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First time installation

Use the following table to determine whether you should use this installation procedure.

Before you begin

Whether this is a first-time installation or an upgrade, perform the following actions:

  • Create the PATROL default account. See OS accounts on Windows and OS accounts on UNIX .
  • Plan to install the product on a limited number of computers in a test environment, test the installation thoroughly, and then install the product in your production environment.

If you are upgrading, regardless of whether you plan to save your changes, perform the following actions:

  • Move the earlier PATROL for DB2 UDB installation to a directory that is different from PATROL_HOME.

  • Remove PATROL for DB2 UDB files from PATROL_CACHE. If you do not, old product files in PATROL_CACHE are loaded instead of the newly installed files from PATROL_HOME. The following table lists the default values for PATROL Location variables.

     Default values for PATROL location variables

To install for the first time

  1. If you are installing into PATROL 3.4.11 in a UNIX environment, follow these steps to start the installation utility. If you are installing into PATROL 3.4.11 in a Windows environment or into PATROL 3.5 in a UNIX or Windows environment, skip to step 2.

    Warning

    Note

    For installing into a managed system in a UNIX environment, you must install the PATROL Agent before installing PATROL for DB2 UDB.

    1. Open the command prompt.
    2. Change to the drive where the installation CD is located.
    3. At the UNIX command prompt, enter setup.sh -releaseversion v.r, where v.r is the version of the PATROL environment into which you are installing.
    4. Skip to step 3.
  2. If you have already installed PATROL 3.5 or PATROL 7.x, start the installation utility by running setup.exe (Windows) or setup.sh (UNIX) from the installation CD or from an electronically downloaded (EPD) installation image.
  3. In the Welcome to the Installation Utility page, click Next to begin your installation.
  4. In the Review License Agreement page, review the license agreement, select Accept, and click Next to continue.
  5. On the Select Installation Option page, select one of the following options:
    • To install locally now, select I want to install products on this computer now and click Next.
    • To create an installable image that you can install locally and remotely later, select Create an image to be installed later, enter the directory where you want the installation image stored, and click Next.
       To help you determine which option to select, Determining whether to install products locally or remotely .
  6. On the Specify Installation Directory page, enter the directory where your current BMC products are installed, if different from the default, or accept the default and click Next.
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  7. On the Select System Roles page, select the roles to indicate the components that you want to install and click Next. For help in determining which roles to select, read the descriptions provided in the Select System Roles window. For more information about PATROL consoles and PATROL Console Server or RTserver, see the following documents:
  8. On the Select Products and Components to Install page, select PATROL Solutions for Databases > PATROL for DB2 Universal Database, and click Next.
  9. (For UNIX systems only) From the Provide the System Root Account Properties page, complete the option for providing the root account information. This information is required to configure ports through the KM in an EEE environment. If you do not provide the root account information, you will need to configure the ports manually or run commands to alter permissions on the KM binaries.
  10. On the Provide the PATROL 3. x Product Directory page, enter the directory in which you want to install PATROL for DB2 UDB, or accept the default directory, and click Next.
  11. On the PATROL Default Account Properties page, enter the user name and password for your PATROL default account and click Next. You should have created this account manually before you began to install PATROL. (For more information about the PATROL account, see OS accounts on Windows and OS accounts on UNIX .)
  12. On the Confirm BMC Start-up Information page, perform the following actions:

    1. In the Specify the Current Agent Port Number field, enter the port number you want the PATROL Agent to use. The default is 3181.

      Warning

      Note

      If your earlier installation used a different port number, change the default to the current port number for the PATROL Agent.

    2. In the Restart the PATROL agent automatically? field, select one of the following options:
  • If you want the installation utility to automatically restart the PATROL Agent after the installation is complete, select Yes.
  • If you want to restart the PATROL Agent manually after the installation is complete, select No. The Confirm BMC Start-up Information window does not appear unless you are installing into a managed system.
  1. On the Review Selections and Install page, review the selections carefully and take one of the following actions:
    • If you want to change your selections, click Back and make those changes.
    • If the selections are correct, click Start Instal l to start installing. A status window opens and provides current messages, milestones, and percentage complete.
  2. When the status window reports that the installation is 100% complete, click Next to view the results page. (Next does not appear until the installation is 100% complete.)
  3. On the results page, click View Log to review the details of the installation, or click Finish to exit from the installation utility.

Where to go from here

If the installation was successful, you can proceed to one of the following topics:

 

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