4.2 Installing or Configuring OES Services on an Existing Server

NOTE:For information on installing and/or configuring OES services as a different administrator than originally installed the OES server, see Section 2.5, Installing and Configuring OES As a Subcontainer Administrator.

To install or configure OES 2 SP2 services on an existing OES 2 SP2 server or SLES 10 SP3 server:

  1. Open YaST.

  2. If an OES 2 SP2 installation source has not been added to the server, continue with this step. Otherwise, skip to Step 3.

    1. Click Software > Add-on Product.

    2. Click Add.

    3. In the Add-On Product Media dialog, click CD > Next.

      If you are using an alternate installation source, click the appropriate option that matches your installation source selection.

    4. In the Insert the Add-On Product CD dialog, select the appropriate drive where you want to insert the CD labeled Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 CD 1.

    5. Click Eject.

    6. Insert the CD labeled Open Enterprise Server 2 SP2 CD 1, then click Continue.

    7. Read and accept the Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 license agreement, then click Next.

    8. Confirm that the Add-On Product Installation page shows the correct path to the OES media, then click Next.

    9. Skip to Step 4.

  3. If an OES installation source has already been added to the server, click Open Enterprise Server > OES Install and Configuration.

  4. On the Software Selection page, select the OES components that you want to install or configure.

    Services that you have already installed are indicated by a blue check mark in the status check box next to the service.

  5. If you are only configuring or reconfiguring services that are already installed, click Accept, then skip to Step 7.

    Not all OES components require eDirectory to be installed on the local server. Components that have a dependency on eDirectory being installed locally will prompt you to install eDirectory if it is not already installed.

    IMPORTANT:If you want the OES components to use a local eDirectory database, we recommend that you install eDirectory before installing any other OES component.

    If you need to reconfigure eDirectory, we recommend that you use tools provided by eDirectory such as iMonitor or iManager to change the configure rather than YaST. The configuration provided in YaST is for the initial eDirectory installation and configuration only.

  6. After selecting the services to install, click Accept.

  7. Change the default configuration information as required.

    Figure 4-1 Example of the OES Configuration Dialog with Configuration and Re-Configuration Statuses

    In most cases, the default configuration is acceptable. You need to change the configuration at the following times:

    • When the installation indicates that more information is required by displaying the following message:

      service_name service requires additional configuration information before continuing or disable the configuration.

    • You want to change the default configuration settings, such as enabling services for LUM.

    • You want to reconfigure a service that has already been configured.

    1. To change the configuration of a newly installed service or a service that has already been configured, change its configuration status to Enabled, then click the service heading link to access the configuration dialog for that service.

      Newly installed services that have not been configured have the status of Configure is enabled.

      Services that have already been configured have a status of Reconfigure is disabled.

    2. To enable the configuration status of any disabled service configuration, click the Disabled link to change the status to Enabled.

    3. To delay the configuration of newly installed services to a later time, click the Enabled link to change the status to Configure is disabled.

  8. When all the services have complete configuration information and the configuration or reconfiguration status is set to enable for the services that you want to configure, click Next to continue with the configuration process.