gss_install* command

Accepts the ESS product license and installs the ESS software package.

Synopsis

gss_install* [ --dir Directory ] [--silent] [--text-only] [--remove] [--manifest] [ -h | --help ]

Availability

Available with the Elastic Storage Server.

Description

The gss_install* command accepts the ESS product license and installs the ESS software package. The ESS installation software is integrated with the product license acceptance tool. To install the ESS software, you must accept the product license. To accept the license and install the package, run this command - for example: /bin/sh gss_install-3.5.0_ppc64_advanced_20151009T141843Z - with the appropriate options. The gss_install* command you run could differ based on the IBM Spectrum Scale™ edition you are using and the fix levels of the ESS release you are installing. By default, the product license acceptance tool places the code in the /opt/ibm/gss/install directory. Note that the product license acceptance tool extracts the necessary RPMs, but does not install them on the management server node.

Parameters

--dir Directory: Specifies the extraction directory. If this option is not specified, the default extraction directory is /opt/ibm/gss/install.
When it is used in conjunction with --remove, this option specifies the removal directory.
--silent: Invokes the product license acceptance tool in silent mode.
--text-only: Invokes the product license acceptance tool in text-only mode.
--remove: Removes the product license acceptance tool and product RPM files from the extraction directory. When this option is specified, the command ignores the --silent and --text-only options.
--manifest: Displays the manifest file.
-h | --help: Displays usage information about this command and exits.

Exit status

0: Successful completion.
nonzero: A failure has occurred.

Security

You must have root authority to run the gss_install* command.

Example

To accept the ESS 3.5 product license running in text-only mode, run this command:

/bin/sh gss_install-3.5.0_ppc64_advanced_20151009T141843Z --text-only

The system displays output similar to this:

[root@ems1 deploy]# /bin/sh gss_install-3.5.0_ppc64_advanced_20151009T141843Z --text-only  
Extracting License Acceptance Process Tool to /opt/ibm/gss/install ...  
tail -n +468 gss_install-3.5.0_ppc64_advanced_20151009T141843Z | /bin/tar -C /opt/ibm/gss/install -xvz 
--exclude=*rpm --exclude=*tgz --exclude=*deb 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null 

Installing JRE ...  
tail -n +468 gss_install-3.5.0_ppc64_advanced_20151009T141843Z | /bin/tar -C /opt/ibm/gss/install 
--wildcards -xvz  ibm-java*tgz 2> /dev/null 1> /dev/null  

Invoking License Acceptance Process Tool ...  

/opt/ibm/gss/install/ibm-java-ppc64-71/jre/bin/java -cp /opt/ibm/gss/install/LAP_HOME/LAPApp.jar 
com.ibm.lex.lapapp.LAP -l /opt/ibm/gss/install/LA_HOME -m /opt/ibm/gss/install -s /opt/ibm/gss/install   
-text_only 
International Program License Agreement  

Part 1 - General Terms  

BY DOWNLOADING, INSTALLING, COPYING, ACCESSING, CLICKING ON  
AN "ACCEPT" BUTTON, OR OTHERWISE USING THE PROGRAM,  
LICENSEE AGREES TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. IF YOU ARE  
ACCEPTING THESE TERMS ON BEHALF OF LICENSEE, YOU REPRESENT  
AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND LICENSEE  
TO THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS,  

* DO NOT DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, COPY, ACCESS, CLICK ON AN  
"ACCEPT" BUTTON, OR USE THE PROGRAM; AND  

* PROMPTLY RETURN THE UNUSED MEDIA, DOCUMENTATION, AND  

Press Enter to continue viewing the license agreement, or  
enter "1" to accept the agreement, "2" to decline it, "3"  
to print it, "4" to read non-IBM terms, or "99" to go back  
to the previous screen.  
1  

License Agreement Terms accepted.  

Extracting Product RPMs to /opt/ibm/gss/install ...  
tail -n +468 gss_install-3.5.0_ppc64_advanced_20151009T141843Z | /bin/tar -C /opt/ibm/gss/install 
--wildcards -xvz  installer samples gpfs gss mofed xcat-core xcat-dep xcat-dfm gui manifest 2> /dev/null 
1> /dev/null  

   - installer  
   - samples  
   - gpfs  
   - gss  
   - mofed  
   - xcat-core  
   - xcat-dep  
   - xcat-dfm  
   - gui  
   - manifest  

Removing License Acceptance Process Tool from /opt/ibm/gss/install ...  

rm -rf  /opt/ibm/gss/install/LAP_HOME /opt/ibm/gss/install/LA_HOME  

Removing JRE from /opt/ibm/gss/install ...  

rm -rf /opt/ibm/gss/install/ibm-java*tgz