Invoking the SA Installer

You invoke the SA Installer using one of the following scripts from the SA Product Software media or mounted copy. Do not invoke the SA Installer from any other distribution:

  • hpsa_install.sh  installs the Oracle database and Model Repository, installs the Core Components for a Primary Core, installs the components for Secondary Cores, exports the contents of the Model Repository.

  • uninstall_opsware.sh  uninstalls a single Core Component or uninstalls all Core components. For more information about uninstalling an SA Core, see SA Core uninstallation.

hpsa_install.sh  accepts the command line arguments shown in the following table.

SA Installer command line arguments

Argument

Description

-h

Display the Installer help for the command line options.

To display help during the interview, press ctrl-I.

-c <cdf_filename>

Invoke the Installer using the SA installation configuration parameter values in a specified saved Core Definition File (CDF.

If you do not specify a CDF, you must provide the values for certain configuration parameters or accept the SA default values. The SA configuration parameter values you provide during the installation interview are used for the current installation and are automatically saved into an initial CDF that is used later during SA Core upgrades and installation of Secondary SA Cores.

--pwsave

Specifies that the root passwords for all servers specified during installation are to be encrypted and accessed by a master password that you specify. See Master passwords.

--verbose | --debug

Run the installer in verbose or debug mode which causes more information to be displayed on the console. See Installer logs.

Best Practice: Using the screen utility for SA installation

The screen utility for Linux enables you to safely run the SA Installer and recover from interruptions such as a network disconnection. If, for some reason, you are disconnected from an installation session, you can log back into the machine and use screen to reattach to your installation session.

SA recommends that you invoke the SA Installer using the screen utility in order to minimize the impact of an installation problem due to a network failure.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and Oracle Enterprise Linux distributions include the screen package but you must explicitly install it (it is not available by default).