Installing the Operations Center by using a graphical wizard

You can install or update the Operations Center by using the graphical wizard of IBM® Installation Manager.

AIX operating systems

Before you begin

If the following RPM files are not installed on the computer, install them. For instructions, see Installing RPM files for the graphical wizard.
  • atk-1.12.3-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • cairo-1.8.8-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • expat-2.0.1-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • fontconfig-2.4.2-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • freetype2-2.3.9-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • gettext-0.10.40-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
  • glib2-2.12.4-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • gtk2-2.10.6-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • libjpeg-6b-6.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
  • libpng-1.2.32-2.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • libtiff-3.8.2-1.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • pango-1.14.5-4.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • pixman-0.12.0-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • xcursor-1.1.7-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • xft-2.1.6-5.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
  • xrender-0.9.1-3.aix5.2.ppc.rpm
  • zlib-1.2.3-3.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

Procedure

  1. From the directory where the Operations Center installation package file is extracted, issue the following command:
    • Linux operating systemsAIX operating systems./install.sh
    • Windows operating systemsinstall.bat
  2. Follow the wizard instructions to install the IBM Installation Manager and Operations Center packages.
    Note:

    When the console prompts you to complete prerequisite steps during the installation or upgrade of IBM Storage Protect, you can ignore the prerequisite steps and enter Y when prompted with Do you want to proceed with the upgrade? (Yes/No): to continue with the upgrade.

    AIX operating systemsThe following message might be displayed, and the installation wizard might be slow, if your locale uses UTF-8 encoding:
    Cannot create font set
    If the message is displayed, take one of the following actions:
    • Change to a locale that does not use UTF-8 encoding. For language-option values that do not use UTF-8 encoding, see Language requirements.
    • Install the Operations Center by using the command line in console mode.
    • Install the Operations Center in silent mode.

What to do next

See Configuring the Operations Center.