Linux-UNIX: Install S-TAP agents installation flow

Verify prerequisites, then install an S-TAP on Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX servers using the Deploy Monitoring Agents tool, Guardium Installation Manager (GIM), the RPM, or the shell installer.

Depending on your license key, you can use the same S-TAP agent for both file server and database activity monitoring. FAM does not require any specific S-TAP configuration.

This flow describes installing S-TAP on a single database reporting to one collector. See the related topics for additional information on S-TAP in clusters and zones.

Plan the installation, review these topics:
Verify prerequisites.
- Linux-UNIX: Database version and directory requirements
- The database has sufficient disk space available (Linux-UNIX: Disk space requirements for S-TAP).
- The ports that are required for communication between the collector and the S-TAP are open (Linux-UNIX: Port requirements for S-TAP).
- Identify required IP addresses and check database connectivity (Linux-UNIX: System details and checks).
- If you are installing with GIM, the GIM client must be installed on the target database server. See Installing the GIM client on a UNIX server.
Install S-TAP by one of
During S-TAP installation, if auto-discovery is enabled, it auto-discovers databases and creates inspection engines for the discovered databases. The auto-discovery process runs once at the time of S-TAP installation and does not automatically repeat. You can modify the configuration after the installation is complete.
Configure any of the optional components if required by your system.
Reboot or restart if required (Linux-UNIX: What to restart or reboot on the database server after installing or updating S-TAP).
Complete the S-TAP configuration.
- Linux-UNIX: Configuring S-TAP in the S-TAP Control page
- Advanced users only: Linux-UNIX: Editing the S-TAP configuration parameters
If required, configure Enterprise Load Balancing.