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Step 5. Install the CSM software

The installms command performs the tasks that are necessary to make this system a management server and installs the required Open Source and Red Hat software. It installs the Open Source, Red Hat, and IBM software listed in Understanding CSM software requirements on the management server automatically, if it is not already installed or if it is installed at a previous level. Note that you can run the installms command as many times as you wish (if the management has already been set up, you will not get an error).

IBM suggests that you set up the /csminstall partition before you run installms. You should have done this in Step 2. Create the /csminstall partition.

Note that the CSM CD ROM also needs to be mounted before using the installms command. You should have already done this in Step 4. Install the csm.core file set.

  1. Log in as root to the machine that is to become the management server.
  2. Run the installms command with the -p (pkg_path) flag, followed by the mount point of the CD-ROM.
    installms -p /mnt/cdrom
    
    1. Next, the program asks you to insert the Linux distribution CD-ROMs in the drive. The program automatically mounts and unmounts the CD-ROMs, as needed, and copies the Red Hat RPMs that are required to install CSM.
    2. The CSM, RPM, and Open Source packages are used to install the code and initialize the server. The installms command determines whether the code needs to be installed (if it is missing or back level) and then installs or replaces the required packages, as necessary. The installms command is located in /opt/csm/bin.

The installms command establishes the CSM directories and the required files when it is run from the management server. For more information about these files and directories, see Appendix B, Understanding the installation directories and files.

For more information about the installms command, see the man page or the CSM for Linux: Administration Guide.


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