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Marimba Confidential

Deployment GuideVersion 6.0.2 (040708)

Marimba Confidential

Copyright

Copyright 19962004 Marimba, Inc.

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Contents

IntroductionOverview of the Installation and Deployment Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7How This Guide Is Organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Related Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Typographical Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Installing the Master Transmitter and Marimba ConsoleRunning the Marimba Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Before You Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Installing the Master Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15Installing the Marimba Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Installing Products and Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Setting Up the Database and Configuring Report CenterOverview of Database and Inventory Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Installing and Configuring the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Prerequisites for Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Prerequisites for Microsoft SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Installing the Inventory Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Data Files and Index Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Database Roles and Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Verifying That the Query Library Was Imported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Configuring the Inventory and Logging Plug-ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Configuring User and Group Access to the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Setting Up Policy ManagerOverview of Policy Management Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

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Setting Up Policy Management to Use Your Directory Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Configuring Policy Manager and the Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting Up Patch ManagementOverview of Patch Management Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Configuring the Patch Repository and Installing the Patch Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Configuring the Patch Service Plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting Up Deployment ManagerOverview of Deployment Manager Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Configuring Deployment Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring the Log Queue Size for Deployment Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Using Deployment Manager to Configure the Root Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Creating Profiles and Installers, and Running DeploymentsOverview of the Setup and Deployment Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55Creating Profiles for Various Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Loading a Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60Creating a Profile for a Mirror or Repeater Transmitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Creating a Profile for a Proxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Creating a Profile for a Server Management Endpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Creating Installers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Creating Installer Deployments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73Running and Monitoring Installer Deployments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75Uninstalling Tuners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Verifying That the System Is Set Up CorrectlyUsing Report Center to Run a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81Whats Next? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Appendix A: Oracle Database TuningRecommended Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

The dml_locks Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86The open_cursors Parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87The Number of Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Oracle Server Disk Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87Rollback Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Configuring Oracle 9is Cost-Based Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89Setting the Optimizer Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90Gathering Statistics on Tables for the Cost-Based Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Oracle Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Appendix B: Using Database Setup ScriptsDownloading the Database Scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Installing and Configuring the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuring Oracle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Configuring Microsoft SQL Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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Appendix C: Co-existence with Earlier Versions of Marimba ProductsOverview of the Co-existence Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Appendix D: Using a Ghost Image to Deploy Marimba ProductsPreparing a Machine for Creating a Ghost Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Index

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Introduction

This guide provides instructions for performing a fresh installation of Marim