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Installing, Upgrading, And Running DSET Application On Linux Operating System
This section provides information to install, upgrade and run DSET application on Linux operating system.
If you install or upgrade the DSET application on a system having OpenManage Server Administrator version lower than 5.5 or an incompatible application, then an error message is displayed and the installation is not completed. Install a compatible version of the Server Administrator or remove the incompatible application and then install or upgrade DSET application.
If DSET application version 3.7.0 is already installed in the system and you try to install version 3.6, then an error message is displayed. Uninstall version 3.7.0 and then run the setup program.
During installation, the application checks if OpenPegasus CIMOM or SFCB service is installed or running. The following table provides more information.
Table 4. : Service and DSET Application Operation
Service | DSET Application Operation |
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OpenPegasus is not installed | Installs SFCB |
OpenPegasus is installed and running | Uses OpenPegasus |
OpenPegasus is installed but service is stopped | Installs SFCB |
SFCB is not installed | Installs SFCB |
SFCB is installed and running | Uses SFCB |
SFCB is installed but service is stopped | Starts SFCB service |
NOTE: The default port 5988 (for http) or 5989 (for https) is used by the system to install Remote Provider. If custom ports are used, update the configuration file available at /opt/dell/advdiags/dset/ config/dset.cfg.
Installation Prerequisite For Linux Operating System
•Enable SSH services for remote report collection from Linux systems.
•Make sure that the user credentials supplied for remote report collection can initiate SSH connection and have root privileges.
•For installing Remote Provider, make sure that:
–Operating system is RHEL 5, RHEL 6, RHEL 7, SLES 10, SLES 11, ESX 4.0 or ESX 4.1.
–OpenManage Server Administrator (if installed) version is 6.3 or later.
–The default port 5988 (for http) or 5989 (for https) is used by the system. If custom ports are used, update the configuration file available at /opt/dell/advdiags/dset/config/dset.cfg.
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