HOWTO install Grid Control Agent 10.1.0.4 on AIX

I spent too much time installing Intelligent Agent 10.1.0.4.1 on AIX 5.3, so I thought I'd share my findings in case anybody needs it.

Maybe somebody can tell me if I did it too complicated.

1.) You download the Agent, unpack it in the agent_deploy directory on the OMS server and edit the agentDownload and response files as documented (OMS server and port.

2.) You transfer the agentDownload.aix script to the AIX machine.

3.) You install wget and a JDK on the AIX machine.

4.) As Oracle user on the AIX machine, you create the home directory for the agent.

5.) As Oracle user, you say the following magic spells: export ORACLE_HOME=<agent home created in step 4> export PERL5LIB=$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/5.6.1:$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/5.6.1/aix:$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.1/aix:$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib/site_perl/5.6.1:$ORACLE_HOME/sysman/admin/scripts:$ORACLE_HOME/perl/lib export LIBPATH=$ORACLE_HOME/lib32:$ORACLE_HOME/ctx/lib32:$ORACLE_HOME/oui/lib/aix export JAVA_HOME=$ORACLE_HOME/jdk
export PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$ORACLE_HOME/jdk/bin:$PATH:<path to jar executable> export TZ=GMT-1

The "path to the jar executable" points to a jar that must be installed BEFORE the installation of the Agent.

The TZ environment variable above is appropriate for CET = GMT + 1. Note that You must set TZ to GMT-n if you want GMT + n! the TZ environment variable must also be in your .profile, as the agent will not start if it is not set correctly.

The greatest mystery for me is why the TZ variable must be set like this and reasonable values like CET or Europe/Vienna lead to errors.

6.) call agentDownload.aix

Yours,
Laurenz Albe Received on Wed Apr 05 2006 - 10:07:25 CDT