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Software Manager Configuration

This chapter discusses configuring the Oracle Software Manager.

• Modifying Oracle Host Up/Down Event on page 3-2
• Registering Host Up/Down Event on page 3-2
• Refreshing Hosts on page 3-3
• Additional Configurations on page 3-4

 

Note:  Before you can configure the Oracle Software Manager, the Oracle Enterprise Manager must be installed and configured correctly.

   

Configuring Software Manager

To configure the Oracle Software Manager, you must perform the following procedures:

• modify Node Up/Down event to accept third party events
• register the event with the nodes you wish to manage with Oracle Software Manager
• refresh hosts

Modifying Oracle Host Up/Down Event

To modify the Oracle Host Up/Down Event to accept third party events:

1. Double-click the Enterprise Manager icon from the Oracle Enterprise Manager program group
2. When the Login Information dialog box appears, enter your username, password, and repository service name.
3. In the Event Management Window, click on the Event Set Library tab.
4. Double-click Oracle Host Up/Down.
5. On the Quick Edit Event Set Oracle Host Up Down page, check Accept Third Party Events.

Registering Host Up/Down Event

A distribution host is a server that has been designated as a creation, distribution and storage center for software packages and releases. You can designate any host as a distribution host and add or delete distribution hosts from the application, but there must be at least one distribution host designated on each network managed by an Oracle Software Manager application.
 

Note:  In order for Software Manager to designate a distribution host, the Oracle Intelligent Agent must already be installed and configured. Refer to Chapter 1, "Agent Configuration" and to Chapter 2, "Console Configuration" for further information.

   

To register Host Up/Down event on distribution hosts:

1. Select Register Event Set from Event.
2. Type in Host UpDown as the Set Name.
3. Select all the hosts you want as distribution hosts from the Available Destinations column to add to the Selected Destinations column.
4. Click OK.
5. Click the Registration tab to verify all of the hosts are configured correctly. The hosts should appear under Oracle Host UpDown.
6. After the registration, open Oracle Software Manager by clicking its toolbar icon. You should start the Software Manager console at least once to initialize various state information.

Refreshing Hosts

To view the software already installed on your managed node, you need to refresh hosts:

In the Oracle Software Manager application, select Refresh Hosts from the toolbar, menu, or F5.

For more information on using Software Manager, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide.

Additional Configurations

In addition, the following requirements must be met on the managed nodes in order for Software Manager to function properly.

• If you are on a NTFS file system, the user who runs jobs must have write permission in the agent directory. This user is set as the "Preferred Credential" for that node. On Windows NT with FAT file systems, permission rights is not a issue.
• You must set the environment variable OSM_PACKAGE_DIR before starting the agent. The software packages will be stored in this location on agent machines. Depending on the number of packages you create on a host, you may need significant disk space, and you should make sure that the host has ample storage space. If you do not configure this variable, the default will be %ORACLE_HOME%\NET80\AGENT\PACKAGES on Windows NT or %ORACLE_HOME/NETWORK/agent/packages on UNIX.
• To use Software Manager on UNIX, the $ORACLE_HOME/network/agent directory must be writable by the dba group.
• For UNIX users only, setting TERM in the login profile is not a requirement. If the TERM value is already set in the login profile, Oracle Software Manager overwrites it with the value VT100 for its purposes.
• The installer must be installed on the Oracle_Home from where the agent is running for the Software Manager agent to work properly.

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