To perform the UNIX installation, you can be logged in
as any user. However, if you install the Dashboard on an AIX server
as a user other than root, you cannot use the AIX system management
tools, such as System Management Interface tool (SMITTY), to remove
or display information about the Dashboard. Dashboard 5.x uses the
InstallAnywhere installer, which relies on the presence of a suitable
Java virtual machine (JVM) on the target system to support the installation process.
JVM version 1.6 or higher is required. The JAVA_HOME and PATH environment
variables must be set correctly for your Java virtual machine. For more information
about how to set these environment variables, see your JVM documentation.
- If an earlier release of Dashboard is already installed
on your server, uninstall it. For more information, see Uninstalling the System Dashboard on a UNIX installation.
- Locate the installer that matches the operating system
on your server.
For a graphical installation, start
the installer by entering the appropriate command at the system prompt:
- 5.0.0.1-P8SD-AIX.BIN
- 5.0.0.1-P8SD-HPUX.BIN
- 5.0.0.1-P8SD-Linux.BIN
- 5.0.0.1-P8SD-SOL.BIN
For a silent installation (with no screen output), add
the –silent and –options flags
to the command. The following example is for AIX:
./5.0.0.1-P8SD-AIX.bin
-f Unix/sd_silent_install_unix.txt
If you copied
and modified the options.txt file, here is an
example of the command:
./5.0.0.1-P8SD-AIX.bin -f
/fnsw/local/tmp/opt.txt
Specify the full path to
the options.txt file. During a silent installation,
the prompts in the steps that follow in this procedure are not displayed.
- At the Welcome page, click Next.
- Accept the license agreement terms, and click Next.
- Specify the location where you want to install the Dashboard,
and click Next
- Choose the type of installation, either Typical or Custom,
and click Next.
- Click Finish to complete the installation
process.