Chapter 2. Preparing To Install

Chapter 2. Preparing To Install
	Part I. Installation Guide

Table of Contents

VCC Files
snmptrapd Shell Script and Configurations

Obtain the latest recommended VCC and GMCSTARS install packages from Global Maintech Support (877-GMI-DIAL/877-464-3425). You will be directed to download them from the Global Maintech FTP site.

	Warning
	Insure that you perform all FTP downloads from the FTP site in binary format. Otherwise the tar and gzip commands will not recognize the downloaded file's format.

If needed, update your VCC. If you do not know how to do this, contact Global Maintech support.

The GMCSTARS distribution is in a file named gmcstars_nnn.tar.gz where “nnn” is the release and revision number.

On a Linux terminal use FTP to download the distribution tarball and then use the tar command to extract all files. Use the commands:

$ ftp globalmt.com
Connected to globalmt.com.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (Globalmt.com) [12.158.189.81]
Name (globalmt.com:userid):

Use “anonymous” as your FTP user ID.

anonymous
331 Anonymous login ok, send your complete email address as your password.
Password:

Use your email address for the password.

230 Anonymous access granted, restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
cd pub

If the FTP prompt does not state it is using binary mode to transfer files, enter the bin command.

get gmcstars_nnn.tar.gz
quit
$ tar xvzf gmcstars_nnn.tar.gz

All files will be extracted to the gmcstars_nnn directory.

File Descriptions

There are two shell scripts in the gmcstars_nnn top level directory, install.sh and uninstall.sh.

There are three subdirectories under gmcstars_nnn. Two, usr and etc contain directory structures that correspond to the structure of your Linux VCC server. The other, mvs contains files that must be available on every MVS LPAR that runs GMCSTARS. These files may be shared.