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Installing Servers (Unix Host) 2-11
Transferring an Installation Image of a PATROL Database
Administration Server
This section specifies how to install the Database Administration server
on a host that does not have a CD-ROM drive attached to it. If another
host that has a CD-ROM drive available to you and accessible through
the network, you can specify that the installation script use this
CD-ROM. You provide the host name and the device name.
If loading from a remote host is inconvenient, you can install the files on
a host that has the correct type of drive, and then use
tar and ftp
commands to create and transfer an image of the installed files to the
appropriate host. Remember that this procedure works only when both
hosts are running the same operating system.
Note
Before starting this procedure, you must install the Database
Administration product on a host that has a CD-ROM drive.
Step 1 Log on to the host that contains the CD-ROM drive.
Step 2 Place the CD in the drive.
Step 3 Install the Database Administration product as described in “Preparing to
Install the Server” on page 2-2 and “Installing the Server” on page 2-6.
Step 4 Archive the installation directory as follows (assuming the default of
/usr/bmc):
# cd /usr
# tar -cf patroldb.tar ./bmc.
This step archives the installation directory under /usr with the file name
patroldb.tar.
Warning
Never transfer individual files. Instead, archive the installation directory
and transfer the archive to the target host.
