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Preparing to run the installer on a Linux computer

Before you start installing the products in the BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management solution, prepare the Linux computer on which you will run the installer by using the procedures explained in this topic:

To prepare for installation on a Microsoft Windows computer, see Preparing-to-run-the-installer-on-a-Windows-computer.

To install pre-requisite X11 packages

The following packages are required to access the UI on Linux computers.  Install the following package on your installer host:

Note

Contact your Linux system administrator to check for these packages.

  • libXi-1.0.1-4.el5_4
  • libX11-1.0.3-11.el5
  • libXau-1.0.1-3.1
  • libICE-1.0.1-2.1
  • libSM-1.0.1-3.1
  • libXtst-1.0.1-3.1
  • libXtst-1.0.1-3.1.i386
  • libXext-1.0.1-2.1
  • compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-61.i386
  • libXi.i386
  • xorg-x11-server-Xorg
  • xorg-x11-utils
  • xorg-x11-xauth

To uninstall  BMC RSCD Agent and NSH

For new installations, if you have an existing BMC BladeLogic Remote Server Call Daemon (RSCD) Agent and BMC Network Shell (NSH) installed on your installer host, you must uninstall them. Because the RSCD agent will be installed with every BMC product and the NSH will be installed on the installer host, you must uninstall any existing versions.

Note

This task is not required for upgrades.

  1. Go to /opt/bmc/BladeLogic/<version>/NSH.
  2. Type the command ./Uninstall and follow the uninstallation process.
  3. Go to /opt/bmc/bladelogic directory and delete the RSCD folder.
  4. Manually delete the /usr/lib/rsc folder.

For more information, see the BMC Server Automation 8.1.00 Installation Guide.

To verify product host connectivity

Perform the following steps to ensure that you can successfully launch the installation on a product host:

  1. Ensure that you can contact all target hosts (on which you want to install BMC products) from the installer host (for example, ping <hostName>).
  2. Run the ifconfig eth0 command on the target host, and verify that the IP address returned in the preceding step matches the target computer's IP address returned in this step.
Recommendation

Use tools, such as Xmanager and VConsole for connecting to the Linux computer and running the installer. With Xmanager, X applications installed on remote UNIX based computers run seamlessly with Windows applications side by side.

Related topics

Preparing-to-run-the-installer-on-a-Windows-computer
Installation-order-and-product-dependencies
Installing-BMC-Cloud-Lifecycle-Management

 

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