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1. Welcome center help and documentation These topics describe help documentation and support functions included with the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux Through the Welcome Center you can browse the documentation that is present on the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD The documentation is composed of PDF and HTML documents You can read HTML in your browser either in graphics or in text mode The PDF s however are listed but cannot be read in the Welcome Center You can however point an external browser to the PDF location to open it The IP address may be different from what is shown in the figures below Although you are not able to read PDF documents in the machine from where you are running the IBM Installation Toolkit you can put this DVD inside another machine and open the document with your preferred PDF viewer To open the document you only need to know the location of the document The documents can be found inside the docs directory on the DVD To search for specific content you have two options Search and Browse In order to be able to search or browse documentation you need e The IBM Installation Toolkit media in the drive when running a live system Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 75 e The RPM package lop docs lt version gt noarch rpm installed when running an installed system On the live system if you try to access the documentation without the media the Welcome Center
2. 99 Performing a migration 100 Displaying information using the Task Monitor 119 Chapter 9 Known issues and workarounds 123 Chapter 10 VABPICSnootage so a 125 Warning messages gt la 51125 Error messages 129 Part 2 Appendixes 151 Notices 153 Trademarks ci s s 2 eg es ee 4 oe LDA iii V Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual About this guide This manual is intended for system network administrators of System p5 System p6 and System i5 machines who would like to install Linux update firmware or execute diagnostics recovery tools on their machines This edition applies to version 3 1 of the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux formerly IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions Release Notes IBM Installation Toolkit release notes can be found on the root directory of the DVD and at http www14 software ibm com webapp set2 sas f lopdiags installtoo1s home htm Support You can find support information at http www 128 ibm com devel operworks forums dw_forum jsp forum 937 amp cat 72 Conventions In this manual IBM Installation Toolkit is an abbreviation of IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux Whenever this manual refers to a command a system file or directory it is displayed with monospaced font
3. Back to main menu Figure 112 Registering a new client machine When all the fields are completed click Create to register the new client machine 7 If you want to remove a registered system from the list select the system and click Delete The selected machine is deleted and the list is refreshed 8 When you have finished adding and deleting registered systems from the list click Commit Changes Be careful System Tools will automatically update the dhcpd conf file and remove other subnets or hosts external to the configured subnet The DHPCD configuration file window displays showing the name of the dhcp configuration file that was found and modified on your system You do not need to select specific clients as Commit Changes generates entries for all of them automatically Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 97 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage client systems DHPCD configuration file The following file has been found on the current system fetc dhcpd conf This file was reconfigured and the DHCP service restarted Please make sure the new machines were added correctly Click on the button Show Content to see the content of the file Actions Back Show Content Back to main menu Figure 113 Submitting the changes You can view the updated dhcpd conf file by clicking Show Content IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage client systems DHPCD con
4. Some error happened during the translation from Source system information to Target information and the process cannot continue The user needs to restart the migration wizard BRLMTOO68W Can t create FastStart File Some error happened during the creation of the FastStart file Check if the TFTP Server directory permissions are correct BRLMU0001W Firmware update disabled The Firmware update is disabled when the context does not permit this feature to be used This could happen while trying to update the firmware of an unsupported architecture BRLMUOOO6W Could not determine system s architecture The architecture of the machine running the IBM Installation Toolkit could not be automatically determined This probably means that you are running the system using an HMC machine If this is your case you should use the HMC s interface to perform the action BRLRT0014W Invalid IP address for Packages Server The provided IP for the IBM RAS Tools packages server is either incomplete or in an invalid format The IP address must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 and 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 BRLRT0015W Could not connect to the Packages Server The system tried to contact the IBM RAS Tools packages server at the specified IP address using the specified protocol but did not obtain any reply This is probably caused by incorrect network confi
5. For more information about this tool consult documentation found on the IBM Linux on Power servers Web site Note e If you launch this option from the web browser you have to go to the terminal window to use the tool e To quit System Diagnostics use the F3 Exit Diagnostics option at the bottom of the window 74 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS System Model 9124 720 Serial Number 100367A gt 1 System Properties Tasks for viewing the system configuration and for viewing sensors and indicators 2 System Inventory for running diagnostics and performing repair actions 3 Error Log Tasks for viewing the system error log logging repair actions and setting error logging policies 4 Service Configuration Tasks for configuring system service policies procedures Tasks for listing hardware and software resources and 5 Boot Configuration Tasks for viewing and modifying system boot settings F1 Help F3 Exit Diagnostics Figure 91 System Diagnostic Window Exiting the Welcome Center Use the Exit browser to exit the Welcome Center when you are running on an installed system This functionality is present in installed systems only To exit select the Exit browser from the Utilities window Note e You must exit the Welcome Center by using this functionality if you are running RHEL e To exit the Welcome Center in a live system press Q or q if you are in text mode
6. correctly configured and can be started BRLMUOOOSE Invalid firmware file FILE NAME Please try again The firmware provided is not a valid one Verify and provide a valid firmware file BRLNCOOO3E No configuration type specified Specify the type of configuration you want to use to configure the network card The values are Automatic DHCP or Manual BRLNCO004E Cannot proceed without a network card Attach a network card on the machine first to proceed with the installation BRLNCOOO5E No network cards specified Specify a network card from the list presented to configure the network after installation BRLNCOOOGE Network is already configured If you are trying to configure the network it is already configured BRLNCOOO7E Could not find a configured gateway There is no default gateway configured If you proceed some IBM Installation Toolkit features that depend on an Internet connection won t work Configure a default gateway BRLNC0008E Could not find a network card Attach a network card on the machine first to proceed with the installation BRLPV0002E Invalid directory name The directory name entered is incorrect Verify the name provided and try again BRLPVOOO3E You must select at least 1 files in order to proceed the installation No file was selected At least one file needs to be selected so that the installation can continue Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 145 BRLPVO008E It has not been possible to complete the
7. ivh media cdrom RedHat RPMS PAM authenticate 2 0 2 ppc64 rpm 4 Install the package pam devel shipped with your SLES or RHEL installation On RHEL systems there are two packages pam devel ppc and pam devel ppc64 Only the pam devel ppc package is needed 5 Run the Welcome Center by typing WelcomeCenter Chapter 4 Welcome Center overview 21 Accepting the License Agreement When the Welcome Center is started for the first time after boot the first window displayed is the License Agreement You need to read and accepted before proceeding The License Agreement window looks like the following figures in both graphics and text modes IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER License Agreement International Program License Agreement BY DOWNLOADING INSTALLING COPYING ACCESSING OR USING THE PROGRAM YOU AGREE TO THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU ARE ACCEPTING THESE TERMS ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON OR A COMPANY OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE FULL AUTHORITY TO BIND THAT PERSON COMPANY OR LEGAL ENTITY TO THESE TERMS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS DO NOT DOWNLOAD INSTALL COPY ACCESS OR USE THE PROGRAM AND PROMPTLY RETURN THE PROGRAM AND PROOF OF ENTITLEMENT TO THE PARTY FROM WHOM YOU ACQUIRED IT TO OBTAIN A REFUND OF THE AMOUNT YOU PAID IF YOU DOWNLOADED THE PROGRAM CONTACT THE gt Actions Accept Decline Figure 16 IBM Installation Toolkit License gr
8. partition table Delete all of the prep boot partitions and create one in the first position of the partition table BRLDP0011E No disks selected If there are two or more disks in the system to create or delete partitions you must choose one disk from the list in order to proceed BRLDP0012E No PReP boot partition specified Create a PReP boot partition to continue the installation BRLDP0013E No mount point specified The user needs create a partition to continue the installation BRLDP0014E There are repeated mount points mount_points_list There is more than one partitions with the same mount point Select one partition and change its mount point BRLDP0015E partition must have at least 3 GB The partition has less than 3 GB of space Resize the partition 132 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLDP0016E At least one swap partition must be specified Create a swap partition to continue the installation process BRLDP0017E Cannot edit this partition Some partitions are not editable for security reasons BRLDP0018E No boot mount point specified Create a boot partition to continue the installation BRLDP0019E boot partition must have at least 32 MB The boot partition has less than 32 MB of space Resize the partition BRLDP0020E Attempted to delete free space Do not attempt to delete the disk free space BRLDP0026E SLES 9 doesn t support use of b
9. this minimal Linux system comes with a wide range of applications that allow you to perform system diagnostic and recovery tools Besides sysdiag IBM Tool to system diagnostic for more information refer to Fogg dis gnostis tools on page 74 you can use 1000 well known Linux applications These applications include system shells bash sh line editing utilities sed awk text editors Linux partitioners fdisk sfdisk mount umount applications chroot archivers tar gzip gunzip and a python interpreter For a complete list of applications available you can either type TAB key twice on system shell or check the following directories on a system booted with the Toolkit e sbin e usr sbin e usr local sbin e root bin e usr local bin e usr bin e usr X11R6 bin e bin All these applications have their own documentation They can be found at the Web site http www linuxmanpages com Most of these applications have a built in help which serves as a quick reference for common used options In general this built in help can be accessed by giving a help argument to any command for example mount help but this action may vary from application to application Copyright IBM Corp 2009 81 82 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools The IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools includes a Server management tool a Server consolidation tool and a Task monit
10. Actions Back Next Cancel Figure 66 x86World installation and media type options graphical mode a IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER D x86World distro options SuSE linux Enterprise Server 10 options All fields starting with are required Installation mode FULL Installation media DVD J Distribution SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Actions Back Next Cancel Ne 7 Figure 67 x86World installation and media type options text mode 10 Confirm your options and then insert any CD or DVD media asked throughout the rest of the installation For an ISO image install browse through your directories click List ISOs to list the ISO files in the current directory and choose the images that reflects your previous options The ISO images files needed are listed above the browsing panel Confirm you options and click Install 11 When your installation is complete you will receive confirmation that the installation was successful Click OK to return to the Welcome Center 60 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Installation Completed Congratulations you have successfully installed PowerVM Lx86 You can see the installation log at tmp powervm Ix86_install_ uyO3kY log You can start using your x86 system by changing your shell current directory to i386 and typing in either of these commands runx86 command to run
11. Back to main menu Figure 77 Firmware update initial screen IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Starting wizard Your current firmware level EA340_039 Your permanent firmware level EA320_040 Your temporary firmware level EA340_039 Please choose one of the following options Commit firmware to temporary side Commit firmware to permanent side Reject the firmware on the temporary side Actions Next gt gt Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Select Commit a firmware image to the temporary side and click Next gt gt 4 You are prompted to give an installation source from which Welcome Center can copy the firmware image from You can either insert IBM Installation Toolkit DVD and let the system automatically look for the best firmware option to your current machine or specify a path from which Welcome Center must copy a specified image from Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 67 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Select the image of the firmware to update Firmwares that IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER have selected for you If no firmware is avaiable this will be blank Note that this procedure is ONLY for machines that are not attached to an HMC What s this d Your current firmware level SF235 185 Your permanent firmware level SF235 185 Your temporary firmware level SF235
12. Device by typing 1 and then Enter Tae Version SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Configure Boot Device Order Select lst Boot Device Select 2nd Boot Device Select 3rd Boot Device Select 4th Boot Device Select 5th Boot Device Display Current Setting Restore Default Setting NOOR amp w DH Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen x eXit System Management Services Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 4 Selecting the 1st Boot Device 12 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual 5 If you want to boot the machine from the network select Network as the boot device type by typing 6 If you want to boot using a DVD drive select CD DVD by typing 3 After choosing the device type press Enter and a list of devices of the chosen type is displayed In this example Network was chosen Version SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Select Device Type Diskette Tape CD DVD IDE Hard Drive Network None List All Devices ONDON D H Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen x eXit System Management Services Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 5 Selecting Device Type for booting 6 If you selected Network as the device type select the network device that is connected to
13. If the task supports it you can also Pause Resume or Cancel it ID Progress State Time t2 Running 1m44s Task operations Details Cancel Task monitor operations Clear not active tasks Quit Figure 128 Monitor your tasks window Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 111 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Monitor your tasks Status Migration Finished 2009 04 22 19 07 33 Migrating additional data Skipping 2009 04 22 19 07 33 Migrating users data 2009 04 22 19 07 19 App mysql server OK 2009 04 22 19 07 19 App python 2009 04 22 19 07 19 App perl 2009 04 22 19 07 19 App php 2009 04 22 19 07 19 File var www usage OK 2009 04 22 19 07 18 File var wew icons OK 2009 04 22 19 07 18 File var www html OK 2009 04 22 19 07 17 File var wew error OK 2009 04 22 19 07 17 File var www cgi bin OK 2009 04 22 19 07 17 App apache2 2009 04 22 19 07 17 Migrating App Data 009 04 22 19 07 17 File etc ny cnf OK 009 04 22 19 07 17 App mysql server Task operations Cancel Task monitor operations Show all tasks Quit Figure 129 Status window migration finished Creating an LPAR The LPAR creator feature allows you to create an LPAR when migrating When choosing a migration target you can use an existing LPAR or create an LPAR to use To create an LPAR follow these steps 1 When selecting the target Linux distribution and machine in th
14. Localization The language and time zone for the system Typically Linux keeps the hardware clock set to the UTC timezone and calculates the local time based on the chosen Time Zone Select the check box Use UTC if you expect this behavior If you would rather keep the hardware clock set to the local time to avoid conflicts with other operating systems that do not understand the former method leave the check box unchecked System security The password to be assigned to the root user As this password is the system administrator of a Linux system setting a strong password to this user is critical for security When installing RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 you can optionally enter your RHN Activation Key This key can then be used to register a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system entitle the system to an RHN service level and subscribe the system to specific channels and system groups See your Red Hat reference guide for more information Click Next to continue 36 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Windows for SLES installations Input peripherals Keyboard English US Mouse Automatic a gt a gt Localization Language English Us a Time zone Albania O Use UTC System security Root password Confirm root password Quit Prev Next IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER General settings for the installed system 1 choose the keyboard and mouse t
15. Mail server Postfix and e DHCP and BOOTP server Note If the source machine already has Apache and MySQL installed these two options are not available in the list They are migrated by default to the target machine IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Select desired software profiles Software profiles File server Samba M Print server Cups Database server MySQL Database server PostgreSQL I Directory server Open LDAP M Mall server Sendmail Mail server Postfix M DHCP and BOOTP server Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 124 Server profile options Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 107 When you are finished click Next gt gt 10 Optional You can specify some additional data to be migrated to the default data processed by the IBM SCT To add a new data type the complete name in the Path field and click Add The new data added is displayed in the Selected data box For example in the figure below the tmp directory was added for migration You can remove any data from the list by selecting the data one or more and clicking Remove selected You cannot migrate the following paths e bin dev e lib e sbin e proc e usr e boot etc initrd opt e selinux e sys var Note Selecting a directory causes all the data inside the directory to be migrated 108 Linux IBM Installation
16. Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 137 LPAR Creator Summary At this point you are redirected back to the main browser window and will be able to use the newly created LPAR as your migration target Displaying information using the Task Monitor The Task monitor is a tool that allows you to monitor the progress of tasks that you are running in the background Task monitor has two windows tasks overview and task details The Task overview window displays a list of your tasks while the Task details window displays information about the selected task For each task in the list there are four columns ID Progress State and Time ID Displays the unique identifier for the task You can use these identifiers to refer to the task whenever you need Progress Displays a bar with the current progress of the task State Displays the current state for that task Possible states include e Running The task is running Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 119 e Interactive The task is stopped waiting for user interaction You should move to the Task details window in order to find out what the task is requesting and do it e Paused The task is in paused state e Canceled The task has been canceled Error The task has finished with error You should move to the Task details window in order to find out what happened e Completed The task has finished with success e N A The task state in u
17. Not able to create virtual Ethernet adapter During the creation process the Tool could not create a virtual Ethernet adapter for the new LPAR Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLMT0121E You have no available memory to continue There is no available memory in the managed system to be allocated for the new LPAR Make sure to free some memory and try again BRLMT0122E Can t fetch MAC address for virtual network interface The Tool could not retrieve the MAC address of the LPAR network interface when registering it on the DHCP server Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured 144 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLMT0123E Can t remove LPAR During the LPAR creation process an error occurred and the Tool failed to issue a command to remove the LPAR Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLMT0124E The MySQL root password entered is invalid Please try again The MySQL root password supplied to the Tool is invalid A valid password is needed in order to access the MySQL server on the source machine Check the password and try again BRLMT0125E There is a problem with the MySQL installation on the source machine Please check before proceeding The Tool was not able to start the MySQL server on the source machine Verify if the Mysql server is
18. The firmware update process consists of the following steps Install a new firmware image in the temporary side Try to boot the machine using this firmware version and check if everything is working properly Commit the firmware update from the temporary side to the permanent side or reject the firmware update in the temporary side if it did not work properly IBM Installation Toolkit DVD comes with dozens of up to date system firmware that may be used to pe To i 2 di 66 rform this type of update perform a firmware update using the Firmware wizard follow these instructions Select Utilities from the Welcome Center Select Firmware Update On the Firmware wizard window your current booted firmware level the firmware level stored on permanent side and the firmware level stored on temporary side is displayed The available options include e Commit a firmware image to the temporary side e Commit a firmware image to the permanent side e Reject the firmware currently stored on temporary side Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on Starting wizard Your current firmware level SF235 185 Your permanent firmware level SF235 185 Your temporary firmware level SF235 185 Please choose one of the following options Commit firmware to temporary side Commit firmware to permanent side C Reject the firmware on the temporary side Actions Back Next gt gt
19. Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Set additional data to be migrated Additional data Path Selected data Remove selected Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Add Figure 125 Additional data window tmp data When you are finished click Next gt gt 11 At this point all the necessary information for migrating has been compiled Verify the information in the Summary provided Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 109 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Migration Summary Here are the settings for your migration If you wish to make any changes to them please click on Back In order to start the migration process click on Mext and then boot the target machine via network The whole process will be done in two parts i Linux distro installation and ii migration tasks Source 9 8 234 141 Target 9 8 234 163 Distro RHEL 5 GA LAMP stack data Yes Users Yes User data Yes Groups Yes Software profiles e File server Samba e Print server Cups e Database server PostgreSQL e Directory server Open LDAP e Mail server Sendmail e DHCP and BOOTP server Additional data None Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Figure 126 Summary If you are satisfied click Next in order to start the migration 12 The migration is ready to run You must boot the target machine v
20. Toolkit does not come with any Linux distribution media To perform Linux installations you will need to order Red Hat Enterprise Linux or SuSE Linux Enterprise Server installation media directly from their distributors e When booting from a DVD detach all removable USB devices from your machine before using the IBM Installation Toolkit except for a USB CD DVD drive if you are booting from it When booting from a network note the following e To boot a machine from network a network boot server must have been previously set up Moreover your server administrator must have added your machine to the list of allowed clients for network boot If you are not sure whether your machine will be served a network image contact your network administrator e The steps for configuring the network boot server are explained in detail in Setting up or updating the Network Server on page 85 e When the IBM Installation Toolkit is booted through the network the documentation is not available Use a DVD ROM equipped machine to read the documentation through the Welcome Center Software included The IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image contains several pieces These pieces include e The Welcome Center A centralized user interface for system diagnostics Linux and RAS Tools installation microcode update and documentation e System Tools An application that allows you to easily create and manage network repositories for Linux and IBM RAS
21. an additional file exists or not Please check if the network of the Source machine is up and running and try again BRLMT0077E Migrating the given path would probably break the target system The path of the additional file inserted is not a valid path to migrate The following paths are considered not valid to migrate as additional file bin dev lib sbin proc usr boot etc initrd opt selinux sys and var BRLMTO081E SSH login failed The IBM Server Consolidation Tool could not connect to a remote machine using SSH Check if the SSH server is up and running in the remote machine and try again BRLMT0082E There s no root ssh dir in the client machine The IBM Server Consolidation Tools could find two possible problems First there is no root ssh directory in the Source machine Please create it and try again Second the Source machine public key has changed and the Network Server machine System Tools machine doesn t recognize it any more Please delete the old Source machine public key information from the root known_hosts file and try again BRLMTO088E Can t validate distro repository Null distro The Install Server could not be validated Please check if there is a compatible Install directory repository with the Target distribution value BRLMTO0089E Can t validate distro repository No Repository info The Install Server could not be validated Please check if the Install directory
22. asks you to load the media and try again On the installed system it asks you to install the lop docs package Note e If you want to eject your media after browsing or searching documents use the Utilities window and select Eject Media e You can use the option Install IBM Packages in a Running System from the Welcome Center s Install Tools window if you need to install the lop docs package Browsing documentation Use the Browse Additional Linux on POWER Documentation entry on the Welcome Center s Help window This option can be used for browsing by navigating through the links below Available Documents when the window is opened as well as for searching by typing the search expression on the Search Terms field and clicking search The documentation browsing is like what in shown in the figure below IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Browse and Search Documentation Search Documentation Search Terms search Available Documents All documents can be found inside the docs directory on IBM Installation Toolkit CD If you prefer point an external browser to http 9 8 234 152 and append the location of the desired document to the URL You are at Documentation Root D Him 3 PDF Back to main menu Figure 92 Browse Documentation window 76 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Browse and Search Documentation Search Documentatio
23. browser used to display the data is w3m To exit w3m type q or Q or use the Exit Browser option in the main window e If you run the Welcome Center in text mode in a target system running Red Hat you must quit the browser with the Exit Browser option in the main window q and Q cannot be used as shortcuts with elinks e To access the Welcome Center on installed systems through a remote browser use port 4234 in your URL like http your_machine_ip 4234 Manually installing the Welcome Center If you want to use the Welcome Center but you already have a running system and performed your installation without IBM Installation Toolkit you can install it manually Complete the following steps while you are logged in as the root user 1 Mount the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD by typing mount dev hdx media cdrom where hdx is your CD DVD ROM drive Alternatively if you have the iso image only type mount o loop IBM Inst_Toolkit iso media cdrom where media cdrom is an ordinary directory to loopback mount the image on 2 If you are using SLES run the following strings e rpm ivh media cdrom suse noarch wui_core 1 0 1 noarch rpm e yast i media cdrom suse noarch wui 2 0 1 noarch rpm e yast i media cdrom suse ppc64 PAM authenticate 2 0 2 ppc64 rpm 3 If you are using Red Hat run the following strings e rpm ivh media cdrom RedHat RPMS wui_core 1 0 1 noarch rpm e rpm ivh media cdrom RedHat RPMS wui 2 0 1 noarch rpm e rpm
24. example Sendmail or Postfix at the same time Choose one of them to proceed BRLMT0100E No Management System IP Address specified The IP address field was left blank You must enter the IP address of the Management System where the LPAR will be created BRLMT0101E Management System IP address is not valid The IP address entered for the Management System is invalid Check the IP address typed and try again BRLMT0102E No Management System port number specified The SSH port field was left blank You must specify a port number so that the Tool can connect to the Management System BRLMT0103E Management System Port number is not valid The SSH port number entered is invalid field was left blank You must specify a valid port number for the IBM Server Consolidation Tool to connect to the Management System BRLMT0104E Management System User password not specified The Password field was left blank You must specify a user password so that the Tool can connect to the Management System BRLMT0105E Management System User not specified The User field was left blank You must specify a user so that the Tool can connect to the Management System BRLMTO106E VIOS Host not specified valid The IP address field was left blank You must enter the IP address of the VIOS where the LPAR will be created BRLMT0107E VIOS User not specified The User field was left blank You must specify a user so that the Tool can connect to the VIOS
25. greater than the available free space on the disk Enter a size for the new partition that does not exceed the available space for it Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 131 BRLDPOOOSE There is not enough space to create a new partition The creation of the new partition will not be completed because there is not enough available space on the disk Enter a partition size for the new partition that does not exceed the available free space on disk BRLDPOOOGE You can t move an existing partition or move a new partition to an existing partition s position You tried to move an existing partition to a space previously allocated to another partition or moved a new partition to an existing partition s position To do this you must move an existing partition or a new partition to a free space BRLDP0007E Cannot resize an existing partition You can not resize an existing partition BRLDP0008E Cannot edit a prep boot partition You can not edit a prep boot partition You can only create a prep boot partition by clicking the Create PReP button BRLDP0009E Cannot create REISER partition in RHEL Reiserfs can only be used to create a partition in SLES installations For RHEL installation you can use only EXT3 partitions BRLDP0010E There must be only one prep boot partition and it should reside in the first position on the disk There is more than one prep boot partition in the partition table and it is not in the first position of the
26. in installed systems only Using the Welcome Center you can install and uninstall PowerVM Lx86 54 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual The figures below show the graphical and text modes for this function IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage your PowerVM Lx86 Installations Install Uninstall PowerVM Lx86 PowerVM Lx86 Cancel Figure 56 PowerVM Lx86 window graphical mode a IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage your PowerVM Lx86 Installations Install PowerVM Lx86 Uninstall PowerVM Lx86 Cancel E Figure 57 PowerVM Lx86 window text mode Installing PowerVM Lx86 You can use the Welcome Center to install PowerVM Lx86 from either a DVD or a file downloaded from the Internet To install PowerVM Lx86 and x86 World follow these instructions 1 Select Install Tools from the Welcome Center 2 Select Manage IBM System p Application Virtual Environment for x86 Linux PowerVM Lx86 3 Select Install PowerVM Lx86 to install the application 4 On the Getting PowerVM Lx86 installer window enter the path of the PowerVM Lx86 tar file that can be found in its own DVD or downloaded from the Internet Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 55 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Getting PowerVM Lx86 installer In order to proceed it is necessary to get the PowerVM Lx86 installer and place it on the machine Please enter the path w
27. installed device chrp base ServiceRM diagela librtas Isvpd powerpc utils powerpc utils papr rpa dlpar rpa pci hotplug rsct core rsct core utils servicelog src Partitions To be deleted all partitions in dev sda To be formated none Navigation Quit Prev Next J Figure 40 Installation wizard Ready to go text mode Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 43 Continuing SLES installations This section is only applicable to SLES installations If you are performing a RHEL installation go to Continuing RHEL installations on page 46 After configuring the installation through the installation wizard in the Welcome Center Auto YaST launches and installs the system automatically No input from you is necessary besides changing the CDs DVDs if this installation mode was selected You can safely ignore errors of tag mismatch when YaST asks for the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD if you are installing from the DVDs When the installation process asks for the first SLES media you can insert either the first SLES DVD CD or a corresponding Service Pack CD1 The installer asks for the corresponding media when required While the installation takes place a window like the ones below are displayed Current Package XFree86 fonts 75dpi 4 3 99 902 11 01 MB XFree86 fonts 7 Sdpi 4 3 99 902 75dpi Bitmap Fonts Figure 41 YaST graphical mode 44 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manu
28. ivh suse noarch wui 2 0 1 noarch rpm rpm ivh suse noarch sct pexpect 2 1 1 noarch rpm rpm ivh suse noarch systools 1 0 1 noarch rpm rpm ivh suse noarch sct post 0 1 1 noarch rpm Uninstalling IBM Installation Toolkit Follow these steps to uninstall IBM Installation Toolkit In order to remove the IBM Installation Toolkit from the installed system use your distribution s package manager to remove the associated RPMs All of the following packages must be removed in order to completely remove the IBM Installation Toolkit e wui e wui core e pam authenticate For example rpm e sct post 0 1 1 rpm e systools 1 0 1 rpm e sct pexpect 2 1 1 rpm e wui 2 0 1 rpm e PAM authenticate 2 0 2 rpm e wui_core 1 0 1 Chapter 2 Installing and uninstalling the toolkit 9 10 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 3 Booting IBM Installation Toolkit IBM Installation Toolkit is provided as a bootable ISO image that can be either recorded on a DVD or stored on a network boot server This bootable image loads a Linux based operating system that allows you to perform tasks such as Linux installation firmware update and system diagnostics recovery This section shows you how to set up a POWER machine to boot IBM Installation Toolkit from either a DVD or network interface Setting up boot device in SMS window This section describes configuring the Open Firmware to make the machine boot either from a DVD dr
29. machine is passw0rd note the zero instead of o After the first access you should change this password e The IBM SCT only migrates the DocumentRoot data specified in the Apache configuration files the Alias data directories are not migrated by default Supported Linux distributions for migration Use this information to determine which Linux distributions are supported by the Server Consolidation tool The IBM SCT supports the following Linux distributions e i386 and x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 GA U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 and U8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 GA U1 U2 and U3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 GA SP1 SP2 SP3 and SP4 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 GA SP1 and SP2 e PPC Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 GA U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 and U8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 GA U1 U2 and U3 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 GA SP1 SP2 SP3 and SP4 SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 GA SP1 SP1 U1 and SP2 You can only migrate between the same Linux distribution For example if the source machine has a RHEL5U version installed the target machine can be versions RHEL5 GA RHEL5U1 RHEL5U2 or RHEL5U3 Using the Migration wizard These instructions describe how to use Migration wizard to migrate to a new machine 100 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Before performing any migration you first need to set up and configure the network boot server and installation
30. must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 and 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 BRLMTOOO3E No port number specified The SSH port number of the Source machine was not specified The port number is necessary to upload the IBM Server Consolidation Tool public key to the source machine Inform the correct SSH port of the machine If the user doesn t know this information contact the machine s administrator 138 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLMTOOO5E Root password not specified The root password of the Source machine was not specified This information is necessary to upload the IBM Server Consolidation Tool public key to the source machine to execute all scripts to fetch the system information and realize the migration of LAMP data from Source to Target machine Inform the correct password If you don t know this information contact the machine s administrator BRLMTO007E There is no server set up An IBM Installation Toolkit server must be set up first Go to Server Management Server Setup Update There is no IBM Installation Toolkit server set up The IBM Server Consolidation Tool needs that a complete Installation Toolkit server has been set up Go to Setting up or updating the Network Server and set up a server BRLMTOOO8E This plugin is intended to be run on System Tools servers only The IBM Server Consolidation Tool runs
31. on POWER Tools Uh Configure network Eject media e Reboot System A System Diagnostics 8 Firmware Update Back to main menu Figure 73 Welcome Center utilities window live system graphical mode 64 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Tools Configure network Eject media Reboot System System Diagnostics Firmware Update E E Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 74 Welcome Center utilities window live system text mode When running on an installed system the options are e Eject media e Firmware Update e Exit browser IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Tools Eject media Firmware Update 4 Exit browser Back to Main Menu Documentation Search Figure 75 Welcome Center utilities window installed system graphical mode Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 65 i IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Documentation Search Go Tools Eject media Firmware Update Exit browser Back to the main menu Figure 76 Welcome Center utilities window installed system text mode Ea U ch option is explained in detail in the next topics pdating your firmware Select the Firmware Update option in the Welcome Center s Utilities window to update firmware on a Power machine
32. only inside the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux System Tools Execute the System Tools command and select the respective icon on main window to execute the Server Consolidation Tool BRLMTOOO9E Port number is not valid The SSH port number is not a valid port BRLMT0016E ERROR The client consolidation application didn t start The client application did not start BRLMTO018E Invalid IP address for Install Server The provided IP for the installation server is either incomplete or in an invalid format The IP address must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 BRLMTOO20E The inserted install server directory is not valid The specified directory for the installation server is not in a valid format The directory entry must start with a slash and should not contain any empty spaces in it BRLMT0021E Invalid IP address for Packages Server The provided IP for the packages server is either incomplete or in an invalid format The IP address must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 BRLMT0022E Could not connect to the Packages Server The connection between the Server Consolidation Tool machine and the Packages Server is not working It is recommended that you verify the IP address and protocol chos
33. operation due to an error in the PowerVM Lx86 installer An error occurred while running the PowerVM Lx86 installer Check the log file at var log wui for details on what may have caused the problem BRLPVOOOQE It has not been possible to complete the operation due to a communication error with the PowerVM Lx86 installer An error occurred while running the PowerVM Lx86 installer Check the log file at var log wui for details on what may have caused the problem BRLPV0015E Both the Translator and the X86 world are already installed If you d like to install these products again then first remove them The Toolkit found an installation of PowerVM already running on the system In order to install the PowerVM Lx86 again you have to uninstall the current installation first BRLPV0016E You must accept the license if you want to install the PowerVM Lx86 system The PowerVM Lx86 license was declined In order to install the PowerVM Lx86 it is necessary to accept its license BRLPV0017E PowerVM Lx86 does not support the current installed distro The Linux distribution current installed on the system is not supported by PowerVM Lx86 In order to install the PowerVM the machine has to be running a distribution supported by the program BRLPV0018E Invalid path PATH_NAME ERROR_MESSAGE The directory could not be created Follow the error message and verify if the permissions are correctly set so that the path can be created by the
34. packages Actions lt lt Back Next _ Back to main menu Figure 54 Installing packages Summary IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Summary of the whole process IBM RAS Tools installation is ready to start Click here to install the packages Actions lt lt Back Back to the main menu CRE PE End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 55 Summary screen text mode 7 When the installation is complete you will return to the Welcome Center main window Note e On RHEL systems the IBM Installation Toolkit cannot solve package dependencies external to IBM packages If an IBM package requires another RHEL package the Toolkit warns you that the dependencies are missing and does not install that package In this case you need to use RHEL means to install the missing dependencies first If you are installing multiple packages and one of the packages is missing dependencies none of the packages are installed e If your system has a network connection available IBM Installation Toolkit can automatically look for additional IBM value added packages available on the Web such as the POWER6 Advanced Toolchain On an installed system the Welcome Center gathers this information for you whenever it is launched Managing IBM PowerVMLx86 IBM Installation Toolkit provides a wizard to manage PowerVM Lx86 installations This wizard is accessible through the Welcome Center menu
35. properly find and download some value add packages If Internet connection is not available packages like the Power 6 Advance Toolchain will not be available The following figures show the graphical mode windows and the text mode equivalents for this step Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 33 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network settings for the installed system Global network settings 1 set a hostname and DNS server Fully qualified hostname iBMIT Linux localdomain to be used by the installed system 2 configure each of your network cards for the installed system by Network cards selecting it in the table and clicking on Configure 3 see the configuration details for a network card by selecting it and clicking on Details DNS server Optional MAC Address Link Configuration A2 42 10 00 20 04 Up Automatic Configure Details Quit Prev Next Figure 27 Wizard Network Configuration in graphical mode 34 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network settings for the installed system Network card configuration 1 choose whether the network MAC address A2 42 10 00 20 04 interface associated to this Configuration type Automatic 8 network card will be disabled P A configured automatically DHCP or J manually 2 if manually set the IP Netmask address netmask and the Ga
36. repository is accessible via network BRLMTOO90E Protocol is not supported The protocol chosen to install the distribution is not supported The supported protocols are HTTP FTP and NES BRLMTO0091E Can t validate PowerPack repository Null Repository info The IBM Packages Server could not be validated Please check if the Packages directory repository is accessible via network BRLMTOO93E Error while creating symbolic links The IBM Server Consolidation Tool could not create the necessary symbolic links to run the client application Check if you are running the System Tools as root and if the etc directory has the correct permissions to execute the job 142 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLMTOO95E Error while transferring public key The IBM Server Consolidation Tool public key could not be transferred to the Source machine Check if the SSH is up and running in the Source machine or if the SSH port of the Source machine is open in the Source s firewall BRLMTOO96E Error while adding public key into authorized_keys file The IBM Server Consolidation Tool public key could not be inserted in the file that gives remote authorization to the Source machine Check if the root ssh authorized_keys files exists and or if its permissions are correct root needs to write in it BRLMTO099E Please select only one Mail profile The IBM Server Consolidation Tool only allows to select one Mail profile for
37. server using the System Tools For instructions about how to configure these System Tools services see Setting up or updating the Network Server on page 85 When the network boot server and installation server are set up and available follow these steps 1 Use your browser to initiate a LAMP stack migration by entering the IP address or host name of the network server machine plus the port 8080 for example http 9 8 234 4 8080 to access the tool 2 From the IBM Installation Toolkit main window click Server Consolidation and then Server Consolidation Tool 3 Enter the IP address the SSH port and the root password for the source machine This information is required in order to remote access the source machine The default port of SSH is 22 but if you have changed this information use the correct port IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Please enter the access information for the Linux x86 source machine that Source system access info IP address 98 234 142 SSH port 22 Root password bebe IMPORTANT lf you are running a firewall in the source machine make sure it s not blocking the ssh port you just set Actions Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 116 Getting information about the source machine Note If you are running a firewall in the source machine make sure that it is not blocking the SSH port you just set If this step is not successful check the error mes
38. settings for the target system Selecting IBM value add software for the target system Starting the installation process Continuing SLES installations Continuing RHEL installations Copyright IBM Corp 2009 O 0 0 0 JUN 11 515 19 20 20 22 25 lt 25 26 28 30 32 36 39 42 44 46 Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features coe we a a a a A Welcome Center install ele a on oS oe 49 Check contents available on the server 49 Updating and installing new IBM packages using the Welcome Center 60 Managing IBM PowerVMLx86 serie ch oa as a DA Welcome Center utilities 64 Updating your firmware 66 Configuring the network 71 Ejecting media a s s 73 Rebooting the system 73 Using diagnostic tools 74 Exiting the Welcome Center sa a 5075 Welcome center help and documentation woo amp ZI Browsing documentation 76 Registering at IBM 78 Chapter 7 Recovery tools 81 Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 83 Server Management Tool 84 Setting up or updating the Network SENE 85 Manage network resources 88 Managing client systems 92 IBM Server Consolidation Tool 99 Server Consolidation tool environment
39. shown with all needed information available BRLCS0042W There aren t any host in the chosen subnet Click Next to continue or Back to pick another one If you want to add hosts to an empty subnet choose Next otherwise go Back and choose another subnet BRLDP0021W Missing PReP partition A PReP partition is missing and the disk partitioning will not finish without one Create a PReP partition to complete the partition plan BRLDS0006W Could not find any match for the term s The IBM Installation Toolkit could not find any match for the term s you typed Search for another term BRLDS0007W Could not list empty directory directory The directory is empty and the IBM Installation Toolkit could not list its contents Copyright IBM Corp 2009 125 BRLIS0010W There is already a network server set up Creating a new server configuration will overwrite the old one though its files will not be removed from the filesystem The message informs that a Toolkit server has been set up previously Any new server configurations will overwrite the previous one however its files will remain on the disk BRLIW0005W Known issues with the following packages They may yield errors during the installation process but they are still correctly installed You may safely ignore those errors package s Due to some incompatibilities between IBM packages and the Linux distributions installers an error message might be displayed during the inst
40. swap partition and a root partition If you forget to create one of these partitions the Welcome Center displays an error message and prompt you to create them When performing RHEL installations you must create a boot partition boot on the system The partitioner displays a warning if the boot partition is not created and you cannot proceed with the installation until you do so The reuse of an existing partition will not be successful if you are installing a new SLES 10 system and the existing system is not SLES 10 In this case the best practice is to delete all existing partitions and create new ones or to use the automatic partitioning option When installing a new SLES 9 system the error message Could not set up swap partition dev sda5 or other dev device may display if you reuse an existing partition In this case press OK and ignore the message After you are finished creating a partition plan for your system click Next Configuring the network for the target system In this section you must choose the target system host name and can configure your network cards so that your private network and the Internet are accessible from the target system after installation These settings do not apply to the Live DVD environment only to the target system to be installed 32 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual When this step is presented for the first time a default Fully qualified host name is shown A new hos
41. the Adobe logo PostScript and the PostScript logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and or other countries Java and all Java based trademarks and logos are registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the United States other countries or both Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds in the United States other countries or both UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the United States and other countries Other company product or service names may be trademarks or service marks of others 154 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Printed in USA
42. was the chosen media type specify the directory containing the ISO image files To copy the contents to the new repository select all the ISO image files related to the distribution repository that is being set up The files do not need to be provided in order Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 91 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage network resources Choose ISO images dir Path Refresh Select all of the ISO images that you want to install ISO file Install Imedia sda8 ppc RHEL4U4 RHEL4 U4 ppc AS disc1 iso F media sda8 ppc RHEL4U4 RHEL4 U4 ppc AS disc2 iso FF media sda8 ppc RHEL 4U4 RHEL4 U4 ppc AS disc3 iso lv media sda8 ppc RHEL 4U4 RHEL4 U4 ppc AS disc4 iso F media sda8 ppc RHEL 4U4 RHEL 4 U4 ppc AS disc5 iso lv media sda8 ppc RHEL4U4 useless iso d Actions Proceed Cancel Back to main menu Figure 106 Selecting ISO images to copy from When you are finished adding ISO images to copy from click Proceed The required data is copied to the new repository 4 If a repository is not being used anymore you can select it on the main screen of Manage network resources and click Delete The resource and all the data contained in it is deleted Managing client systems The Manage Client Systems module of the System Tools provides an easy way to register and unregister client machines that are permitted to use the Network Boot feature The clients registered with
43. x86 binary command runx86 to open a x86 shell running in your x86World Actions OK Please click on OK to go back to Welcome Center main menu Figure 68 Installation Completed Uninstalling PowerVM Lx86 You can uninstall PowerVM Lx86 translator x86World or both using the Welcome Center To uninstall PowerVM Lx86 follow these instructions 1 2 3 4 Select Install Tools from the Welcome Center Select Manage IBM System p Application Virtual Environment for x86 Linux PowerVM Lx86 Select Uninstall PowerVM Lx86 The Uninstall options window displays the options that you currently have installed Select the options that you want to uninstall and click Next Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 61 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Uninstall options Below are the PowerVM Lx86 parts current installed in your system Choose the ones you d like to remove and click on Next C Translator powervm lx86 1 2 99 0108 2 L x86 world i386 Actions Next Cancel Figure 69 PowerVM Lx86 translator and x86World uninstallation window graphical mode Tem Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Uninstall options Below are the PowerVM Lx86 parts current installed in your system choose the ones you d like to remove and click on Next Translator powervm 1x86 1 2 99 0108 2 X86 world i386 RESTE Next Cancel Figure 70 PowerVM Lx86 transla
44. your disk s by yourself or let it be automatically done Figure 20 Installation settings Graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Installation settings for the target system Show instructions Settings Linux distributions Red Hate Enterprise Linux 4 and above Installation profile Default More info Installation media Network Disk partitioning Manual Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 21 Installation settings Text mode Use the Linux distribution field to choose one of the supported distributions The following versions are supported e Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL version 4 up to Update 8 e Red Hat Enterprise Linux RHEL version 5 up to Update 3 e Suse Linux Enterprise Server SLES version 9 up to Service Pack 4 e Suse Linux Enterprise Server SLES version 10 up to Service Pack 2 Note e This version of IBM Installation Toolkit does not support partitions under LVM and RAID All of your LVM partitions will be erased in a SLES installation e Older Linux distributions may not support the IBM Power 6 architecture For that reason the only distributions supported by this installation toolkit when running on a Power 6 machine include the following Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 and above Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 1 and above Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and above When running on a Power 6 blade the supported distrib
45. 012812 KB CD ROM boot detected CD ROM devices found sr0 Create required directories in memory Done Loading Boot Filesystem into memory please wait kk XN A Figure 12 Loading Root Filesystem data 6 During the boot process you are asked to select your locale and keyboard settings This prompt has a timeout of 15 seconds and defaults to English for language and standard US for keyboard when the limit is reached 7 After the system finishes booting the Welcome Center information window is displayed if your machine has a graphical card If your machine does not have a graphical card the text mode is 16 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual displayed along with some instructions on how to start the Welcome Center in text mode The following figure displays the text mode prompt and instructions on how to start the Welcome Center in text mode xx Machine IP address is 10 0 0 12 xx SSH as root empty password to this IP Address and run WelcomeCenter if you d like to connect to Welcome Center from a remote machine If you want to connect to Welcome Center from a remote browser you must sta rt a local text mode Welcome Center first Web based applications will be displa yed in your remote browser but all non web based applications will be displayed in this text mode display If you selected to run an xterm from the Welcome Center type exit or hit ctrl d to return to the main menu Run Wel
46. 185 peo coococ oconocec oco oconoscecce coccocescecec cocececi ccosecccocconcecccoccocc cocoscecee Please insert IBM Installation Toolkit DVD into media drive and press the Scan button If you do not have acess to a cdrom drive please specify an image in field bellow Scan Specify here an image if you have your own it MUST be an RPM or an RAW image i e if you have a firmware image located at firm image rpm just type firm image rpm Image filename Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 78 Firmware update committing to the temporary side 68 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Select the image of the firmware to update Firmwares that IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER have selected for you If no firmware is available this will be blank What s this Help update Your current firmware level EA340_039 Your permanent firmware level EA320_040 Your temporary firmware level EA340_039 Please insert IBM Installation Toolkit DVD into media drive and press the Scan button If you do not have access to a cdrom drive pleaes specify an image in field below Scan Specify here an image if you have your own it MUST be an RPM or an RAW image i e if you have a firmware image located at firm image rpm just firm image rpg Actions Back lt lt Next gt gt B
47. Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 143 BRLMTO108E VIOS User password not specified The Password field was left blank You must specify a user password so that the Tool can connect to the VIOS BRLMTO109E VIOS SSH Port not specified The SSH port field was left blank You must specify a port number so that the Tool can connect to the VIOS BRLMTO110E Not able to find selected Managed System SYSTEM_NAME on HMC IVM The Tool was not able to find the Managed System you selected Verify if the managed system on the HMC IVM is correctly configured BRLMT0113E Not able to fetch drc_name for DEVICE The Tool could not retrieve the drc_name for the device during the LPAR creation process Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLMT0114E Error mapping vhost to physical devices An error occurred during the LPAR creation process Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLMT0118E Not able to bind LPAR LPAR_NAME to storage STORAGE _ NAME During the LPAR creation process the Tool could not bind the LPAR to the virtual disk Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLMT0119E Not able setup DHCP Server for the new LPAR The Tool could not register the new LPAR in the DHCP server Check the log at var log wui for details on the cause of the error BRLMT0120E
48. Choose your package servers When you are finished click Next gt gt 4 Select the packages you want to install Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 51 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Select IBM packages you want to install Available IBM packages are divided into the families below You can click on a family s name to colapse expand it and see its packages All Servers All Servers Running Rhel Optional U lop docs Not installed This package contains all ofthe Redbooks Whitebooks and other Linux on POWER documentation from IBM Read this package s support statement here C systools Not installed System Tools provides a set of utilities for configuring a network boot server with for the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER managing distros and IBM Packages repositories and managing registered clients Read this package s support statement here Llvpa ies Not installed Visual Performance Analyzer VPA is an eclipse based performance visualization tool set It consists of six major components Profile Analyzer Code Analyzer Pipeline Analyzer Counter Analyzer Trace Analyzer and Call Tree Analyzer Read this package s support statement here ibm java ppc sdk Not installed IBM 32 bit SDK for Linux on pSeries architecture Java TM Technology Edition Version 6 Read this package s support statement here Libm java ppc64 sdk Not installed IBM 64 bit SDK for Linux on pSe
49. Client hostname already in use There is already a hostname with that name configured Delete it or change the hostname of the new one to be added BRLCS0013E Client MAC already in use There is already a client using this MAC address change it or delete the old one BRLCS0014E Client IP already in use This IP is already in use If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLCS0031E Failure writing the dhcpd conf Restoring the original dhcpd conf There was some error writing the file please start again BRLCS0034E No output from restarting dhcpd Probably an error Check var log messages Your server did not start right check the error message 130 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLCS0036E The host you are trying to add already exists in the DHCP configuration file Please delete this host entry from the DHCP file and try again The host hostname was not inserted The host already exists use another or delete it and try again BRLCS0037E There was an error restarting dhcpd Please fix it The error message is output Please verify your DHCP server file configuration BRLCS0038E System Tools doesn t support more than one subnet in dhcpd conf Please configure only one subnet in the file manually Use only one subnet to configure all hosts BRLCS0039E The MAC address you are trying to add already exists in the DHCP configuration file Please delete the corresponding host en
50. ER installed distribution but not a newer version For example for a POWER system running RHEL5 Update 2 the x86 distribution can be one of RHEL5 GA Update 1 or Update 2 but not RHEL5 Update 3 58 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER x86World install options Options All fields starting with are required Installation directory i386 Home directory home Distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 S Actions Back Next Cancel Figure 64 x86World directories and x86 minor release installation option graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER x86World install options Options All fields starting with are required Installation directory i386 Home directory home Distribution SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Actions Back Next Cancel Figure 65 x86World directories and x86 minor release installation option text mode 9 Select an Installation mode and Media You can choose a full or a minimal installation Based on which x86 media you have available choose between CD DVD ISO image files or CD DVD media Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 59 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER x86World distro options SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 options All fields starting with are required Installation mode FULLS Installation media DVD S
51. Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 and higher e SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 Update 1 and higher Hardware and software requirements Before you install the IBM Installation toolkit for Linux check to see that you have the necessary hardware and software requirements e Hardware requirements to use IBM Installation Toolkit Supported system families OpenPower Power Architecture blade servers IBM BladeCenter JS12 JS20 JS21 JS22 JS23 and JS43 Express System i5 System p5 System p6 IntelliStationPOWER 185 ATX Supported processor families POWERS POWER5 POWER6 POWER6 PPC 970 CD DVD ROM reader for CD DVD based installs Network card for installations via network 2GB of RAM at least Additionally refer to RHEL or SLES documentation for their minimum hardware requirements TM IBM Installation Toolkit does not support Qlogic FiberChannel cards on Power Architecture blades For an updated list of hardware supported by IBM Installation Toolkit check the following Web site http www14 software ibm com webapp set2 sas f lopdiags installtools home htm e Requirements to install Linux using IBM Installation Toolkit 4 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual RHEL 4 or RHEL 5 installation media if installing RHEL SLES 9 or SLES 10 installation media if installing SLES e Requirements to run IBM Installation Toolkit s Welcome Center on a previously i
52. HEL 5 and its updates 1 2 and 3 SLES 9 and its service packs 1 2 3 and 4 and SLES 10 and its service packs 1 1U1 and 2 BRLMTO0039E Invalid MAC address to the target system The MAC address of the Target machine is wrong or doesn t exist Check the correct MAC address in the Server Management Manage Client Systems icon of the System Tools main menu The MAC address must follow the format where should be an integer from 0 to 9 or upper case characters from A to Z Examples of valid addresses are 00 15 58 0B 5A 5F 12 29 80 00 30 03 and 22 4C 90 00 30 03 If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLMTOO40E Error trying to set Target system Some problem happened while the Server Consolidation Tool tried to set up the Target system informations Please restart the migration process BRLMT0072E No hostname specified The hostname of the Target machine is wrong or doesn t exist Check the correct hostname in the Server Management Manage Client Systems icon of the System Tools main menu Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 141 BRLMTO075E The given path does not exist in the source system The path of the additional data doesn t exists in the Source machine Check the correct path and try again BRLMTO076E Error while connecting to source to validate the given path The IBM Server Consolidation Tool could not connect to the Source machine to verify if the path of
53. IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB 1 SMS MENI 5 Default Boot List 8 Open Firmware Prompt 6 Stored Boot List Memory Keyboard Network SCSI Speaker Figure 1 Entering SMS window 2 The first SMS configuration window is displayed Select the Select Boot Options entry by typing 5 and then pressing Enter Copyright IBM Corp 2009 11 eno SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved ain Menu Select Language Setup Remote IPL Initial Program Load Change SCSI Settings Select Console Select Boot Options UD Bow Dh QUE menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 2 Changing Boot Options 3 Select Configure Boot Device Order by typing 2 and then pressing Enter res SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Multiboot 1 Select Install Boot Device 2 Configure Boot Device Order 3 Multiboot Startup lt OFF gt Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen x eXit System Management Services QUE menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 3 Configuring Boot Device Order 4 Choose Select 1st Boot
54. IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual at IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual at Note Before using this information and the product it supports read the information in Notices on page 153 First Edition June 2009 Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2009 US Government Users Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp Contents About this guide V Part 1 IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual 1 Chapter 1 Introducing IBM Installation Toolkit v3 1 3 Supported Linux distributions 4 Hardware and software requirements 4 Chapter 2 Installing and uninstalling the toolkit Software included SR Choosing the installation media Create a DVD from ISO image Creating a network based installation server Uninstalling IBM Installation Toolkit Chapter 3 on IBM Installation Toolkit Setting up boot device in 1 SMS a Loading IBM Installation Toolkit live system Chapter 4 Welcome Center overview Starting the Welcome Center Manually installing the Welcome Cantar Accepting the License Agreement Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center Starting the Installation wizard Choosing an installation profile and partitioning your disks Setting network installation options Partitioning your customized disks Configuring the network for the target system Choosing general
55. Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLSS0003E No destination directory specified Specify a destination directory for the IBM Installation Toolkit to which Linux files will be copied BRLSS0004E Invalid destination directory The destination directory specified is invalid Specify a valid destination directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces BRLTMOOO1E No task has been selected No task has been chosen A task must be selected prior to accessing its details BRLTM0002E Selected task does not support this operation The selected operation cannot be performed for the chosen task The operations supported are task dependent BRLTMO0003E Error executing this operation An error occurred while executing the selected operation Check the log file at var log wui for details Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 149 150 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Part 2 Appendixes Copyright IBM Corp 2009 151 152 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Notices This information was developed for products and services offered in the U S A IBM may not offer the products services or features discussed in this document in other countries Consult your local IBM representative for information on the products and services currently available in your area Any reference to an IBM product program or service is not intended to state or imply that only that IBM produc
56. Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 10 Troubleshooting This section provides information about all the warning and error messages that may be displayed when running the IBM Installation Toolkit The error messages are indexed by a unique code that you can use to gather additional information about what caused the error and the steps that you can take to solve the problem The messages are subdivided into warning messages and error messages Warning messages Warning messages are used to inform you of errors that could potentially compromise the system functioning or security These messages represent recoverable situations allowing you to diagnose and correct the problem BRLCS0008W This tool doesn t change the dhcpd conf file Please click on DHCPInfo to generate configuration text per client that must be copied and pasted into the server s dhcpd conf file Manually input the information shown in the DHCP Info into the server s DHCP configuration file Otherwise clients will not be able to boot the IBM Installation Toolkit over a network BRLCS0035W DHCPD may not have restarted properly Output dhcp server start up output After your changes are committed to DHCP server configuration file the server is restarted If there is something wrong this warning message and the output are shown BRLCS0041W System Tools doesn t show hosts without the fields fixed address and hardware Hosts from file are only
57. Internet IBM installation Toolkit automatically attempt to gather information about updates for IBM packages available on Internet If your system does not have a Network Interface configured you will not be able to get most up to date packages from IBM Web site To fix this problem go to the main window enter Utilities and configuration tools and click network configuration BRLMT0019W Could not connect to Install Server The system tried to contact the installation server at the specified IP address using the specified protocol but did not obtain any reply This is probably caused by incorrect network configurations incorrect IP address incompatible protocol between the client and the server or a temporary failure on the server Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 127 Check the network configuration and make sure that the IP and network protocol used to access the server is correct If the settings are correct the server might be having problems In this case try again later or contact the server s administrator for more information BRLMT0058W You need to migrate Users and Groups if you want to migrate the users home directories The user tried to migrate only the home directory from the Source to Target machine The migration of this directory happens only if the user selects the option to migrate the users and groups Select the Migrate Users and groups option and try again BRLMT0067W Can t translate from Source to Target
58. Linux on POWER Package repositories selection Show instructions Distro packages repository Repository Use custom URL I IBM packages repository Repository Use custom URL I Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 23 Installation wizard server options Text mode Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 29 If you are unable to determine the correct values for any of these fields your network administrator may be able to provide assistance When you are finished click Next Note e If you believe that the information provided is correct but still are unable to continue check that you have network access and the server was properly set up e The Linux distribution package repository and IBM packages repository must have been set up on the server by the System Tools or the Welcome Center will fail to recognize the repositories e The Linux distribution package repository and IBM packages repository must have been set up on the server by the System Tools or the Welcome Center will fail to recognize the repositories and you will be unable to continue Partitioning your customized disks In this part of the wizard you can use the IBM Installation Toolkit interface to partition the target system disks This step is only applicable to Manual Disk Partitioning installations If you chose to automatically partition your disks this step is skipped Verify your partitions using the Disk Pa
59. Manual network setup IP address Netmask Gateway Optional Features that depend on Internet connection won t work without it Submit Back to main menu Figure 85 Configure Network Manually graphical mode re Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network Setup Setup Networking manually Manual network setup IP address Netmask Gateway Optional Features that depend on Internet connection won t work without it Submit Back to main menu Figure 86 Configure Network Manually text mode Note 72 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual e If you do not know your gateway IP address or do not have one use 0 0 0 0 in the gateway box Remember though that you cannot access the external networks such as the Internet without a valid gateway configured Ejecting media Select the Eject media option from the Welcome Center s Utilities window to eject IBM Installation Toolkit DVD After selecting this option Welcome Center will ask you to confirm this action If you want to cancel this action and return to the main window select Back to main menu Otherwise select Continue IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Task confirmation Do you really want to eject Continue Back to main menu Figure 87 Eject Media window IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Task confirmation Do you really want to eject Co
60. RLIWO0051E Invalid DNS address The DNS address entered is invalid You must specify a valid DNS address for the network configuration BRLIW0058E Invalid RHN key format The RHN key entered is invalid You must specify a valid RHN key BRLIWO054E Invalid hostname The hostname entered is invalid You must specify a valid hostname for the network configuration BRLIW0055E No hostname specified The hostname field was left blank You must specify a valid hostname for the network configuration BRLIW1003E There is no available install media The IBM Installation Toolkit could not find any CD DVD ROM drive or network connection available on the system At least one of these medias are required in order to allow the Toolkit to install BRLIW1004E No disks found on current machine The IBM Installation Toolkit could not find any disks available on the system The system must have a disk in order to proceed with the installation BRLIW1005E License terms must be accepted The IBM Installation Toolkit will not allow to proceed until the license terms are accepted BRLIW1006E Root password does not match The root password and the confirmation entered are not the same Make sure to type the same password on the root password and confirmation fields and try again BRLIW1007E Root password must be set The root password field was left blank A root password must be entered in order to continue the installation process 136 Linux IBM Install
61. Rs on system with Virtualization support or configure them Consult the Partitioning with Integrated Virtualization Manager document that is available on the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD for more information In addition to using the Linux distribution DVD set the IBM Installation Toolkit can be used to perform network installations using either the HTTP FTP or NES protocols The Welcome Center Installation wizard steps are the same for all the supported distributions currently RHEL and SLES However slight differences exist between DVD or Network installations these differences are covered in deeper detail in the following sections Note e The installation wizard is disabled if the Welcome Center is running from a previously installed system This functionality should be used only from within the IBM Installation Toolkit live DVD environment e The network used for installation must be configured either automatically by DHCP during boot time or manually The manual configuration can be performed through the Configure Network Manually described in Configuring the network on page 71 or using common Linux commands such as ifconfig e Show instructions in text mode display instructions that describe the configuration item Click if you want guidance on the configuration step To return to the wizard click Hide instructions Starting the Installation wizard The first step is to start the Installation wizard To start a
62. Toolkit BRLPV0019E Can t use PATH_NAME Because it already exists The provided path cannot be used because it already exists on the system Enter a new path name that either is an empty directory or does not exist on the system BRLPV0020E Unsupported distro selected The Linux distribution selected for installation is not supported Try selecting a different one BRLPVOO21E Invalid field FIELD_NAME The information entered for the field is incorrect Verify the information provided and try again BRLPV0022E There s no x86 distro available for the current running system The Toolkit could not find any x86 Linux distributions available for the running system Consider installing a supported distribution in order to install the PowerVM Lx86 application BRLPV0028E Error creating the autorun file An error occurred while creating the autorun file for the PowerVM Lx86 installer Check the log file at var log wui for details on what may have caused the problem 146 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLPVO0025E Error installing the PowerVM Lx86 installer An error occurred when trying to start the PowerVM Lx86 installer Verify if you entered a valid path to the PowerVM Lx86 installer file BRLPV0026E You have neither a Translator nor a X86World installed The Toolkit cannot uninstall the PowerVM Lx86 because it is not currently installed on the system BRLPV0027E Error copying RPMs from media Please make sure
63. Whenever a word or term requires special emphasis it is displayed in italic Copyright IBM Corp 2009 V Vi Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Part 1 IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual The IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux provides a set of tools that simplifies the installation of Linux on IBM Power Systems as well as many other advantages Copyright IBM Corp 2009 2 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 1 Introducing IBM Installation Toolkit v3 1 The IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux provides a set of tools that greatly simplifies the installation of Linux The toolkit gives you access to the IBM value added software needed to fully use the industry leading capabilities of the POWER Platform such as Dynamic Logical Partitioning DLPAR The toolkit also supports web based updates providing immediate access to the latest offerings as soon as they are made available The toolkit can also be used as a bootable rescue DVD to run diagnostic tools and repair previously installed operating systems It also provides a wealth of IBM documentation for configuring and managing Linux IBM Installation Toolkit is provided as a bootable ISO image that can be burned on a DVD boot machines from DVD drive or stored on a network boot server boot machines from network After booting the machine you will be prompted to run the Welcome Center the Toolkit s main application This application provides a cen
64. ack to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter A When you are finished selecting the firmware image click Next gt gt and then confirm the operation on the next window 5 To move a firmware image currently stored on temporary side to the permanent side follow these steps a Select Commit the firmware to the permanent side from the Firmware wizard b You are warned that this operation cannot be undone To proceed click Yes I m sure COMMIT TEMPORARY FIRMWARE TO PERMANENT SIDE IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER You must confirm the action to continue Yes l m sure COMMIT TEMPORARY FIRMWARE TO PERMANENT SIDE Actions lt lt Back Next Back to main menu Figure 79 Firmware update committing to the permanent side Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 69 A IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER You must confirm the action to continue Yes I m sure COMMIT TEMPORARY FIRMWARE TO PERMANENT SIDE Actions lt lt Back Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 80 Firmware update committing to the permanent side text mode Note Make sure to reboot the machine and verify that the system is working properly before committing the new firmware image from the temporary to the permanent side 6 To reject a firmware image currently
65. ain menu Figure 131 POWER management system access info When you are finished click Next gt gt Note If you are running a firewall on the management system machine make sure that it is not blocking the SSH port you just provided 3 If you are using an HMC system select the Managed System to hold the new LPAR and enter the information of the Managed System VIOS You have to type the VIOS IP address SSH port number user name and password If you are using an IVM managed system this step is automatically skipped 114 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Get source s and management system s profile VIOS access info IP address SSH port 22 User Password Select a Managed System to hold the LPAR PROTEUS legend rico Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 132 VIOS system access info Note On HMC systems a free virtual SCSI adapter vhost is needed in order to create the LPAR When you are finished click Next gt gt 4 The next steps are the same for both IVM and HMC systems Enter the new LPAR IP address contact your Network Administrator if you are not sure about it and the host name The host name is used as the LPAR name as well Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 115 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER LPAR network configurati
66. al Abort Installation Current Package li 2 3 3 Description Figure 42 YaST text mode Note e There are some packages such as aaa_base that makes YaST report some package dependency problems You can safely ignore this error message by clicking Ignore all e If you installed SLES 10 with X support the X Window System will come up from the second boot on only e If you are installing SLES10 make sure that SLES medium is inserted in the drive during system initial boot or installation will be unable to finish e If you are in text mode YaST needs time to unmount the swap after all the packages are installed This process may take a few minutes After the installation finishes the system does not automatically reboot You are redirected back to the Welcome Center and can reboot the system from there See Rebooting the system on page 73 During the initial system boot YaST finishes installing if in a SLES 10 and sets up some services You do not need to take any action during this process except changing CDs DVDs if you are installing SLES 10 from CDs DVDs After YaST has finished either the login shell or the X Window System if you have chosen to install it is displayed You can log in as root now Note e Change the root password after your first login for your system s safety e If YaST does not work with your HMC Terminal try to set the TERM environment variable to vt102 for example ex
67. allation process You can safely ignore this message because the packages will be correctly installed into the final system BRLIW0006W Known issues with some packages They may yield errors during the installation process but they are still correctly installed You may safely ignore those errors Due to some incompatibilities between IBM packages and the Linux distributions installers an error message might be presented to the user during the installation process You can safely ignore this message since the packages will be correctly installed into the final system BRLIW0013W You should not try to install a new system within your real system The IBM Installation Toolkit must be used to reinstall a Linux system Trying to install a Linux system above an already existing installation would destroy all of the current data You cannot proceed with this option BRLIW0014W License terms must be accepted The IBM RAS Tools packages licenses were neither accepted or rejected In order to proceed with the IBM RAS Tools packages installation process accept the license terms If you do not agree with the terms of the licenses reject the license Note that rejecting the license will make it impossible to install the IBM packages BRLIW0016W No protocol specified for Install Server You must choose a protocol to communicate with the server The available options are HTTP FTP or NFS If the Install Server was set up by someone else and you
68. any empty spaces BRLMROOOSE No Repository selected You did not select a repository from the list of repositories to perform the action or there is no repository in the database BRLMROOO6E No ISO image path specified The path field for the ISO image directory was left blank Specify an ISO image directory path in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to find the ISO image files in the path to finish the creation of a new repository in the database BRLMROOO7E Invalid ISO image path The specified ISO image path is invalid Specify a valid path directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces BRLMROOOSE IBM Installation Toolkit server must be set up first Set up an IBM Installation Toolkit server before proceeding with this action BRLMROOOQE Repository nickname already in use A previously configured repository is using the nickname entered Choose a different one and try again BRLMRO0010E Invalid repository nickname The repository nickname entered is invalid Repository nicknames comprises letters the underscore and numbers optionally separated by dots BRLMTOOO1E No IP Address specified It is necessary an IP address to proceed This message could occurs when the Source or Target IP address is missing to execute some process Inform a correct IP address to proceed BRLMTOOO2E IP address is not valid The IP address given is not valid The IP address
69. aphical mode Pa IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER License Agreement Click on the below in order to read the license Only after that the controls will be enabled View License Actions Accept Decline RTE End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 17 IBM Installation Toolkit License text mode You can accept or decline the license If you reject the license the Welcome Center will not continue Note In the text mode you need to select the symbol and press Enter to read the license before accepting or declining it 22 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual When you have accepted the license you will be able to see the Welcome Center main window and start using this software Chapter 4 Welcome Center overview 23 24 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center IBM Installation Toolkit supports installing several Linux releases from RedHat and Suse by using either the distribution CDs and DVDs or network repositories If you want to perform a network installation the installation server must be set up with the System Tools package If you try to use an installation server that has not been created using the System Tools package you cannot install your system correctly If you are going to install to an LPAR that LPAR should exist It is out of the scope of this document to guide you on how to enable LPA
70. ation Toolkit User Manual BRLHS0004E 503 Script failed The execution of some script within IBM Installation Toolkit failed Report this problem in the IBM Installation Toolkit Support Forum http www 128 ibm com developerworks forums dw_forum jsp forum 937 amp cat 72 for the development team to fix the problem BRLLCOOO1E Error creating storage pool During the LPAR creation process an error occurred when trying to create the storage pool Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLLC0010E Unable to list available storage pools The storage pools on the VIOS could not be listed Check the log at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLLC0011E Target contains no Management System The information provided does not refer to a Management System Verify the information entered to make sure it refers to a HMC or IVM Management system BRLLC0012E The name cannot be resolved The hostname provided could not be translated to an IP address Verify the hostname entered to make sure it can be resolved to an IP address BRLLCO0013E Provided IP is already in use The IP address entered cannot be allocated to the new LPAR because it is already in use by another device Choose a free IP address that can be used by the LPAR If unsure consult your network administrator BRLLCOO14E Error creating virtual disk An error occurred d
71. blication at any time without notice Licensees of this program who wish to have information about it for the purpose of enabling i the exchange of information between independently created programs and other programs including this one and ii the mutual use of the information which has been exchanged should contact IBM Corporation Dept LRAS Bldg 903 11501 Burnet Road Austin TX 78758 3400 U S A Such information may be available subject to appropriate terms and conditions including in some cases payment of a fee The licensed program described in this document and all licensed material available for it are provided by IBM under terms of the IBM Customer Agreement IBM International Program License Agreement or any equivalent agreement between us Copyright IBM Corp 2009 153 For license inquiries regarding double byte DBCS information contact the IBM Intellectual Property Department in your country or send inquiries in writing to IBM World Trade Asia Corporation Licensing 2 31 Roppongi 3 chome Minato ku Tokyo 106 0032 Japan IBM may use or distribute any of the information you supply in any way it believes appropriate without incurring any obligation to you Information concerning non IBM products was obtained from the suppliers of those products their published announcements or other publicly available sources IBM has not tested those products and cannot confirm the accuracy of performance compatibilit
72. bution through the network One of the advantages of installing a distribution through the network is the higher data transfer rate of network devices compared to CD DVD ROMs and fully automatic installation processes without needing to change any CD DVDs The data is copied continuously from the network install server Similarly an IBM Toolkit packages repository is required to enable the installation of additional IBM packages through the network To set up a distribution repository follow these instructions 1 Select Manage Network Resources from the Server Management Tools module 88 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER This tool is used to configure the network server n Network Server Setup Update tion TI Lie far nux on POWER Manage Network Resources g Manage Client Systems Figure 102 Server Management Module window 2 From the Manage network resources window you can add and delete network resources IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage network resources Network resources list Name Type Path SLES9 SP SLES9 SP Avar adm IBMIT_LOP SLES9 SP SLES9 SP SLES10 SLES10 fvar adm IBMIT_LOP SLES10 SLES10 C RHEL4 RHEL4 fvar adm IBMIT_LOP RHEL4 RHEL4 Actions Add Delete Back to main menu Figure 103 Manage network resources window 3 To create a network resource select Add a On the new Manage network resources wi
73. cale data for glibc Status Installing Packages Bytes Total 347 871M Completed Remaining Figure 43 Anaconda text mode After the installation finishes the system will not automatically reboot You will be redirected to the Welcome Center and can choose to reboot the system from there During the initial boot Anaconda asks you to set up the X Display if you have installed the X Window System Also the RedHat Hardware Discovery Utility Kudzu might report a new hardware card in your system If so select Ignore You are also able to create normal user accounts in this step Anaconda then installs all IBM packages selected during the installation wizard If you chose to perform a CD DVD installation you are asked to insert the IBM Installation Toolkit CD DVD again If the system has more than one optical device you can select which drive to use as shown in the figure below Once you select it the drive is ejected Insert the media and click Enter to continue the installation process 46 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Unable to find the IBM Installation Toolkit CD in any of the available optical d evices Please select the device you would like to use from the list below 1 dev scd0 2 dev scdl Select 1 Figure 44 RHEL installation optical device selection After the installation has finished either the login shell or the X Window System if you have chosen to install it is display
74. ch Documentation Search Terms search Available Documents All documents can be found inside the docs directory on IBM Installation Toolkit CD If you prefer point an external browser to http 10 0 0 12 and append the location of the desired document to the URL Search for IVM valid terms ivm returned 65 occurrences x 100 Location docs PDF Virtual_10 Server pdf 36 Location docs PDF System_p5 Virtualization pdf Back to main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 95 Search Result window Text mode The HTML results of a search are links to specific sections inside the document Click the links to read the contents Note Use the B or b keys to go back if you are in text mode Registering at IBM You can register at the IBM Web site through the IBM Installation Toolkit Welcome Center Select the Register at IBM Web site option in the Welcome Center Help window to register at the IBM Web site After you register you get access to the IBM Installation Toolkit forum http www ibm com developerworks forums forum jspa forumID 937 as well as other content available at the IBM Web site In order to register select Click here to register and you are redirected to the IBM registration page 78 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Registration at IBM Web Site Register at IBM and get access to IBM web site content On registering
75. ck http ww14 software ibm com webapp set2 sas f lopdiags installtools home htm To contact the support team post a message in the forum http www 128 ibm com developerworks forums dw_forum jsp forum 937 amp cat 72 Welcome to yaboot version 10 1 22 r948 booted from pci 8000000f8000000 pci 2 ethernet 4 speed auto duplex aut0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Enter help to get some basic usage information boot O Figure 11 Boot loader window 5 At the boot loader prompt you can press Tab to see all the available labels that you can use to boot your machine To accept the default press Enter This step loads the Root Filesystem into memory The Root Filesystem contains all installation diagnostics and recovery tools used by the IBM Installation Toolkit including the Linux documentation catalog This process can take several minutes e Ox1ffff boot 0100 MM Init boot 0100 MM Init Done Linux version 2 6 16 27 178 ppc64 geeko buildhost gcc version 4 1 0 1 SMP T ue Sep 4 05 02 07 UTC 2007 boot 0012 Setup Arch Node 0 Memory 0x0 0x40000000 EEH No capable adapters found PPC64 nvram contains 7168 bytes Using shared processor idle loop boot 0015 Setup Done Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line root dev ram init linuxrc ramdisk_size 49152 quiet Hardware probing this will take about 16 seconds please wait sda assuming d rive cache write through sad assuming drive cache write through Done Available memory 1
76. comeCenter to start the text mode Welcome Center on this display IBM A Figure 13 IBM Installation Toolkit successfully booted 8 During the boot process you are asked to select your locale and keyboard settings If you are timed out in this process the defaults are set as English and standard US keyboard 9 After the system boots wait for the first prompt then do the following e If the IBM Installation Toolkit Live DVD was able to start a graphical session the Welcome Center automatically opens in graphical mode in the Web Browser e If the IBM Installation Toolkit Live DVD cannot start a graphical environment type WelcomeCenter in the shell prompt to open the Welcome Center in a text mode Web browser Chapter 3 Booting IBM Installation Toolkit 17 18 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 4 Welcome Center overview The Welcome Center is the place from where you can manage your machine Through the Welcome Center you can perform many tasks including installing a Linux System running diagnostic tools browsing documentation about Linux in general rebooting the machine and registering yourself at the IBM Web site Note On target systems those systems that have been installed by using the IBM Installation Toolkit or a generic Linux system where the Welcome Center has been installed you can only launch the Welcome Center if you have a Web browser installed on those systems The follow figures s
77. ctory that is available on the system BRLRGOOO1E Network not configured You must configure it to proceed with registration The network is not configured Configure the network in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to register an account for you at the IBM register site Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 147 BRLRT0007E License terms declined You declined the license terms regarding the installation of IBM RAS Tools packages In order to install the IBM packages the user is required to accept the license terms that were presented Different packages may have different license terms BRLRT0010E License terms must be accepted or declined You neither accepted nor rejected the IBM RAS Tools packages licenses In order to proceed with the IBM RAS Tools packages installation process you must accept the license terms If you do not agree with the terms of the licenses reject the license Note that rejecting the license will make it impossible to install the IBM packages BRLRT0011E IBM RAS Tools disabled The IBM RAS Tools wizard is disabled when the context does not permit this feature to be used This happens when trying to use the RAS Tools wizard from the IBM Installation Toolkit Live CD BRLRT0012E One or more packages must be selected You selected no IBM RAS Tools packages for installation In order to continue with the IBM RAS Tools packages installation select at least one package for installation BRLRT0021E Fi
78. d Logical Partitions virtualized machines along with IBM RAS Tools e Install IBM RAS Tools on a previously installed Linux system e Upgrade system firmware level on POWER machines e Perform diagnostics or maintenance operations on previously installed systems e Browse and search Linux documentation included on the Toolkit ISO e Migrate a LAMP server software stack and application data from a System x to a System p machine Copyright IBM Corp 2009 3 Supported Linux distributions Use this information to determine which Linux distributions are supported by the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux IBM Installation Toolkit supports installation of the following Linux distributions e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 GA U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 and U8 e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 GA U1 U2 and U3 e SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 GA SP1 SP2 SP3 and SP4 e SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 GA SP1 SP1 U1 and SP2 Note Older Linux distributions may not support the IBM Power 6 architecture For that reason the only distributions supported by this installation toolkit when running on a Power 6 machine include e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5 and higher e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 1 and higher e SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 and higher When running on IBM BladeCenter JS12 JS22 JS23 and JS43 Express the supported distributions are e Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 and higher e Red Hat
79. d that the you accept the licensing terms BRLIW0009E License terms must be accepted or declined You neither accepted nor rejected the IBM Installation Toolkit license In order to proceed with the installation process you must accept the license terms If you do not agree with the terms of the licenses reject the license Note that rejecting the license will make it impossible to install the IBM packages BRLIW0011E Root password does not match The two fields of the root password are different Retype the root password in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to set the root password for the new system BRLIW0017E No IP address specified The IP address field was left blank You must specify an IP address for the network card being configured BRLIW0018E Invalid IP address for Install Server The provided IP for the installation server is either incomplete or in an invalid format The IP address must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 BRLIW0022E License terms must be accepted or declined In order to enter Welcome Center you must accept the license terms If you do not agree with the terms of the licenses reject the license Note that rejecting the license will make it impossible to use Welcome Center 134 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLIW0024E Root password must be set One of the two roo
80. database Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 129 BRLCSOO0AE Invalid IP The provided IP is either incomplete or in an invalid format The IP address must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLCSO005E Invalid MAC address The provided MAC address is either incomplete or in an invalid format The MAC address must follow the format where should be an integer from 0 to 9 or upper case characters from A to Z Examples of valid addresses are 00 15 58 0B 5A 5F 12 29 80 00 30 03 and 22 4C 90 00 30 03 If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLCS0006E Could not write configuration file The management client wizard could not write the configuration file BRLCS0007E No client selected You did not select a client from the list or there is no client in the database to execute the action BRLCS0009E Invalid hostname The hostname field of the management client wizard was left blank Specify the hostname in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to add a new client info into the database BRLCS0010E No client machines registered To commit your changes add at least one host BRLCS0011E Missing DHCPD configuration file There is no configuration file available to be changed BRLCS0012E
81. displayed containing the actions to be taken If you are sure that you want to continue select Next as shown in the figures below If you want to change any of the previous settings click Prev to return Note This action is the last step before changes are made to your hard disks To cancel the installation click Quit 42 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Summary What will be installed Distro SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Profile Minimal Media Network IBM packages Tobe DynamicRM IBMinvscout csm client installed csm core devices chrp base ServiceRM diagela librtas Isvpd rpa dipar rpa pci hotplug rsct core rsct core utils servicelog src Partitions To be deleted all partitions in dev sda To be formated none Quit Prev Next IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Check the Linux installation settings and the IBM packages you chose to install Also check the partitions which will be deleted and the ones which will be formated If you are sure this is what you want click on Next to start the installation process Please note that THIS CANNOT BE UNDONE Figure 39 Installation wizard Ready to go graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Summary Show instructions What will be installed Distro Red Hate Enterprise Linux 5 Profile Minimal Media Network IBM packages To be DynamicRM IBMinvscout csm client csm core
82. do not have this information contact your network administrator BRLIW0020W Couldn t connect to server Please check the configuration parameters The system tried to contact the installation server at the specified IP address using the specified protocol but did not obtain any reply This is probably caused by incorrect network configurations incorrect IP address incompatible protocol between the client and the server or a temporary failure on the server Check the network configuration and make sure that the IP and network protocol used to access the server is correct If the settings are correct the server might be having problems In this case try again 126 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual later or contact the server s administrator for more information BRLIW0021W No directory specified for Install Server The directory field for the installation server was left blank Specify the directory in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve the required packages BRLIW0023W Red Hat Partitioning Issues There are a few known issues regarding the Red Hat Anaconda installer listed below that might prevent you from successfully installing or booting your system later Remember the following remarks when you are defining the partitioning scheme for your target system so that you will ensure it is going to work properly e The boot partition is mandatory and must be primary You can either keep a
83. e Migration wizard click Create a new LPAR 112 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Choose the installation settings for the target system Target POWER Machine Target ivm test 9 8 234 245 oo OF Create a new LPAR Installation Type Source Linux Distribution RHEL 4 Update 6 Target Linux Distribution RHEL 4 Update 6 ppc Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 130 Selecting the target Linux distribution and machine The New LPAR window opens 2 Enter the POWER management system information If you are using an IVM system provide the IVM IP address user name and password If you are using an HMC system provide the HMC IP user name and password If your IVM or HMC system uses an SSH port that it is not 22 change it here Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 113 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Please enter the access information for the Linux x86 base machine and the Management System machine Source system info Source IP address Source profile Already downloaded POWER management system access info IP address SSH port 22 User f 7 Aj Password _ IMPORTANT If you are running a firewall in the source or in the management system machine make sure it s not blocking the ssh port you just set Actions Back Next gt gt Back to m
84. e Source architectures supported are x86 1386 i486 i586 and i686 and x86_64 BRLMT0034E Source distro not supported The distribution of the Source machine is not supported by the Server Consolidation Tool The Source distributions supported are RHEL 4 and its updates 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 RHEL 5 and its updates 1 2 and 3 SLES 9 and its service packs 1 2 3 and 4 and SLES 10 and its service packs 1 1U1 and 2 BRLMTOO35E There s no possible target distro to the current source The Server Consolidation Tool could not translate the Source distribution information to a Target distribution value Check if the Source distribution is one of the supported distros and try again BRLMTO0036E No hosts defined in System Tools You need to first define hosts in Server Management in the main menu There is no Target machine candidate to migrate The user need to add at least one Target candidate to complete a migration To add a machine as a Target candidate use the Server Management Manage Client Systems of the System Tools main menu BRLMT0037E Target architecture not supported The architecture of the Target machine is not supported by the Server Consolidation Tool The Source architecture supported is PPC BRLMTO0O38E Target distro not supported The distribution of the Target machine is not supported by the Server Consolidation Tool The Source distributions supported are RHEL 4 and its updates 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 R
85. e current boot sequence is displayed i SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Current Boot Sequence 1 Virtual Ethernet loc U9124 720 100367A V3 C4 T1 2 SCSI 107374 MB Harddisk part 1 10c U9124 720 100367A V3 C4 T1 W8100000000000000 L0 3 None 4 None 5 None Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen x eXit System Management Services Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 9 Boot device list 10 Press X and the following table is displayed 14 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Version SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Are you sure you want to exit System Management Services li Yes 2 No Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 10 Finishing configurations 11 Type 1 to exit the SMS configuration window Loading IBM Installation Toolkit live system In this section it is assumed that you have already set up the machine to boot IBM Installation Toolkit from either a DVD drive or a network boot server To boot IBM Installation Toolkit Live system follow the steps 1 Attach all hardware devices if necessary Note When booting from a DVD detach all removable USB devices from your machine before using the IBM Installation Toolkit except for a USB CD DVD drive if you are booting from it When b
86. e to copy all necessary files to setup the IBM Installation Toolkit repository BRLIS0005E Invalid TFTP Path The specified TFTP export directory is invalid Specify a valid destination directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 133 BRLISOOOGE Invalid Web Server Path The specified protocol export directory is invalid Specify a valid destination directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces BRLIS0007E Invalid ISO image file The specified IBM Toolkit source information is invalid Specify a valid destination directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces This information must include the ISO file name BRLIS0008E Invalid Repository Path The specified IBM Toolkit base directory is invalid Specify a valid destination directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces BRLIS0009E Could not write configuration file The IBM Installation Toolkit was not able to write its configuration file to disk Check if the write permission is correctly configured on directory opt wui or some other problem is preventing the Toolkit to write the file on that directory BRLIW0004E License terms declined You didn t accept some license terms In order to proceed it s require
87. e to the target machine The source and target machines must have network connectivity to migrate data such as files in home HTML CGI scripts MySQL databases and so forth Network connectivity is not required between the source and target machines if the transfer of these files is not wanted that is if you have not selected the options to migrate LAMP data and User data In that case the tool provides a clean installation of the LAMP stack At a minimum both the source and target machines must have network connectivity to the Network Server machine Performing a migration Before starting a migration you should understand some special characteristics of the tool e The IBM SCT assumes that there is only one single disk in the target machine that fits the entire file system e If the sum of x86 partitions size is bigger than the available disk on System P machine the installation will fail e The IBM SCT cannot migrate x86 LVM and RAID partitions If the source system has an LVM the migrator creates a physical partition on target system with the size of the LVM The IBM SCT migrates only official packages from the Linux distributions of the source machine If there is any application that was installed manually or not the official version of the application the IBM SCT either does not migrate the application or installs the distribution version e The IBM SCT does not migrate users passwords e The root password of the target
88. ed Note e The X display setting has already been set for you during the installation You are not required to change them e If your machine is an ATX and you want to boot your newly installed system using the serial console append console ttyS4 to yaboot s prompt like linux console ttyS4 where linux is the boot label e The RHEL 4 Update 5 distribution has a known issue when running on Power 6 based machines In the first reboot after the system is installed it might get stalled at the Yaboot prompt If that happens press Enter to try again and continue Your system is up and running A copy of the IBM Installation Toolkit Welcome Center is available in your new system If you want to perform maintenance tasks and install new IBM Value add packages you can start it by typing WelcomeCenter in a shell Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 47 48 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features You can use additional features of the Welcome Center to perform many actions Welcome Center install tools This topic describes the Welcome Center install tools that are available from IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux They are found by clicking Install Tools from the Welcome Center main window and are only available when Welcome Center is running from an installed system Check contents available on the server If you have installed your system with the IBM Installation T
89. ed Company name Registrant name J Address Telephone number Email address Actions Back Next Cancel 5 Figure 61 PowerVM Lx86 activation text mode When you are finished click Next 7 Choose PowerVM Lx86 installation and log directories The default directories are already filled in Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 57 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Translator install options Options All fields starting with are required Installation directory opt powervm lx86 Translator logs directory var opt powervm Ix86 log Actions Back Next Cancel Figure 62 PowerVM Lx86 installation and translator logs directories graphical mode Tem Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Translator install options Options All fields starting with are required Installation directory opt powervm 1x86 Translator logs directory var opt powervm 1x8 IS Back Next Cancel Figure 63 PowerVM Lx86 installation and translator logs directories text mode 8 Enter an Installation directory Home directory and Distribution for the x86World The default setting is to use the home directory of the POWER installed system as the x86World home directory The fields have been filled with the default settings but you can change them if you prefer Note For the x86 distribution to be installed you can select an older version of the POW
90. en for the packages server communication Most likely the IP address is not correct for the packages server IP or the server is not set to work with the protocol chosen Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 139 BRLMT0023E Invalid directory for Packages Server The specified directory for the packages server is not in a valid format The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces BRLMT0024E Fingerprint check failed on Packages Server The IBM Server Consolidation Tool could not check the fingerprint on the Packages Server repository This means that either the information to contact the server is incorrect or that the specified repository was not set up with the System Tools Contact the server administrator for more information BRLMT0025E Fingerprint check failed on Install Server The IBM Server Consolidation Tool could not check the fingerprint on the Install Server repository This means that either the information to contact the server is incorrect or that the specified repository was not set up with the System Tools Contact the server administrator for more information BRLMTO0026E No protocol specified for Install Server The protocol for the Install Server was left blank Specify the protocol in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve the required packages The available options are HTTP FTP or NES BRLMT0027E No IP address specified for Install Server The IP addr
91. er needs to install or create something in the new system and the specified destination directory does not exist At the end the process will create the directory and finish the commands BRLWW0013W Server interrupted by keyboard quit The Web server was interrupted using the keyboard To restart run the Welcome Center Error messages Error messages inform you of errors that could potentially compromise the system s functioning or security These messages represent recoverable situations allowing you to intervene and correct the problem or to end the process without completing it BRLCC0001E Could not find server information file The server information file was not found BRLCDOOO1E Could not convert document document_name The document could not be converted BRLCS0001E No Hostname specified The hostname field of the management client wizard was left blank Specify the hostname in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to add a new client info into the database BRLCS0002E No IP specified The IP field of the management client wizard was left blank The user needs to specify this information in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to add a new client information into the database BRLCS0003E No MAC address specified The MAC field of the management client wizard was left blank Specify a MAC address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to add new client information into the
92. ess field for the Install Server was left blank The user needs to specify this information in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve the required packages for the Linux distributions BRLMT0028E No directory specified for Install Server The directory field for the Install Server was left blank Specify the directory in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve the required packages BRLMT0029E No protocol specified for Packages Server The protocol for the IBM Packages Server was left blank Specify a protocol in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve those packages BRLMTOO30E No IP address specified for Packages Server The IP address field for the Packages Server was left blank Specify the IP address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve the required packages BRLMTOO31E No directory specified for the Packages Server The directory field for the IBM Packages Server was left blank Specify the IBM packages server in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve those packages BRLMT0032E ERROR Dependency error in client There is no some dependency of the Server Consolidation Client application Install the dependency and try again 140 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLMT0033E Source architecture not supported The architecture of the Source machine is not supported by the Server Consolidation Tool Th
93. et header Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 108 Subnet Creation window 3 If you have a subnet without hosts configured or more than one subnet configured such as one subnet and hosts outside of it or multiple subnets the Subnet Configuration window is displayed Select an existing subnet or Create subnet If you select Create subnet go back to step 2 94 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Subnet configuration System Tools supports only one configured subnet Please choose which of them you want to use or create a new one Subnet configuration IP Address Netmask 10 0 0 0 2959 233 293 0 Create subnet Actions Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 109 Subnet Configuration window After you have selected your subnet click Next gt gt 4 On the Hosts configuration window select the host to use You can select multiple hosts Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 95 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Hosts configuration Choose now which of the hosts below you want to use Hosts configuration Host Name IP Address MAC Address lv host2 10 0 0 103 00 00 12 34 56 79 hostl 10 0 0 102 00 00 12 34 56 78 Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 110 Hosts Configuration window When you are finished c
94. f the target that is to be used The options available for Linux distribution depend on the system type chosen in the previous step One option is always selected by default and is equal to the source machine Linux distribution The machines list is provided from the Client System Management step of the Server Management module To be sure that your target machine is in this list you need to register the machine using the Client System Management module To register the machine see Managing client systems on IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Choose the installation settings for the target system Target POWER Machine Installation Type Source Linux Distribution RHEL 4 Update 6 Target Linux Distribution RHEL 4 Update 6 ppc Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 119 Selecting the target machine and target s Linux distribution You can also choose to create an LPAR Click Create a new LPAR and follow the steps in Creating an LPAR on page 112 When you are finished click Next gt gt 7 Select the Network Install Server distribution repository and the IBM Additional Packages Server IBM Installation Toolkit repository If there are not any repositories configured in the Network Server you can enter a custom URL for another Server in the network Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 103 IBM Installation Toolki
95. figuration file Bellow you can see the new DHCPD configuration file Sample configuration file for ISC dhcpd for Debian 4 Id dhcpd conf v 1 4 2 2 2002 07 10 03 50 33 peloy Exp 4 option definitions common to all supported networks option domain name fugue com option domain name servers toccata fugue com option subnet mask 255 255 255 224 default lease time 600 Figure 114 Showing the content of the updated dhcpd conf file 98 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Note Whenever you add or delete a client system you must click Commit Changes in order for the dhcpd conf file be updated allowing the changes to take effect IBM Server Consolidation Tool The IBM Server Consolidation Tool SCT is an application that helps the administrator get through the most time consuming aspect of server consolidation replicating the software stack and migrating application data from one machine to another The software stack that IBM SCT migrates is the commonly known LAMP Stack LAMP stands for Linux Apache HTTP Server MySQL Server PHP or Perl or Python The tool finds the necessary information from a System X server source machine and installs a new Power server target machine with the same users groups configuration files and data of the source machine The Server Consolidation Module window is displayed in the figure below IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER This to
96. figuration for RHEL5 graphical mode 38 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER General settings for the installed system Show instructions Input peripherals Keyboard English US 1 Mouse Automatic Localization Language English US Time zone Europe Albania E Use UTC System security Root password Confirm root password Red Hat Specific RHN activation key Optional Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 34 Installation wizard system configuration for RHEL5 Text mode Selecting IBM value add software for the target system The IBM Installation Toolkit comes with a bundle of IBM packages specially made to fit IBM Power 5 and Power 6 servers In this step select optional packages you want to install and read their description The figures below show the corresponding windows for graphical and text mode browsers Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 39 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER IBM packages to be installed Filter packages by powerpc utils papr powerpc utils diagela src Isvpd servicelog librtas csm client rpa dipar rpa pci hotplug IBMinvscout csm core rsct core rsct core utils Quit Prev Next All Apply All Servers Running Rhel All Servers Running Rhel All Servers All Servers All Servers All Servers All Servers Hmc Managed Serve
97. guration was chosen for the network interfaces and the network repositories reside in different networks than the one of the machine being installed then during first boot Yast may present a warning box saying that it was unable to access the repositories This warning box can be safely skipped so the installation process can continue e If the migration of a user data fails when performing a System X to System P LAMP stack migration the tool reports an error stating that mysql server migration failed e The System X to System P migration wizard only automatically migrates data under the DocumentRoot of the web server Custom directories with data that should also be migrated must be manually migrated through the manual data migration functionality of this tool Directories such as user s custom web server directories need to be manually included into a migration plan The supported System i machines can only be booted from the DVD drive if it has been virtualized virtual DVD devices over the VSCSI interface For more information about this topic visit http www 128 ibm com developerworks forums thread jspa threadID 200253 The online forum has a sticky thread on this topic as well http www ibm com developerworks forums forum jspa forumID 937 e The IBM installation Toolkit supports only Matrox graphics cards If your system has another graphics card the IBM Installation Toolkit will fail or start on text mode 124 Linux IBM
98. gurations incorrect IP address incompatible protocol between the client and the server or a temporary failure on the server Check the network configuration and make sure that the IP and network protocol used to access the server are correct If the settings are correct the server might be having problems In this case try again later or contact the server s administrator for more information BRLRT0016W Invalid Packages Server directory The specified directory for the IBM RAS Tools packages server is not in a valid format The directory entry must start with a slash and should not contain any empty spaces 128 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual BRLRT0017W No protocol specified for Packages Server The protocol for the IBM packages server was left blank Specify the IBM package server in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve those packages BRLRT0018W No IP address specified for the Packages Server The IP address field for the IBM RAS Tools packages server was left Blank Specify the IP address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve those packages BRLRT0019W No directory specified for the Packages Server The directory field for the IBM packages server was left blank Specify the IBM packages server in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to retrieve those packages BRLSS0005W Destination directory will be created Some process of the Welcome Cent
99. here the PowerVM Lx86 installer tarball is located and click on Next to go on That tarball can either be found in the PowervM Lx86 DVD or downloaded from the Internet Tarball path Actions Cancel Next Figure 58 PowerVM Lx86 window graphical mode Va IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Getting PowerVM Lx86 installer In order to proceed it is necessary to get the PowerVM Lx86 installer and place it on the machine Please enter the path where the PowerVM Lx86 installer tarball is located and click on Next to go on That tarball can either be found in the PowerVM Lx86 DVD or downloaded from the Internet Tarball path Actions Cancel Next NEMO eee ee Figure 59 PowerVM Lx86 window text mode Click Next 5 Read the license and accept You can only proceed if you agree to the license otherwise your installation will be canceled 6 Enter the required information 56 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER PowerVM Lx86 product activation All fields starting with are required Company name Registrant name Address Telephone number Email address Actions Back Next Cancel Figure 60 PowerVM Lx86 activation graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER PowerVM Lx86 product activation All fields starting with are requir
100. how the main window of the Welcome Center in both graphical and text mode This window is divided into other more specific sub windows IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Welcome Center o C A_N EAs 5 Install Linux Utilities Help Figure 14 Main Window Graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Welcome Center Install Linux Utilities Help Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 15 Main Window Text mode Install Linux Install Tools Copyright IBM Corp 2009 19 e Install Linux System Install IBM Packages in a Running System e Check contents available on the server Manage IBM PowerVM Lx86 Utilities e Firmware update e Configure network Eject media e Reboot system e System diagnostics e Exit browser Support e Browse Search Documentation e Help e Register at IBM Web site Some of these options are only available on the live system while others are only available on installed systems The explanation of each functionality indicates whether it is available on the live system or on the installed system Starting the Welcome Center You can start the Welcome center in different methods depending on your environment These methods include Graphical mode in live DVD Available when you have booted the IBM Installation Toolkit live DVD in a machine that has a graphics card attached to it In th
101. ia network in order for the installation to run Note You should record the task ID displayed so that you can easily monitor the progress 110 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Migration is running The migration has been started and is running in background Its task id is t2 please write it down Remember you must boot the target machine via network in order for the migration to go on Now you can e see this migration s progress in the Task Monitor screen by clicking on Go to task monitor you can also c on the Task Monitor icon in the main menu whenever you want e start a new migration wizard by clicking on Start a new migration e go to the main menu by clicking on Go to main menu Actions Go to task monitor Start a new migration Go to main menu Figure 127 Migration started If you want to monitor the migration progress click Go to task monitor Then select the task ID that you recorded previously and click Details After the first boot of the installed system all the data is migrated from the source to the target machine and you will receive at that window a confirmation that the migration finished IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Monitor your tasks Below are listed your current tasks You can see their progress current execution state and time To switch to a window with the details for a given task select it and click on Details
102. ils window is task dependent each task implements its own details window the way it prefers For instructions about a specific task details window refer to the section which describes that task in this manual Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 121 122 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 9 Known issues and workarounds The following list includes known issues and workarounds for installing and using the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux e Firefox is the only supported web browser for graphical installations e Qlogic FiberChannel cards are not supported on Power Architecture blades e Remote installations using Windows HyperTerminal Internet Explorer and Web System Management PC Client are not fully supported and may cause navigation issues such as Home End keys not working e Mangled Linux startup messages can be safely ignored e If a second instance of Welcome Center is started the first one will be terminated and the terminal will be reset As HMC and IVM virtual terminals cannot be reset you will need to manually restart them e When using manual partitioning depending upon the partitions you decide to keep and the former partition scheme of your disks the SLES installer autoyast makes decisions to create the partitions in order to optimize the SLES installation based on the partition table that you defined It means that autoyast can change slightly the partition scheme that you ha
103. in this module are set up to receive the IBM Installation Toolkit images upon Network Booting For the configuration details regarding client machines see Setting up boot device in SMS window on To register or unregister a client machine follow these steps 1 Select Manage Client Systems from the Server Management Tools module 92 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER This tool is used to configure the network server R Network Server Setup Update t AT nr al x j Manage Network Resources ig Manage Client Systems Figure 107 Server Management Module window The Client Systems Management displays options according to your current DHCP server configuration file status 2 Ifa file is missing empty or without a subnet configuration the Subnet Creation window is displayed Enter a Header subnet netmask and Subnet header Headers are used for identification purposes and do not affect the configuration itself You can include additional headers by clicking Add header or Add subnet header When you are finished click Next gt gt The Registered Client Systems window is displayed and you can jump to step 5 Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 93 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Subnet creation New subnet information Header subnet netmask Subnet header Add a new header line Add header Add subn
104. ion Install IBM Packages in a Running System to install IBM Packages on a Linux system To install IBM Packages on a Linux system follow these steps 1 From the Welcome Center select Install Tools and then click Install IBM Packages in a Running System 2 On the first welcome window click Next gt gt 3 If running a RHEL4 system you have to select the packages location DVD or Network IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Welcome to IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Wizard Settings Install method CD DVD ROM Actions Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 47 Installing packages Source of installation selection 50 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Welcome to IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Wizard Settings Install method CD DVD ROM Actions Next gt gt Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 48 Installation selection screen text mode When selecting network you must type in the server information e Protocol e Server IP e Server Directory IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Choose your packages servers IBM Additional Packages Server Protocol WTTp 3 Server IP Server Directory Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 49
105. ion Toolkit and install Linux as no additional action is required to set up a network booting environment Create a DVD from ISO image You can create a DVD from the downloaded ISO image Follow the steps in order to create a DVD from the downloaded IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image 1 Inorder to create a DVD you need the tools for recording CD DVD under Linux These tools are available from the dud rw tools package To determine if the package is installed enter the following command rpm qi dvdtrw tools If the package is not found install it by using your distributions package manager such as Yast for SLES systems or Yum for RHEL5 systems 2 Download the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image to your Linux system 3 You must have a DVD Recorder drive installed on your system Determine the DVD recorder device ID by executing the following command hwinfo cdrom grep Device File In most cases the output of this command is Device File dev sr0 dev hdc 4 Insert a high quality blank writable DVD R disk into the DVD recorder 5 Issue the following command usr bin growisofs dvd compat Z dev hdc lt file gt where lt file gt is the name of the ISO file Note e There are many other different methods to create a DVD from an ISO image For example if you have a PC with software that allows the creation of DVD media from an ISO image then you can use that software to burn a DVD e Regardless of the meth
106. is case the Welcome Center opens automatically for you Text mode in live DVD Available when you have booted the IBM Installation Toolkit live DVD in a machine that has no graphics card attached to it To run the Welcome Center type WelcomeCenter in the shell Access through a remote browser Available if you would like to access the Welcome Center through a browser when you are accessing the machine remotely from your notebook for example To access the Welcome Center in a remote browser this situation typically happens when the machine has no graphics card make sure that there is one instance of the Welcome Center running locally on the Power System Server For that to happen either start Welcome Center on a local console or ssh as root to the machine ssh root machine_ip and start the Welcome Center Leave this console opened Point the remote browser to the system through http such as http machine_ip Web based applications are displayed in the remote browser but non Web based applications are displayed on the machine s console that you started the Welcome Center in For instructions on how to do this on installed systems read this section further Graphical mode in installed system If you have performed a Linux installation using IBM Installation Toolkit and have chosen to install the X Window System the Welcome Center is installed on this system To run the Welcome Center click the desktop icon or use the system s menu Tex
107. ive or from a network interface The machine configuration is straightforward and has only a few steps To start using the IBM Installation Toolkit do the following 1 Turn on your POWER box After initial hardware tests the SMS window is displayed At this window type 1 and then press Enter to access the SMS window configuration IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IB IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM
108. lable 3204 MB as the total found on the X Machine 8114 MB By clicking next you agree to use only the available memory Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 135 LPAR Memory Summary If you agree with the warning message displayed click Next gt gt The second figure displays a Processor warning IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER LPAR CPU Summary LPAR Processor WARNING The chosen Managed System has not enough processor available as the number found on the X Machine 2 By clicking next you agree to use only the available processor 1 6 proc_units Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu J Figure 136 LPAR CPU Summary Note By default each virtual processor in the created LPAR uses one processor unit This value can be changed later through HMC or IVM directly 118 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual If you agree with the warning message displayed click Next gt gt 7 Verify all the settings and click Next to create your LPAR IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER LPAR Creator Summary Source LPAR ivm_test IP 9 8 234 141 IP 9 8 234 245 Number of CPUs 2 Number of CPUs 2 Memory 8114 MB Memory 3344 MB Installation size 11098 MB Disk space allocated 11413 MB IMPORTANT Clicking next allthe changes will be applied and no turning back will be possible Actions lt lt Back
109. lation Toolkit supports only Matrox graphics cards If another card is used then the IBM Installation Toolkit starts on text mode or fails Installation media controls the wanted installation method that can be either a DVD based install where you must use the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD and the Linux distribution CDs DVDs or a network installation where the IBM value add packages and the Linux distribution packages are downloaded at installation time from previously configured servers The Disk partitioning option allows you to control how the installer partitions the machine disks There are two options e Automatic You specify the disk to install Linux on and then the installer and then uses a default partitioning plan for that disk This option is recommended for most installations and requires little user interaction e Manual You partition the disks manually through the Welcome Center s partitioning window Provides full control over partition scheme This option is intended for advanced users Note The PReP Partition is automatically created in the Automatic partitioning option You need to create the PReP partition if you select Manual If you do not have a PReP Partition yet the installer instruct you on how to create one If you choose Automatic Partitioning all the data on the selected disk will be lost Click Next to proceed Setting network installation options If you are performing a Network based installation yo
110. ld Then click Submit IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network Setup Network setup Network card ethO Configuration type automatic Submit Back to main menu Figure 83 Configure Network graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network Setup Network setup Network card eth0 Configuration type automatic Submit Back to main menu Figure 84 Configure Network text mode If your network is already configured this window displays a warning You can safely ignore it and choose to proceed configuring your network cards again Configuring Network Automatically If you selected the automatic configuration a confirmation window is displayed Verify that the values are correct and click Continue to proceed Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 71 Configuring Network Manually If you select manual configuration a new window displays On that window you have to provide the following information e IP address the IP address number to be used by the machine e Netmask the network mask of the IP address entered e Gateway the IP address number of the machine used as a gateway to access the external networks When you are done entering the information requested click Submit to continue Read the confirmation window and if the values are correct click Continue to apply the configuration Network Setup Setup Networking manually
111. lick Next gt gt 5 At the Registered Client Systems window you can add or remove a client machine This window displays the currently registered systems along with their configured IP addresses MAC addresses and additional comments IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage client systems Registered client systems Hostname IP MAC Comments new_host 10 0 0 2 00 39 20 21 D2 E2 my new host another_host 10 0 0 45 00 4C 62 1C A9 8B another host have Actions Add Delete Commit Changes Back to main menu Figure 111 Registered Client Systems window To register a new client machine click Add 6 On the New Client information window enter the following information 96 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual e Hostname The client machine host name an identifier used to create this machine entry into the dhcpd conf file e IP The IP address that is assigned to the MAC hardware address of this machine This address is fixed and will be assigned to this machine every time it connects to the local network e MAC The client machine MAC address of the network device being used to boot through network e Comments Additional comments used to identify this client machine IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage client systems New client information Hostname new _host IP 10 0 0 2 MAC 00 39 20 21 D2 E2 600 Comments my new host Actions Create Cancel
112. n Search Terms search Available Documents All documents can be found inside the docs directory on IBM Installation Toolkit CD If you prefer point an external browser to http 10 0 0 12 and append the location of the desired document to the URL You are at Documentation Root DIR HTML DIR PDF e Figure 93 Browse Documentation window Text mode Searching documentation Use the Documentation Search text box at the top right of the Welcome Center s Utilities window When you use search the term is returned in order of relevance expressed in percentage and followed by the location of the term on the DVD The result of a documentation search is like what is shown in the figure below IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Browse and Search Documentation Search Documentation Search Terms search Search Results All documents can be found inside the docs directory on the IBM Installation Toolkit CD If you prefer point an external browser to http 10 0 0 12 and append the location of the desired document to the URL Search for IVM valid terms ivm returned 65 occurrences e 100 Location docs PDF Virtual_lO Server pdf e 36 Location docs PDF System_P5_Virtualization paf Back to main menu Figure 94 Search Result window Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 77 Pa IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Browse and Search Documentation Sear
113. n existing one and set its mount point to boot or create a new one in case you have enough space for a new primary partition e In case you don t need to create any partitions you can keep all of your existing ones as long as you have a primary boot partition e If you do not have space for a primary boot partition nor an existing partition that could be mounted as boot you must delete one of your primary or extended partitions freeing room for a new boot partition BRLIW0025W Could not connect to Install Server The system tried to contact the installation server at the specified IP address using the specified protocol but did not obtain any reply This is probably caused by incorrect network configurations incorrect IP address incompatible protocol between the client and the server or a temporary failure on the server Check the network configuration and make sure that the IP and network protocol used to access the server is correct If the settings are correct the server might be having problems In this case try again later or contact the server s administrator for more information BRLIW0031W No gateway specified The gateway address of the manually network configuration was left blank Specify the gateway address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to communicate with the installation and package servers BRLIW0048W No network interface configured You will not be able to get up to date IBM packages from
114. navailable Time Displays the length of time that the task has been running You can cancel a task by selecting it and clicking Cancel If you click Clear not active tasks all the tasks that have finished running such as those tasks that are not in state Running Interactive or Paused are removed from the list If you click Quit you will leave task monitor and go back to the main window For example if a migration is in progress and the target machine has not rebooted yet the following window is displayed IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Monitor your tasks Below are listed your current tasks You can see their progress current execution state and time To switch to a window with the details for a given task select it and click on Details f the task supports it you can also Pause Resume or Cancel it ID Progress State Time t2 Running 53s Task operations Details Cancel Task monitor operations Clear not active tasks Quit Figure 138 Task monitor window select the task by its ID You can select the task and then click Details to view the task details The following window is displayed 120 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Monitor your tasks Status necting to target Task operations Cancel Task monitor operations Show all tasks Quit Figure 139 Status window waiting for system to be installed The deta
115. ndow enter the following information e Nickname A user defined identifier for the repository Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 89 e Distro type The type of the distribution repository that is going to be created Available options are SLES 9 Service Pack SLES 10 SLES10 Service Pack RHEL4 RHEL5 or IBM Toolkit e Distro source The source of the data that will be copied into the repository The source can be either a set of CD ROMs a DVD ROM or a set of ISO image files IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Manage network resources Distro Info Nickname ISLES9 SP 9 Distro type SLES9 Service Pack hi oO Distro source CD ROM CD ROM gt d Actions Create Cancel Back to main menu Figure 104 Creating a repository After providing the required information click Create to go to the next step b If CD ROM was the chosen media type provide the CD DVDs in the same order as requested by the system When a CD DVD is copied load the next CD DVD and click OK 90 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Copy distro contents into the server Status 53 21 Gathering system information 53 40 CD drive found at dev 3 40 Setting up SLES 10 repository User Action Required Insert SLES 10 CD 1 and press OK when ready Actions Cancel OK Figure 105 Copying Data from CD DVDs c If ISO Image
116. nect to the Packages Server The connection between the host and the packages server is not working It is recommended that you verify the IP address and protocol chosen for the packages server communication Most likely the IP address is not correct for the packages server IP or the server is not set to work with the protocol chosen BRLIW0039E Invalid directory for Packages Server The specified directory for the packages server is not in a valid format The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain any empty spaces Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 135 BRLIW0043E Fingerprint check failed on Packages Server The Welcome Center could not check the fingerprint on the Packages Server repository This means that either the information to contact the server is incorrect or that the specified repository was not set up with the System Tools Contact the server administrator for more information BRLIW0044E Fingerprint check failed on Install Server The Welcome Center could not check the fingerprint on the Install Server repository This means that either the information to contact the server is incorrect or that the specified repository was not set up with the System Tools Contact the server administrator for more information BRLIW0047E No disks found on current machine No disks were found on current machine In order to proceed with Linux installation you must have one installed disk device on you machine B
117. new Linux installation select Install Linux You are then directed to the Installation wizard Copyright IBM Corp 2009 25 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Welcome Center mm i A_N La A D Install Linux Utilities Help Figure 18 Main window Graphical mode A IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER D Welcome Center Install Linux Utilities Help Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter KE A Figure 19 Main window Text mode Choosing an installation profile and partitioning your disks The second step is to choose your installation profile and partitioning your disks The first wizard window allows you to choose key aspects of your new Linux installation These aspects include e Linux distribution e Installation profile e Installation media e Disk partitioning 26 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Installation settings for the target system Settings 1 choose the Linux distro you Linux distribution SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 and above wish to be installed 2 choose a asalan siate ca packages profile set of packages P Default More info to be installed 3 choose the Installation media Network A media to be used for the Disk partitioning Automatic on dev sda instalation optica Lea server 4 choose whether you will partition
118. ngerprint check failed on Packages Server The packages server provided is not valid The server must be a previously configured IBM Installation Toolkit repository BRLSI0001E No IP address specified The IP address field was left blank Specify an IP address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to set the IP address for the selected network interface BRLSI0002E Invalid IP address ip_address_number The IP address inserted is not a valid address Specify a valid IP address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to set the IP address for the selected network interface If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLSI0003E No netmask specified The network mask field was left blank Specify a network mask in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to set the network interface correctly BRLSI0004E Invalid netmask netmask_number The network mask inserted is not a valid mask Specify a valid network mask in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to set the selected network interface If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLSIOOO5E Invalid gateway gateway_address The gateway address set is not a valid gateway Specify a valid gateway address in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to set the selected network interface If you do not know this information contact your network administrator 148 Linux IBM
119. nstalled Linux system wui wui core pam authenticate RPM packages provided within the IBM Installation Toolkit pam devel RPM package provided within the installation media of the selected Linux distribution a graphical Firefox or text mode web browser w3m or elinks Chapter 1 Introducing IBM Installation Toolkit v3 1 5 6 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 2 Installing and uninstalling the toolkit IBM Installation Toolkit makes Linux deployment quick and easy by automating system configuration and reducing installation steps IBM Installation Toolkit is available as a single ISO image that can be freely downloaded from IBM s Web site http www14 software ibm com webapp set2 sas f lopdiags installtools home html The IBM Installation Toolkit provides a simplified installation wizard that gathers all installation parameters from you in just a few steps After the parameters are known the Toolkit automatically configures the Linux installer Anaconda for RHEL YaST for SLES so the installation can be performed automatically with no additional input or extra configuration from you Note e Before starting a new installation make sure that you have a recent backup of your hard disks data e The IBM Installation Toolkit provides a simplified interface that makes Firmware update easier For more information about updating the Firmware level of your POWER system see e The IBM Installation
120. ntinue Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 88 Eject Media window Rebooting the system Select the Reboot System option from the Welcome Center s Utilities window to reboot your machine This feature is available on live systems only After selecting this option the Welcome Center will ask you to confirm this action If you want to cancel this action and return to the main window click Back to main menu Otherwise click Continue Note If you confirm this action you cannot cancel it The system will reboot Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 73 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Task confirmation Do you really want to reboot Continue Back to main menu Figure 89 System Reboot window Po IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Task confirmation Do you really want to reboot Continue Back to the main menu ESE End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 90 System Reboot window Using diagnostic tools You can use the Welcome Center utilities to diagnose your installation When you select the System Diagnostics option in the Welcome Center s Utilities window you can run a diagnostic tool called sysdiag where you can configure and manage your hardware You can view and change many options including boot options HMC options error log and service configuration
121. od you use to create your DVD use only high quality writable media to ensure that no errors occur during the recording process resulting on an unusable DVD e There are many different DVD standards DVD RAM DVD R DVD RW DVD R DVD RW etc Make sure that the DVD media you selected is supported by your DVD writer reader devices 8 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Creating a network based installation server For network based installations IBM Installation Toolkit provides System Tools a simple to use application that allows you to quickly set up a network installation server This server is used to store an IBM Installation Toolkit bootable image which makes it possible to boot client machines over the network System Tools can also be used to easily set up network repositories for Linux distributions on the same server Network repositories are perfect copies of Linux installation media and can optionally be used as source repositories by the Linux distribution s package manager Together these two functions allow you to perform entire Linux installations over network You can manually install the System Tools application in your server as shown in the following example For more details on how to use the System Tools refer to Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools on page 83 For example rpm ivh suse noarch wui_core 1 0 1 noarch rpm rpm ivh suse ppc64 PAM authenticate 2 0 2 ppc64 rpm rpm
122. ol is used to consolidate servers P Server Consolidation Tool Back to main menu Figure 115 Server Consolidation Module window Server Consolidation tool environment The IBM SCT works in a special environment provided by the System Tools In order to understand how SCT works you should know what the elements are in the solution The Server Consolidation Tool includes three important elements e Source machine The x86 32 bits or 64 bits machine that will be migrated The SCT can migrate only x86 Linux machines with or without Apache MySQL PHP Perl and Python applications e Target machine The new server machine System P or System I that will be installed using the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux and receive all the data and configuration files from the source machine e Network Server machine The net boot server machine running the IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools This machine will orchestrate all the migration steps between the source machine and the target machine To perform a migration you need to connect remotely using a web browser to the Network Server machine using the same System Tools port This machine retrieves the information from the source target Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 99 creates a source profile with them and uses it to replicate the LAMP Stack After that it performs a network installation of Linux customizes the LAMP Stack and copies data files from the sourc
123. on IP address Hostname obs The hostname will be used as the LPAR name as well Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 133 LPAR network configuration When you are finished click Next gt gt 5 The next window is the LPAR Disk Configuration Depending on the managed system configuration you may be asked to select to either create a storage pool or use an existent one for the LPAR virtual disk In case there is no space available for the new virtual disk you will be able to continue but the LPAR creation will fail 116 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER LPAR Disk Configuration Free space needed for your installation 11413 MB Use the following storage pool for the installation sp 1221511148 34496 MB Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 134 LPAR Disk Configuration Click Next gt gt to proceed 6 The LPAR creator wizard displays information about the new LPAR and may display some warnings if your management system cannot provide the same configuration as the source being migrated The first figure displays an LPAR Memory warning Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 117 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER LPAR Memory Summary LPAR Memory WARNING The chosen Managed System has not enough memory avai
124. oolkit and have done a network installation you can view the current contents available on the server The contents are displayed as a list of repositories Note The list of repositories is only displayed if during the installation process the machine was booted from the network and a contents list existed on the boot server If you have installed your system from the DVD or your server did not have anything to offer during the installation the list is empty and you are informed that there is no content available In order to access this function go to Install Tools and click Check Contents Available on the Server IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Install and Update A Check Contents Available on the Server sy Install IBM Packages in a Running System Manage IBM System p Application Virtual JEnvironment for x86 Linux PowerVM Lx86 Back to main menu Figure 45 Install Tools window graphical mode Copyright IBM Corp 2009 49 PI IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Install and Update Check Contents Available on the Server Install IBM Packages in a Running System Manage IBM System p Application Virtual Environment for x86 Linux PowerVM Lx86 Back to the main menu EER End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter D Figure 46 Install Tools window text mode Updating and installing new IBM packages using the Welcome Center Select the opt
125. oot partitions According to Novell on Power Systems the YaST2 expert partitioner suggests creating a partition for boot This partition is not needed on Power Systems and should not be created because it may confuse the boot loader installation process and lead to an unbootable system Instead a primary partition of type PReP boot type 0x41 with no mount point and a recommended size of 16MB must be present BRLIS0001E No TFTP Path specified The TFTP export directory field of the Network Server Setup Update wizard was left blank Specify the protocol export directory in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to copy all necessary files to setup the TFTP service BRLIS0002E No Web server Path specified The protocol export directory field of the Network Server Setup Update wizard was left blank Specify the protocol in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to copy all necessary files to setup the repository BRLISOOO3E No ISO image file specified The IBM Toolkit source field of the Network Server Setup Update wizard was left blank Specify the complete path with the ISO files in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to copy all necessary files to the repository directories BRLISOOO4E No repository path specified The IBM Toolkit base dir field of the Network Server Setup Update wizard was left blank Specify a base directory in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be abl
126. ooting from a network note the following e To boot a machine from network a network boot server must have been previously set up Moreover your server administrator must have added your machine to the list of allowed clients for network boot If you are not sure whether your machine will be served a network image contact your network administrator e The steps for configuring the network boot server are explained in detail in Setting up or updating the Network Server on page 85 e When the IBM Installation Toolkit is booted through the network the documentation is not available Use a DVD ROM equipped machine to read the documentation through the Welcome Center 2 If you are going to boot from DVD insert the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD into the selected CD DVD ROM device 3 Power on your system 4 The system will boot from the selected device and the boot loader window as shown in the following figure is displayed Chapter 3 Booting IBM Installation Toolkit 15 ie SO IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on Power Version 3 1 Timestamp 300508125618 This Live CD supports booting the following hardware System families Open Power Power Blades JS12 JS20 JS21 JS22 System i iSeries System p5 System p6 Intellistation POWER 185 ATX Processor family Power 5 PPC 970 Power 6 Linux distributions supported for installation RHEL4 RHEL5 SLES9 and SLES10 For more information on hardware support che
127. or The server management module is designed to help administrators set up and configure a network boot server and an installation server The server consolidation module is designed to help administrators to migrate a server from System x to POWER machines The task monitor allows you to monitor tasks that are running in the background In order to start using System Tools type systemtools at the command prompt and point your browser to the server IP address on port 8080 Note You may need to configure your firewall to allow incoming connections on port 8080 to be able to connect to System Tools The main window is displayed below IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER System Tools 4 Server Server Task Monitor Management Consolidation Figure 97 System Tools main window If you have not installed System Tools using PowerPack you can do it manually In order to do install manually locate the following files e systools lt version gt noarch rpm file e wui lt version gt noarch rpm file e wui_core lt version gt noarch rpm file e sct pexpect lt version gt noarch rpm file e PAM authenticate lt version gt ppc64 rpm file Copyright IBM Corp 2009 83 These files are found inside the suse noarch or RedHat RPMS directories in the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD or an ISO file that you can download from the Internet Additionally you may have to locate additional files when installing on the
128. orrect value automatically 5 Specify the partition mount point If you are creating a swap or prep partition you should not specify any mount point To apply your choices click Add Note In order to fill up the disk space when creating the last partition select All available Selecting All available causes the partitioning backend to use all the free space available on that disk Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 31 The following figure illustrates this action in graphical mode The interface to create partitions in text mode is similar IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Disk partitioning Settings for new partition 1 choose the file system you wish File system ext3 the partition to use 2 set a size size Fe C Al available for the partition or set it to use all available space 3 set a mount Mount point point for the partition on the installed system Figure 26 Installation wizard Creating a partition You can change the properties of a partition by selecting the partition and clicking Edit You may also select an existing partition and reuse it by editing the partition and selecting a mount point If you do not have a PReP partition yet the wizard displays a warning When you have created a PReP boot partition this warning will no longer be displayed Note The required partitions for the system to work properly are the PReP Partition
129. ote If not all of your disks are displayed click Reset to reload the values Note though that clicking Reset discards all of your modifications to the partition plans so far This interface shows the disk in the target system the size of the disk and the amount of space not used by any partition If there is more than one disk available in the system clicking Change allows you to select a different disk In addition a list of partitions is displayed For each partition the following information is shown e Name e Type where Pri means Primary Ext means Extended and Log means Logical e Size e Free Available space within the partition e File system e Current mount point e Format flag indicates whether this partition will be formatted during installation To change the current scheme select the disk you want to work on and then use the buttons below it to Add Edit Delete Delete all or Reset Clicking Reset resets the options and delete all changes done so far To create a partition 1 Select an empty space in the current disk You can also change a partition if you like 2 Click Add 3 Specify the type of the partition either ext2 ext3 reiserfs vfat swap or prep 4 Specify the size either in bytes kilobytes megabytes gigabytes or terabytes If you are creating a prep partition you should not specify any size The IBM Installation Toolkit calculates the c
130. ove client machines The figure below displays these options 84 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER This tool is used to configure the network server R Network Server Setup Update Manage Network Resources ig Manage Client Systems Figure 98 Server Management Module window Setting up or updating the Network Server The Network Server Setup Update module is responsible for the server environment initial configuration setting up the TFTP export directory file sharing protocol protocol export directory IBM Installation Toolkit base directory and IBM Installation Toolkit data source To set up or update the network server follow these steps 1 Select Network Server Setup Update from the Server Management Tools module Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 85 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER This tool is used to configure the network server Ua Network Server Setup Update lation Ti Lie far liet arn PC Manage Network Resources Eg Manage Client Systems Figure 99 Server Management Module window 2 On the Network Server Setup Update window you can enter or change the following information 86 TFTP export dir This directory is the location that is made externally visible through the TFTP server Files related to the Network Boot feature of IBM Installation Toolkit is copied to this location so that they are e
131. packages and to migrate the LAMP stack software stack and application data from a System X server to a System P server e Microcode packages e RAS Tools packages User guides and manual about Linux Linux for POWER and POWER Systems Copyright IBM Corp 2009 7 Choosing the installation media IBM Installation Toolkit can be used to perform Linux installations over network or via CD DVDs This section is intended to help you choose the best option to your computing environment For CD DVD based installations you can use the IBM Installation Toolkit ISO image to create a bootable DVD load it on the machine and then proceed with Linux installation using the CD DVDs of the Linux distribution you selected You can also combine these two options by booting from DVD and installing over network or booting from network and installing using CD DVDs The best choice depends solely on the characteristics of your computing environment For large network scenarios the best choice is to set up a network installation server Using a network installation server makes it possible to boot IBM Installation Toolkit and to install Linux on multiple client machines at the same time and it is much faster than booting installing from CD DVD This network based installation approach makes multiple and parallel Linux installations over the network quick and easy However in small environments the DVD is probably the best choice to boot the IBM Installat
132. port TERM vt102 if you are using bash e If your machine is an ATX and you want to boot your newly installed system using the serial console append console ttyS4 to yaboot s prompt like linux console ttyS4 where linux is the boot label e Some IBM packages may take a long time to install due to its size and configuration e The IBM Installation Toolkit has a failure detection engine to prevent misconfiguration during the automatic installations If an error is detected YaST may be restarted and you might be asked to provide some configuration information again Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 45 Your system is up and running A copy of the IBM Installation Toolkit Welcome Center is available in your new system If you want to perform maintenance tasks and install new IBM Value add packages you can start it by typing WelcomeCenter in a shell Continuing RHEL installations This section is only applicable to RHEL installations If you are performing a SLES installation go to Continuing SLES installations on page 44 After configuring the installation through the installation wizard in the Welcome Center Anaconda is launched and installs the system automatically as displayed in the figure below No input from you is necessary besides changing the CDs DVDs if this installation mode was selected Name glibc common 2 3 4 2 13 ppc Size 222568k Summary Common binaries and lo
133. r Hmc Managed Server Hmc Managed Server Hmc Managed Server Hmc Managed Server Hmc Managed Server Hmc Managed Server See details See details See details See details See details See details See details See details See details See details See details See details See details EE o 1 select a category and click on Apply in order to see only the packages in it 2 check in the list the packages you wish to be installed 3 click on See details to see the description of a given package Figure 35 Installation wizard IBM packages selection graphical mode 40 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER IBM packages to be installed Show instructions Filter packages by Al Apply Package Category Information X powerpc utils papr All Servers Running Rhel See details X powerpc utils All Servers Running Rhel See details X diagela All Servers See details X sre All Servers See details X 1svpd All Servers See details X servicelog All Servers See details X librtas All Servers See details X csm client Hmc Managed Server See details X rpa dlpar Hmc Managed Server See details X rpa pci hotplug Hmc Managed Server See details X IBMinvscout Hmc Managed Server See details X csm core Hmc Managed Server See details X rsct core Hmc Managed Server See details X rsct core utils Hmc Managed Se
134. ries architecture Java TM Technology Edition Version 6 Read this package s support statement here U Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 50 Installing packages Packages selection i IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Select IBM packages you want to install Available IBM packages are divided into the families below You can click ona family s name to collapse expand it and see its packages Advanced Toolchain for RHEL5 Servers Optional All Servers Optional Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter 7 Figure 51 Installing packages Packages selection text mode 5 Accept the licenses of the packages you selected If you do not accept the licenses the installation will not proceed 52 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Read the each license associated to packages and accept or decline Below are listed all the licenses you must accept in order to install the selected IBM packages You can click on a license name in the list in order to see which packages are licensed under it and also be able to read its text After reading each license s text you must accept all of them or decline Commercial Click here to read this license text The following packages are licensed
135. rtitioning window IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Disk partitioning Current disk devisda Change 1 select the disk you wish to ni partition and click on Change 2 select a blank space blk and click dev sda capacity 10 00 GB free 0 00 KB on Add to create a partition on it Name Type Size Free F System M Point Format 3 select a partition and click on sdal Pri 7 00MB N A prep N A no Edit or Delete to edit or delete it O sda2 Pri 149 00 MB 120 00 MB ext3 boot no 4 click on Delete all to remove O sda3 Pri 934GB 753GB ext3 no all partitions 5 click on Reset to D sda4 Ext N A N A N A N A no restore the initial partitioning D sda5 Log 509 00 MB N A swap N A no Add Edit Delete Delete all Reset i Quit Prev Next Figure 24 Installation wizard Partitioning graphical mode 30 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Disk partitioning Show instructions Current disk dev sda Change dev sda capacity 10 00 GB free 0 00 KB Name Type Size Free F System M Point Format x sdal Pri 7 00 MB N A prep N A no sda2 Pri 149 00 MB 120 00 MB ext3 boot no sda3 Pri 9 34 GB 7 53 GB ext3 no sda4 Ext N A N A N A N A no sda5 Log 509 00 MB N A swap N A no Actions Add Edit Delete Delete all Reset Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 25 Installation wizard Partitioning text mode N
136. rver See details X devices chrp base ServiceRM Hmc Managed Server See details advance toolchain runtime Advanced Toolchain for RHEL Servers Optional See details advance toolchain devel Advanced Toolchain for RHEL Servers Optional See details X DynamicRM Hmc Managed Server With Power5 Processor or Newer See details ibm java ppc sdk Optional See details systools Optional See details ibm java ppc64 sdk Optional See details vpa ies Optional See details lop docs Optional See details Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 36 Installation wizard IBM packages selection text mode The package families are initially filtered by All You can apply a different filter by selecting it in the Filter packages by field and clicking Apply If you want to see more detailed information about a specific package click See details To go back to the main window click OK After you are finished click Next to read the licensing summary of the packages selected Note e Packages that do not have a check box next to them are not optional and are always installed e The packages are sorted according to the systems that should have them installed The list does not include packages that do not apply to your machine In the next window you must either accept or decline the licenses The installation will only proceed if you accept the licenses The figures below show the corresponding windows You can read
137. s and other packages IBM Toolkit source The IBM Toolkit source is the CD ROM DVD ROM or ISO image file location This information is used to copy the required contents from the source location Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network Server Setup Update Configure Network Server TFTP export dir ftftpboot Protocol HTTP d Protocol export dir var wwwilocalnost Configure IBM Toolkit Repository IBM Toolkit base dir fvar adm IBMIT_LOP ce IBM Toolkit source ldev sr0 Actions Submit Back to main menu Figure 100 Server Setup main window 3 When you have finished click Submit Confirm your choices on the Summary page and click Continue to save the configuration parameters and start copying the required files Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 87 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network Server Setup Update Task confirmation Network Server Info IBM Toolkit base dir var wwwy html TFTP export dir tftpboot Protocol export dir Protocol http IBM Toolkit source root cd root iso 5 Continue Back to main menu Figure 101 Summary window Manage network resources The Manage Network Resources module is responsible for distributions repositories and IBM packages repository management A distribution repository is required in order to install a Linux distri
138. sages displayed in the status box Verify the source information and try again After entering all the necessary information click Next gt gt 4 The system attempts to get a source profile with all system information needed to perform the migration This window works automatically and directs you to the next step if no problems occur Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 101 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Get source s profile Download completed Actions lt lt gt gt Back to main menu Figure 117 Getting the source profile 5 Verify the system type of the source machine and select the system type of the target machine to be installed from a list of options provided IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Choose the machine type for the target system System Type Source System Type x86_64 Target System Type Powers 520 550 570 590 595 Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 118 Selecting the target s system type The available system type options for the target machine are e POWERS 520 550 570 590 595 POWERS processor based blades e POWERE6 520 550 570 575 POWER6 processor based blades e System i5 iSeries IntelliStation POWER 185 ATX Click Next gt gt 102 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual 6 Select the specific target machine to install and the Linux distribution o
139. se distributions RHEL4 Tibxml2 python lt version gt ppc rpm RHEL5 Tibxml2 python lt version gt ppc rpm SLES9 python xml lt version gt ppc rpm SLES10 libxml2 python lt version gt rpm and python xml lt version gt ppc rpm These packages can all be found on the distribution installation media When you have copied these files to your server type rpm ivh lt files gt where lt files gt is a list of all the rpm packages listed above Note You may experience problems with some SELinux configurations when running System Tools on RHEL installations In this case you should consider setting SELinux to permissive mode when a System Tools task is running Server Management Tool The Server Management Tool allows you to set up an IBM Installation Toolkit server which can be used to manage Linux distributions repositories and to allow client systems to boot the IBM Installation Toolkit from the network This module has three basic parts e Network Server Setup Update Responsible for setting up the basic information needed by System Tools to manage network resources and provide Network Boot capabilities e Manage Network Resources Provides distribution management capabilities to System Tools making it possible to add or delete repositories of RHEL SLES distributions or IBM packages e Manage Client Systems Manages clients that use the Network Boot feature of IBM Installation Toolkit This option allows you to add or rem
140. sing Tab twice in Dacomond terminal server during SLES9 SP3 first boot may hang the system e Serial terminal or serial like terminals may not be the best for use as the terminal window refresh behavior is not adequate for this application You may experience some window refresh problems when using it You should consider using SSH sessions instead e When installing RHEL4 with the packages for graphics environments GDM may not use the special RedHat theme and warn you about the non existence of a configuration file for itself It uses the default configuration though Use RHEL s configuration center to correct this warning e When installing SLES9 SP4 with a non virtualized CD DVD drive YaST may complain in first boot that it cannot find the drive Click show details and remove the device entry after cd e At the Client Systems Management after choosing some hosts from an existent subnet the dhcp server configuration file is changed so you cannot go back in your browser and add more of these hosts However you can add them manually again and commit your changes Copyright IBM Corp 2009 123 e There is no mail profile for SLES 9 migrations because Postfix is installed by default during this distro installation and Sendmail conflicts with it e When rebooting for the first time RHEL s yaboot may not work automatically You may need to press Enter at the prompt boot e When doing a SLES 10 installation if automatic confi
141. stored on the temporary side follow these steps a Select Reject firmware on the temporary side from the Firmware wizard b You are warned that this operation cannot be undone To proceed click Yes I m sure REJECT FIRMWARE IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER You must confirm the action in order to continue Yes l m sure REJECT FIRMWARE Actions _ lt lt Back Next Back to main menu Figure 81 Firmware update rejecting a firmware on the temporary side a IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER You must confirm the action to continue Yes I m sure REJECT FIRMWARE Actions lt lt Back Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter Figure 82 Firmware update rejecting a firmware on the temporary side text mode 70 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Configuring the network When you select the Configure Network option in the Welcome Center s Utilities window you can set up your network configuration either automatically through DHCP or manually It configures the network for the live DVD session environment not for the target system s environment This option is not available on the installed system To configure your network select the network interface to be configured from the Network card field and the type of configuration you want automatic or manual from the Configuration Type fie
142. t name can be provided using the format hostname domain Also a DNS server can be specified by typing its IP address in the DNS server field Specifying a DNS server is optional By default all network interfaces that are detected as being with their link up are set to be configured automatically on boot using a local DHCP server the other network interfaces are left disabled If this configuration is not correct you can change it by checking the relevant interface and then selecting Configure You are prompted to select either Automatic Disabled or Manual configuration In the first case a DHCP server must be present on the network whereas in the latter that information must be provided and is kept for subsequent boots After clicking Manual you must provide the following information e the IP address for the selected card e the netmask e the gateway that connects your network to the outside world This information is optional and can be left blank Then select the Save option to confirm your changes or click Cancel to cancel it You are then redirected to the previous window Note e Your network administrator may assist you in case you do not have the required information e In case you are doing a network installation make sure that the network is correctly configured otherwise the post install scripts fails e The IBM Installation Toolkit requires full Internet access at installation time and during the first boot in order to
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144. t for Linux on POWER Repository Selection Network Install Server lt gt Repository HTTP RHEL4 RHEL4U7 RHEL4U7 IBM Additional Packages Server lt gt Repository HTTP IBMIT ibm_it4lop ibm_it4lop Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 120 Repository servers information 104 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Repository Selection Network Install Server Protocol HTTP IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Server IP Server Directory IBM Additional Packages Server Protocol WTTp s Server IP Server Directory Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 121 Repository Selection window enter custom URL Click Next gt gt 8 Select the options to migrate all users and groups the home directories and the LAMP data from the source machine to the target one The LAMP option is displayed only if there is the Apache or MySQL server applications on the source machine Chapter 8 IBM Installation Toolkit System Tools 105 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER General settings Home Users and Groups Migrate Users and groups Migrate Home directories LAMP Data Migration Migrate Lamp data Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 122 General Settings Note If you select the home direc
145. t mode in installed system If you performed a Linux installation using IBM Installation Toolkit the Welcome Center is installed on this system To run the Welcome Center type WelcomeCenter in the shell Note 20 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Remote connections using Windows Hyperterminal and Internet Explorer are not supported Web System Management PC Client connections may experience some problems when using the browser s hotkeys like B b and End e Use an empty password to log in as root on the Live DVD environment All of the four ways to access the Welcome Center described earlier in this chapter also hold for installed systems The only difference is that you have to use port 4234 to access it from a remote browser like http your_machine_ip 4234 Note e If you have a machine without a graphics card you are restricted to using the Welcome Center in text mode if accessing it locally However you may access this machine and still run the Welcome Center remotely if you want to e You are only able to launch the Welcome Center on an installed system if you are logged in as root e If you start a second instance of the Welcome Center the first one is closed e When you are using the Welcome Center in a text mode environment any time the Welcome Center returns after launching external programs the browser prompts you for the user name and password again e If you run the Welcome Center in text mode the
146. t password fields were left blank Specify the root password in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to set the root password for the new system BRLIW0026E The inserted install server directory is not valid The specified directory for the installation server is not in a valid format The directory entry must start with a slash and should not contain any empty spaces in it BRLIW0030E No netmask specified The netmask field was left blank You must specify a network mask for the network card being configured BRLIW0032E Invalid netmask The netmask entered is invalid You must specify a valid network mask for the network card being configured BRLIW0033E Invalid gateway The gateway entered is invalid You must specify a valid gateway for the network card being configured BRLIW0034E Invalid IP address The IP address entered is invalid You must specify a valid IP address for the network card being configured BRLIWOO35E Could not find a network interface The system probably doesn t have a network interface and the Welcome Center will quit Attach a network card to your system and restart the Welcome Center BRLIW0036E No network card selected Choose a network card from the list presented to configure the network BRLIW0037E Invalid IP address for Packages Server The IP address of the packages server is incorrect Specify a valid IP address in order to do a network installation BRLIW0038E Could not con
147. teway Optional gateway IP for it Figure 28 Wizard Network Configuration in graphical mode manual configuration IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Network settings for the installed system Show instructions Global network settings Fully qualified hostname IBMIT Linux loca dom DNS server Optional Network cards MAC Address Link Configuration x A2 42 10 00 20 04 Up Automatic Actions Configure Details Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 29 Wizard Network Configuration in text mode Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 35 es IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Gateway Optional Navigation Quit Prev Next Network settings for the installed system Show instructions Network card configuration Fully qualified hostname IBMIT Linux localdom DNS server Optional MAC Address A2 42 10 00 20 04 Configuration type Automatic IP Netmask Actions Cancel Save Figure 30 Wizard Network Configuration in text mode manual configuration After you have completed the network configuration click Next to proceed Choosing general settings for the target system Use this step to configure the installed system On the General settings for the installed system the following fields must be filled Input Peripherals The type of keyboard and mouse attached to the target machine
148. the license text by clicking Read license Once you are finished reviewing the license agreements click OK to go back to the Accept Licenses window Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 41 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER IBM packages licenses License Details This shows all of the licenses you GPL Read license must accept in order to install the selected IBM packages If you want to read a license click on IBM Corp Read license Read license In order to proceed IBM Common Public License CPL v1 0 Read license es iraa R A all e by 5 checking the box accept all the LGPL 2 0 Read license E Se International Licence Agreement for Non Warranted Programs Read license OI accept all the licenses above Quit Prev Next Figure 37 Installation wizard IBM packages licenses graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER D IBM packages licenses Show instructions License Details GPL Read license LGPL Read license IBM Corp Read license IBM Common Public License CPL v1 0 Read license International License Agreement for Non Warranted Programs Read license IBM Common Public License CPL Read license I accept all the licenses above Navigation Quit Prev Next Ne J Figure 38 Installation wizard IBM packages licenses text mode Starting the installation process Everything needed to begin the installation is available A summary is
149. the same network as the network boot server if you do not have this information contact your local administrator If you selected CD DVD as the device type select the DVD drive that contains the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD Version SF235 185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Select Device Device Current Device Number Position Name I Virtual Ethernet 1oc U9124 720 100367A V3 C4 T1 2 None Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen x eXit System Management Services Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 6 Selecting an available device to boot from 7 Confirm your choice by selecting Set Boot Sequence Configure as 1st Boot Device Chapter 3 Booting IBM Installation Toolkit 13 Gee SF235_185 SMS 1 6 c Copyright IBM Corp 2000 2005 All rights reserved Select Task Virtual Ethernet 10c U9124 720 100367A V3 C4 T1 1 Information 2 Set Boot Sequence Configure as 1st Boot Device Navigation Keys M return to Main Menu ESC key return to previous screen x eXit System Management Services Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key Figure 7 Setting the chosen device as the 1st boot device 8 The firmware is updated with the configuration for the boot device order 7 eee vdevice v scsi 30000002 disk Figure 8 Updating firmware data 9 Th
150. tor and x86World uninstallation window text mode 5 Confirm the uninstall action in the Uninstallation summary window and click Uninstall 62 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Uninstallation summary Translator Are you sure you want to remove the PowerVM Lx86 Translator All the Translator configuration files will be deleted x86 World Are you sure you want to remove your x86 World All the data and configuration files will be deleted Actions Back Uninstall Cancel Figure 71 PowerVM Lx86 uninstall summary 6 When the uninstall action is complete you will receive confirmation that the uninstallation was successful Click OK to return to the Welcome Center IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Uninstallation Completed You have successfully uninstalled PowerVM Lx86 You can see the uninstallation log at tmp powervm lx86_install 09U3mO log Please click on OK to go back to Welcome Center main menu Actions OK Figure 72 PowerVM Lx86 uninstall confirmation Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 63 Welcome Center utilities This section describes the Welcome Center utilities When running on a live system the Welcome Center utilities includes the following options e Configure Network e Eject media e Reboot System e System Diagnostic e Firmware Update IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux
151. tories option the wizard automatically selects the user and groups option If you select the option of LAMP data migration and there is a MySQL Server in the source machine a new field is displayed asking for the MySQL root password IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER General settings Home Users and Groups Migrate Users and groups I Migrate Home directories f LAMP Data Migration Migrate Lamp data f MySQL root password Password If you have not set a root password for your MySQL Installation then left It blank Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 123 General Settings with MySQL root password Note 106 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual e To migrate the LAMP data the tool needs the root user password of the MySQL server and not the root password of the system e Be sure that the MySQL Server is running or can be started in the source machine before starting the migration otherwise MySQL data cannot be migrated e The IBM SCT will not analyze or modify the LAMP configuration files during or after the migration When you are finished click Next gt gt 9 Optional Select server profile options to install in the target system The available options are e Web server Apache e File server Samba e Print server Cups Database server PostgreSQL e Database server MySQL e Directory server Open LDAP e Mail server Sendmail e
152. tralized interface that allows you to update firmware run diagnostics and recovery tools prepare the machine for Linux installation and have access to Linux documentation Some of the key functions of the IBM Installation Toolkit include e Eases Linux installation Provides a wizard that allows you to install and configure Linux on Power servers in just a few steps Works with new and existing configurations Allows remote installation control You can run installations by directing a graphical web browser or a Secure Shell SSH to the target machine Supports DVD and network based installations e Provides access to latest Firmware images with an easy to use interface for updating system firmware e Provides a single comprehensive source for all Linux on Power servers software including IBM Reliability Availability and Serviceability RAS Tools e Helps managing computing environment Provides an application to easily create and manage network repositories containing Linux and IBM value added packages Can be used as a bootable rescue DVD to perform system diagnostics or maintenance on previously installed operating systems e Provides access to latest Linux on Power servers documentation You can use the IBM Installation Toolkit for the following e Install and configure Linux on a non virtualized Power server along with IBM RAS Tools e Install and configure Linux on machines with previously configure
153. try from the DHCP file and try again The existent host with this MAC is hostname There is already a client using this MAC address change it or delete the old one BRLCS0040E System Tools doesn t support hosts out of subnet blocks Either remove these hosts or move them within the subnet Use only hosts that are part of the subnet chosen BRLCS0043E There was an error restarting DHCP server Please verify it yourself Receiving the message error message Please verify your DHCP server file configuration BRLCSOO44E Invalid IP for hostname The provided IP is either incomplete or in an invalid format or already in use The IP address must follow the format 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 Examples of valid addresses are 10 2 0 1 192 168 3 20 Invalid addresses are 455 303 100 20 or 10 0 0 If you do not know this information contact your network administrator BRLDP0001E No partition selected Select a partition from the list presented BRLDP0002E Invalid Partition Size Type an integer number greater than zero in the field Size to create the partition requested BRLDPOOO3E Invalid Mount Point Path Type a valid mount point in the field Mount Point The common Linux mount points used to create new partitions are the following bin boot dev etc home mnt opt proc root sbin tmp usr and var BRLDPOOO4E The partition size must not exceed the available space The partition size requested is
154. u need to set the network installation options If you are installing using the Linux distribution CDs DVDs this step is not available In this window provide the access information to the installation server If the target machine was booted from the network that information may be already available from the Repository field 28 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual If you booted the IBM Installation Toolkit from its DVD no information is available and the server location must be provided manually as a URL in the Use custom URL in the form protocol server_ip server_directory where e protocol Determines how the server is providing the packages over the network HTTP FTP or NFS e server ip The IP address of the installation server e server directory The directory that you are using to access the distribution content on the server Two servers must be provided The first Network Install Server provides the Linux distribution files while the second IBM Additional Packages Server provides the IBM value add packages IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Repository Selection Network Install Server Repository HTTP RHEL4 RHEL4U7 RHEL4U7 S IBM Additional Packages Server Repository HTTP IBMIT ibm_it4lop ibm_it4lop Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 22 Installation wizard server options Graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for
155. under this license ibm java2 ppc sdk ibm java2 ppc64 sdk Choose Accept Decline Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to main menu Figure 52 Installing packages Licenses Agreement IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Read each license associated to packages and accept or decline Below are listed all the licenses you must accept in order to install the selected IBM packages You can click on a license name in the list in order to see which packages are licensed under it and also be able to read its text After reading each license s text you must accept all of them or decline Commercial Click here to read this license text The following packages are licensed under this license ibm java ppc sdk ibm java ppc64 sdk Choose Accept Decline Actions lt lt Back Next gt gt Back to the main menu Home top End bottom Tab nextlink Esc Tab backlink Arrow keys Enter n Figure 53 Licenses Agreement screen text mode 6 Review the summary If you are satisfied with your selection click Click here to install the packages The Welcome Center asks you for the IBM Installation Toolkit DVD or requests the packages from your RPM server accordingly to your configurations Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 53 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Summary of the whole process IBM RAS Tools installation is ready to start Click here to install the
156. uring the LPAR creation process when trying to create the virtual disk Check the log file at var log wui for details and verify if the HMC IVM system is properly configured BRLLC0015E This IP is already configured to another machine The IP address provided for the LPAR is already assigned to another machine in the DHCP server Choose a free IP address that can be used by the LPAR If unsure consult your network administrator BRLLC0017E LPAR name already in use Please choose a different one The name provided for the new LPAR is already in use by another LPAR on the Managed System Choose another name for the new LPAR BRLMR0001E Could not delete the specified repository The IBM Installation Toolkit could not delete some repository from the repository file or could not delete the entire file BRLMRO0002E No Repository Name specified The nickname field for the distribution was left blank Specify a nickname for the distribution in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to add a new repository in your database Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 137 BRLMR0003E No Destination Path specified The destination path field was left blank Specify a destination path in order for the IBM Installation Toolkit to be able to continue BRLMROO04E Invalid Destination Path The specified destination path is invalid Specify a valid destination directory The directory entry must start with a forward slash and should not contain
157. utions include Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 6 and above Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 27 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 1 and above Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 U1 and above Changing the Installation Profile determines which set of packages from the distributions are installed on the target system Choose one of these options e Minimal Installs the smallest set of packages that allows the system to boot and to perform basic tasks The disk usage is kept to a minimum you may choose to install additional packages in the future using the standard method provided by each Linux distribution e Minimal with X Installs all the packages included in Minimal but also installs the X Window System a graphical environment that runs on Linux This option is useful for servers that have a graphics card but still have storage space restrictions e Full Installs all package sets provided by the distribution Requires much disk space but you should not need to install any other package in the future e Default Installs the distribution s default package selection and provides a balance between disk usage and functionality Note e The IBM Installation Toolkits probes your hardware for video cards If you choose a package set that installs the X Window System any set but the Minimal and a video card is found your system is set to boot in graphical mode known as Runlevel 5 e The IBM Instal
158. ve defined in the Toolkit e The reuse of an existing partition will not be successful if you are installing a new SLES 10 system and the existing system is not SLES 10 In this case the best practice is to delete all existing partitions and create new ones or to use automatic partitioning e When installing a new SLES 9 system the error message Could not set up swap partition dev sda5 or another device may be displayed if you re use an existing partition In this case click OK and ignore the message e The root file system of the Live DVD is loopback mounted on mnt image So if you unmount it or mount some other file system on it or any of its children directories you will crash your system and will have to reboot it e When using the Welcome Center on an installed RHEL system in text mode elinks prompts for a login and password If you select Cancel to quit this operation you need to press Ctrl C to return to the console e After a SLES installation through network Yast may warn you that it cannot connect to the packages repository during system boot You can safely click OK to retry this operation e In installed RHEL systems the text browser may not display the packages licenses description correctly when you choose to install new IBM packages using Welcome Center e SLES9 SP3 or 4 will not boot on HV2 after system installation if you are using a Lanai Graphics Card Removing the card will allow the system to boot Pres
159. xternally accessible Make sure that the TFTP server is correctly configured to serve this directory by looking at the TFTP configuration file etc xinetd d tftp Protocol This field indicates the protocol that is used to share files between your client systems and the Toolkit Server The Toolkit assumes that you will independently configure your server to share files with client systems The Toolkit does not restrict how you do this configuration but it needs to know the underlying protocol so that the Toolkit base directory can be registered and made available to client systems Available protocol choices are HTTP FTP and NFS Protocol Export dir This field identifies the path that is used by the protocol mechanism to provide external access to the IBM Toolkit base directory For example if the protocol is HTTP then the client accesses a distribution repository through the URL http toolkitserver_IP IBMIT distro A similar URL is generated for the FTP protocol In this example the protocol export directory is IBMIT The Toolkit assumes that the administrator will configure the Web server with the appropriate alias that links IBMIT with the IBM Toolkit base directory If the protocol is NFS export the IBM Toolkit base directory so that the managed clients have access to the Toolkit managed data Consult your product documentation for more information IBM Toolkit base dir The IBM Toolkit base directory stores the distributions repositorie
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161. you provided the correct medias for the chosen x86 Linux distribution and that they are in perfect conditions An error occurred when trying to copy files from the provided media Verify if the media is correct for the Linux distribution selected and it is not corrupted BRLPV0028E Could not locate the PowerVM Lx86 rpm The Toolkit could not find a rpm file in the PowerVM provided media Verify if the media is not corrupted BRLPV0029E Could not locate the PowerVM Lx86 license file A problem occurred when trying to display the PowerVM Lx86 license Verify if the PowerVM Lx86 installation file is not corrupted and try to download the file again BRLPVOO30E Can t use PATH_NAME because it s a non empty directory The provided directory cannot be used because it is not empty Enter a new path name that either is an empty directory or does not exist on the system BRLPVOO31E Can t use PATH_NAME as a path The provided directory cannot be used because it is a system reserved directory Enter a new path name that either is an empty directory or does not exist on the system BRLPV0032E FILE NAME points to a file The provided path cannot be used because it already exists on the system Enter a new path name that either is an empty directory or does not exist on the system BRLPV0033E Home directory must exist DIRECTORY_NAME The home directory entered does not exist on the system Make sure to provide a home dire
162. you will get access to the IBM web site content available on the Internet You will be able to use the Support for IBM Systems and servers web site which provides technical information for IT professionals who maintain IBM System p System i and BladeCenter servers As support bulletins are released you receive email containing links to the bulletins Emails are available in HTML or plain text format Customers can select one or more operating systems topics and categories You can choose to have new topics automatically added to your preferences You will be notified on a daily basis of updates to your subscribed topics Registered users can also post messages on the IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER Support Forum at http www ibm com developerworks forums forum jspa forumID 937 Click here to register Back to main menu Figure 96 Register Note e Before being directed to the page shown in figure the Welcome Center informs you if your network is not configured e You need to have a gateway and a DNS server configured in order to access the external network Internet Chapter 6 Welcome Center additional features 79 80 Linux IBM Installation Toolkit User Manual Chapter 7 Recovery tools The IBM Installation Toolkit bootable image loads a minimal Linux system in order to run Linux install firmware update diagnostic and recovery tools and other applications As a common Linux System
163. ypes you need 2 choose the language and time zone you wish the installed system to use 3 set a password for the root user and confirm it Figure 31 Installation wizard system configuration graphical mode IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER General settings for the installed system Show instructions Input peripherals Keyboard English US Mouse Automatic Localization Language English US Time zone Europe Albania J Use UTC System security Root password Confirm root password Navigation Quit Prev Next Figure 32 Installation wizard system configuration Text mode Chapter 5 Installing Linux using the Welcome center 37 Windows for RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 IBM Installation Toolkit for Linux on POWER General settings for the installed system Input peripherals 1 choose the keyboard and Keyboard English US mouse types you need 2 choose the language and time zone you wish the installed system to use 3 set a password for the root user and confirm it 4 set an Language English US a activation key for the RedHat Time zone albania O Use UTC Network if you have one System security Root password Mouse Automatic gt Localization Confirm root password Red Hat Specific RHN activation key Optional Quit Prev Next Figure 33 Installation wizard system con

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