4.1 Installing the NSM Engine

Novell Storage Manager uses only one NSM Engine per tree. The NSM Engine can be installed on a server that meets the following minimum requirements:

  1. At the root of the NSM-EDIR_4_0_0.iso image, open the folder pertaining to the platform on which you will be installing the NSM Engine.

    For example, if you will be installing the NSM Engine on a Novell Open Enterprise Server 11, open the SLES 11 folder.

  2. Locate and click novell-storage-manager-engine-4.0-xx.x86_64.rpm.

  3. Save the RPM.

  4. Launch a terminal session.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • Install the NSM Engine RPM package by typing:

      # rpm -i novell-storage-manager-engine-4.0.0-xx.x86_64.rpm.

    • Upgrade the NSM Engine by typing:

      # rpm -Uvh novell-storage-manager-engine-4.0.0-xx.x86_64.rpm.

  6. Continue with Section 4.2, Configuring the NSM Engine.