4.5 Installing an NSM Agent

An NSM Agent can be installed on any of the following machines:

Other notable information about NSM Agents:

  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 Agent.

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

  2. Locate and click novell-storage-manager-agent-4.0.0-xx.xxxx.rpm.

  3. Save the RPM.

  4. Launch a terminal session.

  5. Do one of the following:

    • Install the NSM Agent RPM package by typing:

      # rpm -i novell-storage-manager-agent-4.0.0-xx.xxxx.rpm.

    • Upgrade the NSM Agent by typing:

      # rpm -Uvh novell-storage-manager-agent-4.0.0-xx.xxxx.rpm.

  6. Continue with Section 4.6, Configuring an NSM Agent.