Installation and Preparation

The following list contains an overview of the tasks required to install and prepare the Operations Sentinel software. It also contains information that you must consider while preparing your environment for using Operations Sentinel. Some of the steps also include hardware information. You should perform the tasks in the following order.

Note that detailed steps to install Operations Sentinel software are provided in the Installation Help on the Operations Sentinel Software ISO image.

  1. Install, test, and verify all LAN hardware and software.

  2. Install the appropriate Windows operating system on the Windows server that will serve as the Operations Sentinel server.

  3. Install the appropriate Windows operating system on each Windows system that will serve as an Operations Sentinel workstation.

  4. Using an account with administrator privileges, log on to the Windows system that will be the Operations Sentinel server.

  5. Add the network name of the Operations Sentinel server and each managed system in the SystemFolder\drivers\etc\hosts file on the Operations Sentinel server, in the Domain Name Server (DNS), or in the Windows Internet Naming Services (WINS).

  6. After installing the Operations Sentinel Software ISO image, double-click the DVD drive.

  7. Double-click Launch.exe

    The Installation home screen appears.

  8. Read the Operations Sentinel product README file.

  9. Install the Operations Sentinel server software.

  10. If required, add users to the local Windows groups SPO Administrators and SPO Users on the Operations Sentinel server.

    Your Windows login account must be a member of the Windows local group SPO Administrators on the Operations Sentinel server, either directly or through membership in a domain global group that is a member of SPO Administrators. The local administrator account and the account you used when installing Operations Sentinel are automatically added to this group.

  11. [MCP]

    Install the Operations Sentinel MCP agent on each MCP system and partition to be managed by Operations Sentinel. See the Operations Sentinel Interface for ClearPath MCP Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

  12. [Windows]

    Install the Windows Resource Monitor on each Windows system, and each ClearPath Service Processor that you want to manage using Operations Sentinel. See the Installation Help on the Operations Sentinel Software ISO image.

  13. [UNIX/Linux]

    Install the UNIX/Linux Resource Monitor on each UNIX or Linux system or partition that you want to manage using Operations Sentinel. To install the UNIX/Linux Resource Monitor, click the Linux/UNIX Agent option on the installation home screen and follow the instructions from the README.txt file that appears.

Mounting and Unmounting Operations Sentinel Software ISO image in UNIX/Linux

To mount the Operations Sentinel Software ISO Image perform the following steps:

  1. Create a target directory that serves to serve as the mount location

    mkdir /mnt/disk

  2. Mount the ISO in the target directory

    mount -o loop /dev/CD-ROM /mnt/disk

  3. View the contents of the ISO image

    cd /mnt/disk ;

To unmount the Operations Sentinel Software ISO Image, umount /mnt/disk