Enter a value for this parameter to configure this agent from the system on which CA Virtual Assurance runs. Enter an asterisk (*) to accept the first manager that discovers the agent system.

   Default Configuration Policy Name

   Specifies the name of the policy file (maintained by the CA Virtual Assurance manager) for the agent to use. Enter a value for this parameter to set the SystemEDGE configuration according to an existing configuration file from the manager.

   If the installer detects the native SNMP agent running on the system, the Native SNMP Options dialog appears.

10. Complete the following fields and click Next.

    Default from existing SNMP agent

    Specifies whether to use the default settings from the native SNMP agent. Leave this check box cleared to use different community strings and trap destinations than the native SNMP agent.

    Disable native SNMP agent

    Specifies whether to stop and disable the native SNMP agent. If you leave the native SNMP agent enabled, run SystemEDGE on a different port.

11. Complete the following fields and click Next.

    SNMP port number

    Specifies the port on which to run the SystemEDGE agent. This port must be not be used by any other application or the installation fails. If the native SNMP agent already uses the default port, specify a different port, for example, 1691 or 6665.

    Default: 161

    The SNMP System Information dialog appears.

12. Complete the following fields and click Next.

    System Description

    Specifies information about the system (such as a system name) that populates the sysDescr MIB-II object.

    System Location

    Specifies the system location that populates the sysLocation MIB-II object.

    System Contact

    Specifies system contact information that populates the sysContact MIB-II object.

    The SNMP Community Settings dialog appears.

13. Complete the following fields, click Next, and continue with Step 15. If you want to specify multiple community strings, click Advanced and continue with Step 14.

    Read-only Community

    Specifies the SNMP read-only community string.

    Default: public

    Read-write community

    Specifies the SNMP read-write community string.

    If you skip the Advanced dialog, the SNMP Trap Settings dialog appears.

14. Complete the following fields in the SNMP Community Settings - Advanced dialog and click Next.

    Read-only Community

    Specifies the SNMP read-only community string. You can specify multiple communities by separating each with a semicolon (for example, public1;public2). You can also include an IP address list for each community to restrict access (for example, public 1.2.3.4).

    Default: public

    Read-write community

    Specifies the SNMP read-write community string. You can specify multiple communities by separating each with a semicolon (for example, rwcomm1;rwcomm2). You can also include a space delimited IP address list for each community to restrict access (for example, rwcomm1 1.2.3.4). A read-write community is required for correct operation of some AIMs (for example, RM) and for some remote uses (for example, creating monitors).

    The SNMP Trap Settings dialog appears.

15. Complete the following fields, click Next, and continue with Step 17. If you want to specify multiple trap destinations, click Advanced and continue with Step 16.

    Trap community string

    Specifies the SNMP community encoded in sent trap messages.

    Default: public

    Destination host

    Specifies the destination of the trap messages.

    Default: The configuration manager host name set in Configuration Manager Settings dialog.

    Port number

    Specifies the port trap messages are sent to.

    Default: 162.

    If you skip the Advanced dialog, the Privilege Separation User dialog appears.

16. Complete the following field in the SNMP Trap Settings - Advanced dialog and click Next.

    Trap Configuration

    Specifies one or more trap destinations. You can specify multiple entries by separating each with a semicolon (for example, public server1;public server2 1162).

    The Privilege Separation User dialog appears.

17. Complete the following field and click Next:

    User Name

    Specifies the user name under which credentials the agent run during SNMP communication.

    This entry instructs the agent (UNIX only) to run SNMP communication under another user account. The agent also uses this user's default group as an effective group.

    Default: The agent operates using root account.

    The Miscellaneous Settings dialog appears.

18. Complete the following fields and click Next:

    Start After Install

    Specifies whether the agent is started at the end of installation.

    Install Documentation

    Specifies whether to install the documentation.

    The Review Settings page appears.

19. Review the installation settings and click Install.

    The Installation Completed page appears after the installation finishes.

20. Click Finish.

    The installation is complete.

SystemEDGE Installation on 64-bit Linux Releases Fails

Symptom:

When I install SystemEDGE on a 64-bit Linux release, the installation fails.

Solution:

To run and install SystemEDGE on a 64-bit Linux release, install the required 32-bit libraries:

• Valid on Redhat or SuSE distributions:

  yum install glibc.i686
  

• Valid on Debian distribution:

  apt-get install ia32-libs