Installing the FSE Management Console

This section describes how to install the FSE Management Console server and client components.

To use the FSE graphical user interface, you need to install the Management Console server as well as the Management Console client.

NOTE: You must install the FSE Management Console server on the system that hosts the FSE server.

You can install the FSE Management Console client on any system in the intranet, not necessarily on a system that is part of the FSE implementation. This is possible as long as there is no firewall between the FSE Management Console server and FSE Management Console client systems or the firewall allows communication through the ports that are used by CORBA.

For details on how to configure and start the FSE Management Console components, see the FSE user guide, chapter ”Configuring, starting, and stopping the FSE Management Console”.

Installing the FSE Management Console server

To install the FSE Management Console server, follow the procedure:

1.On the FSE installation DVD-ROM, locate the appropriate installation package of the FSE Management Console server.

SUSE Linux specific

The installation package for supported SUSE Linux distributions is located in the directory

/sles9/ia32/GUI. Red Hat Linux specific

The installation package for supported Red Hat Linux distributions is located in the directory

/rhel4/ia32/GUI.

2.Using the rpm command, install the FSE Management Console server files:

#rpm -ivh fse-gui-server-3.4.0-Build.i386.rpm

Installing the FSE Management Console client

To install the FSE Management Console client, follow the procedure:

1.On the FSE installation DVD-ROM, locate the appropriate installation package of the FSE Management Console client.

SUSE Linux specific

The installation package for supported SUSE Linux distributions is located in the directory

/sles9/ia32/GUI. Red Hat Linux specific

The installation package for supported Red Hat Linux distributions is located in the directory

/rhel4/ia32/GUI.

2.Using the rpm command, install the FSE Management Console client files:

#rpm -ivh fse-gui-client-3.4.0-Build.i386.rpm

Automating the mounting of HSM file systems

To mount HSM file systems automatically, add entries for these file systems to the local file system table in the file /etc/fstab. Use the mount points and device file paths from your actual file system configuration on the local host:

1.Create a directory that will serve as a mount point for the HSM file system:

#mkdir /fse/fsefs_01

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