The following table lists the three types of FSE implementation and the FSE packages required for each component, as well as the dependencies between the packages. The dependencies define the correct order in which the packages must be installed.

Table 7 Installation packages

 

FSE installation package

Depends on

FSE

FSE

Consolidated

 

 

package(s)

client

server

FSE system

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

fse-common-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm1

 

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

fse-server-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm

common

 

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

fse-agent-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm

common

 

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

fse-client-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm

common

￿

 

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

fse-util-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm

common

￿

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

fse-cli-admin-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm

common, server

 

￿

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.

fse-cli-user-Version.Distr.Plat.rpm

common, client

￿

 

￿

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.In actual filenames of FSE packages, Version is replaced with actual version numbers in the form of

Major.Minor.SMRNumber.Build, Distr is replaced with sles9 (in the packages for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9) or rhel4 (in the packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4), and Plat is replaced with i586 (in the packages for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9) or i386 (in the packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4).

Installation procedure

You need to change the current directory to the one with installation packages, and install all packages with a single rpm command invocation. The packages must be specified in the order as defined in Table 7 on page 36:

#rpm -ivhFSEInstallationPackage...

For example, to install a consolidated FSE system, use the following command line:

#rpm -ivh fse-common-3.4.0* fse-server-3.4.0* fse-agent-3.4.0* \ fse-client-3.4.0* fse-util-3.4.0* fse-cli-admin-3.4.0* \ fse-cli-user-3.4.0*

NOTE: The rpm command checks for dependencies between the packages and may reorder them for the installation process.

Monitoring the installation

While installing the FSE installation packages, the rpm command reports the installation progress and generates an output similar to the following example.

Preparing...

########################################### [100%]

1:fse-common

########################################### [14%]

Setting FSE backup configuration file:

[

OK

]

Setting FSE services configuration file:

[

OK

]

Setting FSE trace configuration file:

[

OK

]

Setting FSE startup services:

[

OK

]

NOTE: after successful installation write correct name of FSE Server

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